1. Vice-Dean Kaisa Tasanen-Määttä
Dean’s Welcome
Doctoral Education and UniOGS: Who we are, what we do and where we are going?
Dean Markku Juntti
Vice-Dean Kaisa Tasanen-Määttä
19th October, 2017

2. Science with Arctic Attitude

3. Scientific publications
in 2016
Faculties
#unioulu #arcticattitude
2869
10 ->8
Doctor’s degrees
in 2016
Total funding M€ in 2016
196
223
Master’s degrees
in 2016
Foreign staff
University of Oulu founded
1958
1445
466
13 500
2 800
Students
Staff
Alumni
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4. We contribute to solving some of the greatest global challenges in our areas of strength.
Global challenges and megatrends
Environmental change
Scarcity of natural resources
Growing global population
Increasing human life expectancy
Rising wealth
Urbanization
Dgitalization
Our work creates new research-based knowledge, educates future talents and sparks innovations.
Pushing the boundaries of the known for a more sustainable, healthy and intelligent world.
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5. Broad scope in education
Humanities
Economics
and Business
Administration
Natural
Sciences and
Mathematics
Information and
Communication
Technologies
Engineering and Architecture
Medicine and Health
Biosciences
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6. Our strategy is based on five thematic, internationally significant research focus areas.
Creating sustainability
by materials
and systems
Digital solutions in sensing and interactions
Molecular and environmental basis for life-long health
Understanding humans in change
Earth and near-space system and environ-
mental change
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7. Internationally significant profiling areas according to the new strategy of the University of Oulu.
Near-earth space
environment
Ubiquitous wireless sensor systems
Fibrosis as a shared risk factor in the etiology of complex chronic diseases and unhealthy ageing
Future connectivity
Physics for strong, touch and sustainable steel
Human sciences
Mining
Bioeconomy
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8. Campuses

9. Linnanmaa Campus
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10. Kontinkangas Campus
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11. International Activities
Erasmus network:
Approx. no. of agreements
Foreign employees and students
International Activities
570
170
Erasmus network:
Partner Universities
Foreign teachers and researchers
333
364
Functioning in international science networks is the foundation for the University's renewal and development
Erasmus network:
Countries
Foreign basic and postgraduate degree students 31
852 5
476
Bilateral cooperation agreements with no. of foreign universities 52
FiDiPro professors
Exchange students
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12. Who are you? Undergraduate student Just graduated
No previous work experience in the field
Working full time in ”real life”
Long work experience
Just retired …

13. Typical Motives for Doctoral Studies
To get better position and/or salary in future
To be able to work abroad
To be famous
To avoid unemployment
To postpone career decisions
Research is fun, interesting etc.
Other reasons…

14. What do we do?
The aim of the Graduate School is to educate doctors so that graduates have acquired, within a period of four-years of full-time training, the professional and social skills necessary for doctoral level positions. This qualification includes the ability to search for, produce and apply knowledge, good team-work skills, and the ability to work internationally.

15. What do we do? Support doctoral students and their supervisors
General and transferrable skills courses
Quality control
Admission
Follow-up groups
End processes
Information and statistics to OU administration

16. Organization of Doctoral Training
DTC = Doctoral Training Committee
DP = Doctoral Program
UniOGS DEAN AND MANAGEMENT GROUP
Human Science DTC
Inform. Techn. & Elec. Eng. DTC
Techn. & Nat. Sc. DTC
Health and Bioscience DTC
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Doctoral training led by UniOGS
Doctroral Programs part of UniOGS and led by a DTC