1. Ph.D. Program at HSE Pekka Korhonen, Professor of Statistics
Director of the Doctoral Program
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2. In Strategy
We will offer an international doctoral program and a separate industrial doctoral program.
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3. 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 )
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.)
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4. 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
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5. # of Students Accepted to the Program (Total number of students (31. 1
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6. # of Students Graduated
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7. 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: ECTS
Research-Related Studies: 12 ECTS
Doctoral Dissertation (180 ECTS)
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8. 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
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9. Financing Doctoral Studies
Assistantships: > 30 assistants at HSE
Graduate Schools
Scholarships (grants)
Part-time studies
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10. Publishing Activity of Ph.D. students
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11. 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.
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12. Where are our Doctors? Public Sector 65 % Private Sector 26 %
75% at Universities
55% Professors
Private Sector 26 %
Other 9 %
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