Doctoral Committee
Tasks of the Doctoral Committee:
- to develop the faculty’s doctoral training and to monitor the quality level of the doctoral theses
- to prepare matters related to the doctoral degree for the Board of the Faculty
- to endorse the appointing of the preliminary examiners and to send the doctoral thesis work to preliminary examination
- to give an endorsing statement for permission to defend the doctoral thesis
- to endorse a completed postgraduate study entity for approval
- to approve changes in the conditions of the doctoral training (changes in supervision, in the follow-up committee and in the research plan of a doctoral researcher)
- to look after the legal rights of the doctoral researchers
The composition of the Doctoral Committee until 31 March 2026:
Professor Solja Niemelä, chair
Docent Seija Ala-Nissilä
Docent Maija Hollmén
Professor Mari Kangasniemi
Associate Professor Tuomas Kiviniemi
Docent Pieta Mattila
Professor Riitta Parkkola
Associate Professor Markus Pääkkönen
Professor Sari Stenholm
Docent Maria Sundvall
Docent Petri Susi
Associate Professor Aleksi Tornio
Professor Janna Waltimo-Sirén
MSc (Health Sciences) Reetta Mustonen, student member
Chief Academic Officer Outi Irjala, secretary, Tel. 050-5634 662