Doctoral Training at Turku School of Economics

Useful links

• Study guide
• Registration 
• AI guides
• Passive register
• Peppi study register (Intranet instructions here)
• UGIS
• KATAJA courses

Funding

Information about funding is available on the page of the University of Turku Graduate School (UTUGS) and from the Intranet pages of the Research Funding Unit.

Registering to courses

All TSE courses can be found from the study guide. Registration to courses is done in Peppi if not otherwise stated in the study guide (always check the study guide bofore registering to a course; there may be some information that is clearer in the study guide than in Peppi). You can see when the course is organized from the additional information of the course. In addition, more detailed information about when a course is organized and when and how you can register to it will be published as follows: for the autumn term on 15.6. and for the spring term on 15.11. This information will show as a blue box just below the name of the course, and by opening that blue box you will see the details. Most of the postgraduate courses, however, do not have traditional classes but they are completed independently. In order to complete these courses, you need to contact the responsible teacher of the course by email.

Planning your studies

After admission to the doctoral studies at Turku School of Economics, the doctoral researcher must make a personal study plan (PSP) in Peppi system (instructions). You can also draft a preliminary personal study plan in excel form together with the supervisor which shows the schedule of the dissertation and doctoral courses. It is advised then to do the PSP to Peppi because all your completed courses are registered to Peppi and they are shown in your transcript of records as they are in your Peppi PSP (for example if you have not chosen the studies to your PSP, all those courses are automatically moved to the category "courses outside of the PSP"). You may ask the coordinator for help! The personal study plan should be updated regularly with the supervisor.
 
The supervisor and the doctoral student must also draw up a supervision plan. Please send a copy of the supervision plan to the Coordinator of the Doctoral Programme Jenni Gray (jenni.gray@utu.fi). You can also use the electronic form. Remember to make the supervision plan together with your supervisors, for example in a supervision meeting.
 
The degree requirements and course descriptions are available in the electronic Study Guide.

Credit transfer

A TSE student can include in their degree credits completed elsewhere or use them to replace complusory courses in his/her degree structure (such as KATAJA courses). Doctoral researchers should always talk with their supervisor before taking courses to make sure the courses are suitable for the degree and that they support the doctoral thesis.

After the course is done and you would like to have the credits in Peppi, you need to fill in an electronic form and attach there the course description and transcript/course certificate. You must be prepared to show the original transcript on demand.

Please give the following information when filling in the form:

1) Title of Study Credit. Please tell here if you wish to replace a compulsory course, for example: "KATAJA Reserach Traditions in Marketing, I apply to replace with this the course KV205001 MAJ11". You can find the course codes from this document.

2) ECTS credits suggested

3) Describe the course and tell here whether you would like to include this course to your major studies, general postgraduate studies or elective studies. For example "I have completed the course on 3 November 2017 at the University of Vaasa and I would like to include this to my major studies".

4) Attach the course description and certificate.

5) The form can be found here

If you need any advice concerning the structure of the doctoral degree, the doctoral courses or basically if you have any questions at all, please contact the Coordinator of the Doctoral Programme Jenni Gray (jenni.gray@utu.fi).

Follow-up Groups

Each Doctoral Researcher can have a follow-up group. Please read TSE's guidelines.