Ph.D. Program at HSE Pekka Korhonen, Professor of Statistics Director of the Doctoral Program Introduction of the Doctoral Program - 12/11/2018

In Strategy We will offer an international doctoral program and a separate industrial doctoral program. Introduction of the Doctoral ProgramSaarinen 21.11.2005

Some History (1) 1931: HSE received a right to award Doctor’s Degree 1937: First Public Defence and Doctor’s degree in Nordic Business Schools (Vilho Nurmilahti 9.10.1937) 1945: HSE was granted the right to the conferment of academic degrees 1946: First conferment of academic degrees (First Doctor Martti Saario) 1965: Department for Basic Research started 1972: First Female Doctor Meeri Saarsalmi (20th Ph.D.) Introduction of the Doctoral ProgramSaarinen 21.11.2005

Some History (2) 1972: Beginning of a formal Doctoral Program 1973: Cooperation started with EIASM 1993 Doctoral Program re-organised with more strict rules for admission and exit Currently 298 Doctor’s Degrees are awarded Several dissertations are awarded in Finland and abroad e.g. Mikko Syrjänen, DSc (Econ); 1st prize in European Doctoral Programmes Association in Management and Business Administration (EDAMBA) Doctoral Thesis competition Introduction of the Doctoral ProgramSaarinen 21.11.2005

# of Students Accepted to the Program (Total number of students (31. 1 Introduction of the Doctoral ProgramSaarinen 21.11.2005

# of Students Graduated Introduction of the Doctoral ProgramSaarinen 21.11.2005

Current Structure of the Doctoral Program The Four-Year Program is composed of Common scientific doctoral studies (30 ECTS) BASKET I: research capabilities BASKET II: methodologies and methods BASKET III: economic theories Major subject studies and related research (30 ECTS) Major Subject Studies: 18 ECTS Research-Related Studies: 12 ECTS Doctoral Dissertation (180 ECTS) Introduction of the Doctoral ProgramSaarinen 21.11.2005

Major Subjects Economics International Business Communication Finnish Language and Communication Accounting Finance Business Law Management Science Logistics Quantitative Methods of Economics and Management Science Technology Management and Policy Information Systems Science International Business Marketing Organization and Management Economic Geography Entrepreneurship and SME Business Management Introduction of the Doctoral ProgramSaarinen 21.11.2005

Financing Doctoral Studies Assistantships: > 30 assistants at HSE Graduate Schools Scholarships (grants) Part-time studies Introduction of the Doctoral ProgramSaarinen 21.11.2005

Publishing Activity of Ph.D. students Introduction of the Doctoral ProgramSaarinen 21.11.2005

Connections Institutionalized connections: EIASM, EDAMBA, CEMS, and IIASA among others In addition, our professors collaborate with their colleagues in many leading universities around the world. Introduction of the Doctoral ProgramSaarinen 21.11.2005

Where are our Doctors? Public Sector 65 % Private Sector 26 % 75% at Universities 55% Professors Private Sector 26 % Other 9 % Introduction of the Doctoral ProgramSaarinen 21.11.2005