Doctoral training

The University of Turku Graduate School (UTUGS) consists of doctoral programmes which cover all disciplines and approximately 2000 doctoral researchers of the University. UTUGS organizes doctoral researchers’ support and doctoral training together with faculties and doctoral programmes.

The doctoral degree at UTU includes a doctoral thesis and postgraduate studies. The doctoral thesis may be in the form of either a compilation of several scientific publications, including an introductory chapter summarizing the publications, or a monograph. Doctoral researchers follow the study requirements of their doctoral programme emphasized with the recommendations of UTU-GreDiT. The UTU-GreDiT postgraduate studies include courses on the research topic and in relevant fields as well as studies on transferable skills, networking and mobility in the form of secondment(s). UTU-GreDiT doctoral researchers belong either to the Doctoral Programme in Biology, Geography and Geology (BGG), the Doctoral Programme in Technology (DPT) or the Doctoral Programme of Turku School of Economics.