Doctoral education pilot at Tampere University
The doctoral education pilot is a national expansion of research training carried out between 2024 and 2027. Through the pilot, our university has hired 106 doctoral researchers for three-year employment contracts across 13 fields.
The pilot seeks to increase the mobility of doctoral researchers between universities, companies, research institutes and other organisations. The goal is also to develop supervision and guidance and promote the employment of doctoral graduates in different sectors of society.
The Ministry of Education and Culture (OKM) has allocated a total of €255 million in funding to the universities participating in the pilot. Tampere University’s share of the funding is €27 million, corresponding to 106 doctoral researchers.
Read more about the national pilot project and its objectives on the OKM website
Doctoral education pilots at Tampere University
Tampere University has the coordinating role in three pilots:
- Photonics Research and Innovation
- MIcroELectronics doctoral pilot programme
- Intelligent Work Machines doctoral program
We participate in ten other pilots:
- Circular Materials Bioeconomy Network (CIMANET): From bio-based resources to advanced materials
- Doctoral Education Pilot for Mathematics of Sensing, Imaging and Modelling
- Doctoral Education Pilot in Precision Cancer Medicine
- EDUCA Flagship doctoral school pilot project
- Finnish Doctoral Program Network in Artificial Intelligence
- National Doctoral Education Pilot based on Immune system
- Quantum
- Doctoral pilot in software engineering
- Interdisciplinary Doctoral School of Social Services
- Sustainability Transformations
Doctoral education pilot for businesses
By participating in the pilot activities, you will be able to join in the training of the next generation of RDI experts and to network nationally with doctoral researchers and scholars.
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