Doctoral school and doctoral programmes

The University of Helsinki Doctoral School (UHDS) has a total of 33 doctoral programmes. The school and programmes cooperate in research and doctoral education, and the structure of doctoral education encompasses all of the University’s disciplines and doctoral researchers.

The Doctoral programme Brain & Mind (B&M), the Doctoral programme in Integrative Life Science (ILS), the Doctoral programme in Plant Sciences (DPPS), the Doctoral programme in Wildlife Biology Research (LUOVA) and the Doctoral programme in Interdisciplinary Environmental Sciences (DENVI) are coordinated by the Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences.

Detailed instructions how to apply for doctoral study right in the programmes are found in the website of the chosen programme.

Doctoral researchers at the Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences may belong to one of the following 11 doctoral programmes:

Doctoral programmes in environmental, food and biological sciences

Doctoral programmes in health sciences

Doctoral programmes in natural sciences