Doctoral Experience Week

The Doctoral Education Pilot and the Doctoral School will be hosting the Doctoral Experience Week (DEW) 2025 in June. DEW2025 offers a platform to showcase the research conducted within the Doctoral Education Pilot consortia and in the Doctoral Programmes at the University of Helsinki while fostering connections with industries and the broader society.
What is DEW?

The Doctoral Education Pilot and the Doctoral Schools will be hosting the Doctoral Experience Week (DEW) 2025. Taking place on 2.–5.6. at the University of Helsinki, DEW2025 offers a platform to showcase the research conducted within the Doctoral Education Pilot consortia and in the Doctoral Programmes at the University of Helsinki while fostering connections with industries and the broader society. 

The program will include a mix of different events for all pilot researchers, including an opening ceremony and a closing session with inspiring keynote speakers, various forums, and Three Minute Thesis competition. In addition, the University of Helsinki Doctoral School is excited to host PhD Summerfest, the largest PhD celebration in the Nordic countries, on June 3rd. This event welcomes all doctoral researchers, and the party will be held in the Main Building.

Please see a more detailed schedule below. The program will be updated during the spring.

Program

We will kick-off the week with an opening ceremony in the afternoon organized in the Main Building (Fabianinkatu 33).

Program for all pilot researchers

13-15 Opening ceremony (Great Hall, Main Building)

  • Welcome speech, the Rector Sari Lindblom
  • Meet our doctoral researchers, pilot doctoral researchers
  • Musical performance, Duo Viena

15-17 Networking and refreshments (Agora Hall, Main Building)

Tuesday is packed with different activities organized for all doctoral pilot researchers. In addition to these, there are a lot thing happening on campuses!

Program for all pilot researchers

13-15 Business collaboration and secondments, Pekka Pellinen (Hall 1, Metsätalo, Unioninkatu 40)

15-17 Preliminary round of Three Minute Thesis -competition (Kino Engel, Sofiankatu 4)

18-23 PhD Summerfest (Main Building, Fabianinkatu 33)

Campus-specific activities

Meilahti

9-12 iCANDOC match-making

Wednesday highlights include the final of Three Minute Thesis -competition and Foresight Forum.

Program for all pilot researchers

12-17 Pilot Pathways and Foresight Forum: how to prepare myself for (working) life after graduation? (Unioninkadun Juhlahuoneistot, Unioninkatu 33)

17-19 Final round of Three Minute Thesis -competition (Think Corner, Yliopistonkatu 4)

Campus-specific activities

Meilahti

9-12 iCANDOC match-making

We will end the week on Thursday with a common closing session with inspiring key note speeches, not to forgot networking!

Program for pilot all researchers

17-21 Closing session (Sonckin Sali, Sofiankatu 4)

Campus-specific activities

Meilahti

9-12 iCANDOC match-making

Kumpula

12-16 Doctoral Researcher Talk Marathon (Exactum B123)