1. PhD Studies in Finland Aallonhuiput Nationwide Doctoral Student Survey Dr. Sampsa Laakso

2. Survey Response Rate 1891 responses in total Distibution between fields reflects the statistical numbers well Good gender distribution 50%-50%

3. Survey Response Rate [1891] 1380 (73%) respondents from Finland 511 (27%) from other countries 80 different nationalities in total

4. Full Time Students Graduate Faster Students who identified themselves as full time students, estimate to graduate in 1 year less time than part time students. Both groups estimate their graduation 1 year less than graduation time calculated from progress.

5. Support is Poor for Part Time Students That shows in graduation time as 2 year difference in graduation time.

6. Working Time Distribution and Salary

7. Supervision Who are involved in your supervision or in supervision team? How helpful has your supervisor been? 1 (not at all helpful) to 5 (very helpful)

8. Irregular Supervision Group 1, More SupervisionGroup 2, Less Supervision

9. Supervision is Critical to Graduation Time Full time students left unsupervised take double the time to graduate. Part time students quadruple the time if unsupervised. IN PAID POSITION NOT IN PAID POSITION How frequently do you interact with your supervisor(s)? (N=1842)

10. Also Research Group Is Important Strong Research Group Weak Research Group No Research Group IN PAID POSITION +1 yr NOT IN PAID POSITION +2 yr Are you working as a part of a research team in your doctoral studies/research? (N=1888)

11. Discrimination, Harrassment or Other Abuse of Any Kind

12. Career Options (1) My worst nightmare (2) Not attractive at all (3) If nothing better comes up (4) I would like to do this (5) My dream career (1) No Chances At All (2) Not Likely (3) Possible (4) Probable (5) Very Good Chances

13. Have You Had Enough Career Support?

14. What is Considered Useful for Future Career

15. Where After Graduation? If you are planning to go abroad, do you plan to come back to Finland in next 5 years?

16. Life outside academia

17. What do you think about the following statements about workload and stress level? (N=1876)