Students accepted in the Doctoral Programme of CEE complete either the Doctor of Science (Technology) degree or Doctor of Philosophy degree, determined by the field of their previous education. In order to gain support for the doctoral study application, the candidate shall have sufficient basic knowledge of the field of research specified in the application.
The targeted time of completing the doctor's degree for full-time students is four years. If the doctoral studies are conducted on a part-time basis, a time corresponding to four years' full-time studies shall be reserved for degree completion (in the study and research plans); however, the maximum degree completion time is eight years. Doctoral students report their progress to the doctoral programme annually.
Application period
There are no specific application periods or starting times for the Doctoral Programme of Computing and Electrical Engineering. The doctoral programme processes applications regularly every month apart from July. Incomplete applications will not be processed. If supplementary material needs to be provided, this may affect the processing time. Applications and eclosures are submitted through an electronic application system at studyinfo.fi. A link to the application form is available during the application period.
In autumn 2021 the application period is 2 August - 30 November. The application period ends at 15.00 (Finnish time).
Responsible supervisor and co-supervisor(s)
Before submitting a doctoral study application, the candidate must contact the professor responsible for the preferred discipline. The research description must be approved by the future supervisor. The professor responsible for the discipline in question discusses the study-related plans with the candidate and determines whether the candidate has sufficient, relevant basic knowledge of the field of research. If necessary, the professor can set certain additional prerequisites for doctoral studies. The degree completion schedule and financing of studies are also addressed at the application phase. The professor issues a statement form about the candidate's eligibility for doctoral studies and the research topic's suitability for the discipline, also addressing the sufficiency of supervisory resources. Every PhD student must have the supervisor and at least one co-supervisor.
By signing a student's research description form and issuing a supporting statement form regarding the application with a supervisory plan form together with the other co-supervisor(s), the professor also assumes the task of supervising the doctoral degree.
Research fields
The applicants specify their preferred research field in the doctoral study application. The topic of the doctoral dissertation must comply with one of the post-graduate research fields represented in the doctoral programme. The doctoral study application must include a fixed-form description of the research (equal to a short research plan).
Available doctoral research areas and contact professors (pdf)
Contact information for professors is available on the people search of the University.
Application and required enclosures
All requested enclosures must be submitted with the application in the electronic application system “Studyinfo.fi”. The copies of the degree certificate, transcript of records and their translations into English must be authenticated by a public notary, the Finnish Embassy/Consulate or the institution that issued the original document with an institutional stamp on the documents. For some countries, there are country-specific document requirements that must be followed.
- More information about the documents required for the application
1) Applicants who have completed an eligible master's degree at a Finnish university:
2) Applicants who have completed an eligible master's degree abroad:
- Certified copies of the bachelor's and master's degree certificates and the transcripts with official translations into English (if the original documents are in a language other than Finnish or English). See from the next chapter instructions on how to have your educational documents officially certified.
- A Diploma Supplement (DS) as approved by the EU Commission for degrees completed in European universities (when applicable)
- Official academic language test report of sufficient language skills in Finnish or English
- Research description form (rtf)
- Supporting statement form from the post-graduate studies' supervisor (rtf)
- Supervisory plan for doctoral studies form
- Preliminary financing plan for postgraduate degree
- Motivation letter
- Curriculum Vitae
- Copy of your passport's ID page
Please see more instructions on how to apply on the page How to apply for doctoral programmes at Tampere University.
Officially certified educational documents
In addition to uploading electronic copies of your educational documents to your application, you must submit officially authenticated copies of your educational documents, if you have not completed your previous degrees in a Finnish university. If the documents are not in English, Finnish or Swedish, both the authenticated copies of the documents in their original language and an officially confirmed, complete and precise translation into one of the languages mentioned above are required.
In addition to the standard document requirements, educational documents issued in certain countries have more specific requirements for submission. Please go through the requirements carefully and check the country- specific requirements for your degree awarding country before applying. Please send your educational documents to Tampere University Admissions Office.
