Doctoral Programme in Science

The aim of the Doctoral Programme in Science (SciDoc) is to train and educate top-level scientists and experts in natural sciences and mathematics. The programme is multidisciplinary by design, encompassing research in seven core discipline areas: (i) atmospheric and climate-system sciences, (ii) chemistry, (iii) computer science, (iv) geosciences and geography, (v) materials research and nanoscience, (vi) mathematics and statistics , and (vii) particle physics and universe sciences. Both fundamental and applied research is included in the programme, addressing global challenges related to e.g. climate change, energy, health, technology, and sustainable resource use, using both theoretical and experimental methods.
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The Doctoral Programme in Science works with a wide number of partner faculties at the University of Helsinki, other universities, national and international research organizations, and businesses. The multidisciplinary nature of the programme enables doctoral researchers to gain new and broader perspectives on their research and to interact with researchers from diverse disciplines in an internationally respected scientific community. The programme prepares doctoral researchers for a wide range of roles in society, including positions in academia, research institutes, industry, government agencies, and international organizations.

The studies consist of courses and seminars that support the dissertation research. The dissertation research is mainly done in research groups, where individual guidance is offered to doctoral researchers. 
In SciDoc, doctoral researchers can enter a truly international research environment. Research groups have active international collaborations, and visits both abroad and to Finland are frequent. The articles included in dissertations are usually published in internationally prestigious journals.
Key Research Areas

The Doctoral Programme in Science includes internationally cutting-edge research in in the following scientific fields (the list is non-exhaustive): 

  • Atmospheric and Climate-System Sciences, Ecosystem–Atmosphere Interactions, Human–Atmosphere Interactions, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Global Climate and Environmental Modelling, Aerosol physics, Meteorology, Physics of the Hydrosphere, Oceanography, Biogeochemistry
  • Experimental Chemistry, Theoretical Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, Molecular Chemistry (small to macromolecules), Chemical Synthesis, Isolation Techniques, Characterization Methods, Analytical Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Radiochemistry, Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry
  • Computer Science, Algorithmic Bioinformatics, Algorithms, Data Analytics, Machine Learning, Data Science, Networks and Services, Software Systems
  • Geology (including e.g. Bedrock Geology, Environmental Geology, Geochemistry, Palaeontology and Palaeoclimatology), Solid Earth Geophysics, Geography (e.g. geoinformatics for society and the environment, physical geography, conservation, and sustainability) and Archaeology
  • Mathematical Analysis, Inverse Problems, Mathematical Biology, Mathematical Physics, Mathematical Logic, Statistics
  • Materials Physics, Materials Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Nanoscience, Molecular Spectroscopy, Biophysics, Medical Physics, Computational Physics, Computational Chemistry
  • Theoretical Physics, Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics, Space Physics, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Cosmology, Planetary Astrophysics, Experimental and Observational Methods in Physics and Astronomy
  • STEM education, including chemistry, mathematics, physics, and geoscience 
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