1. March 14, 2019
University of Oulu Graduate School - UniOGS Technology and Natural Sciences Doctoral Programme (TNS-DP)
Coordinator, D.Sc.(Tech) Riitta Kamula Kvantum Institute Technology and Natural Sciences Doctoral Program University of Oulu

2. Doctoral training at the University of Oulu
Four Doctoral Training Committees (UniOGS)
Four Doctoral Programs
Four focus institutes
DTC HBS - Health and biosciences
HBS-DP - Health and biosciences
Biocenter Oulu
DTC HS - Human sciences
HS–DP - Human sciences
Eudaimonia Institute
DTC ITEE - Information Technology and Electrical Engineering
ITEE-DP - Information Technology and Electrical Engineering
InfoTech Oulu
DTC TNS - Technology and natural sciences
TNS-DP - Technology and natural sciences
Kvantum Institute

3. Actors Director Aulikki Herneoja, D.Sc.(Tech)
Coordinator Riitta Kamula, D.Sc.(Tech), riitta.kamula at oulu.fi
Related focus institute: Kvantum Institute
Director Prof. Björn Klöve (Faculty of Technology)
Related focus areas of research :
Creating sustainability by materials and systems
Earth and near-space system and environmental change

4. Kvantum Institute Tasks include e.g
Promotion of multidisciplinary research and enhancing the quality of research in the two strategic focus areas of research during : Creating sustainability by materials and systems Earth and near-space system and environmental change
Coordination of the Technology and Natural Sciences Doctoral Program
Web page:
Started on 2018; successor of a research institute with a long history in research, research project coordination, and multidisciplinary doctoral training in the fields of natural sciences and technology

5. TNS-DP Activities
Supports field specific courses arranged by the research units, research groups etc.
Course calender:
Call for course proposals:
TNS-DP courses (some still under planning; partly in cooperation):
Research plan seminars; goal twice a year: in spring term stand-alone, in autumn term in co-operation with Kvantum Institute
Methodology courses
Planning: Funding infos, Doctoral trains
TNS-DP communications
Web pages:
TNS-DP doctoral student list – NB: please keep your webOodi contact information updated!
Facebook:
NB: Dissertations – past and future:

6. Coming courses and events Spring 2019
Näkökulmia työelämän tutkimukseen, 5 cr ; Oulu, Finland 
  Kvantum Research Seminar Multidisciplinary Sustainable Sciences, 1-2 cr (applicable for research plan seminar); Oulu, Finland 
  Scientific writing, University of Oulu, 2 cr; Oulu, Finland 
  Impact Camp, University of Oulu, 3 cr; Oulu, Finland 
  I4FUTURE Intensive course 2019: Methods for Image and Spectral Data Analysis and Interpretation, 3 cr; Oulu, Finland 
  Applied Field Techniques in Economic Geology, 5 cr; Kittilä, Finland 
  XLI Finnish NMR Symposium, 1-2 cr; Rokua, Finland
International Symposium on Cold Regions Research and Development ; in Oulu

7. Coming courses and events Autumn 2019
  RNA sequencing without gene specific primers – a hands- on laboratory course, 2cr; Oulu, Finland 
  Kvantum Science Days, 1-2 cr (applicable for research plan seminar) 
  Dimensional Analysis in Engineering, University of Oulu, 2 cr 
December 2019  Kaamos Symposium, University of Oulu, 2-4 cr
Stay tuned for updates!

8. Research Plan Seminar, 1-4 cr
Twice a year:
Spring term: usually one day; when possible in connection with a related seminar
Autumn term: in connection with a Kvantum seminar with varying theme
Provides tools for active participation in scientific conferences, introduces multidisciplinary approach and research items, and provides possibilities for networking
Includes preparation and submission of an abstract, public presentation of the research in a form of an oral or a poster presentation, and acting as an opponent in the seminar; workshop on presenting
Supervisors of the presenting doctoral candidates are invited
The number of granted credits depends on the amount of participation and additional work
Course description:

9. Research plan seminar possibility: Research Seminar and Workshop March 2019
(1-2 days)
Researcher presentations by doctoral candidates and other researchers; open for all fields
Keynotes, workshop on presenting
Registrations, call for abstracts, course description and program outline:
Possibility to include Gentz seminar on

10. Research seminar November 2018
Environmental Change and Sustainable Resource Use Science Days - Research Seminar and Workshop on
Day 1 keynote and introductions & progress of the research projects in the two focus areas of Kvantum Institute
Day 2 keynote, researcher presentations, and workshop (mainly doctoral candidates)
Day 3 I4FUTURE Project Day, open for all, introductions and progress of the doctoral student projects

11. Funded doctoral student positions
All the calls for the funded positions with more information are at