An overview on applying a right to pursue a doctoral degree in CHEMS:

1. APPLICANT

• agrees with his/her supervisor that CHEMS is the appropriate Doctoral programme
• writes and submits the application according to the faculty’s instructions (in most cases a study plan, a research plan and a funding plan are required
  • Faculty of Science (please scroll down to the bottom of the page for application form and information on required attachments)
  • Faculty of Pharmacy

2. DOCTORAL PROGRAMME

• evaluates the quality of the application
• proposes accepting/rejecting the application to the faculty

3. FACULTY ADMINISTRATION

• based on the statement of the Doctoral programme, prepares the decision of granting/rejecting the right to pursue a doctoral degree

4. FACULTY DEAN

• makes the decision of granting/rejecting the applicant the right to pursue a doctoral degree at the faculty

5. FACULTY ADMINISTRATION

• informs the applicant and the Doctoral programme of the Dean’s decision
• implements the Dean’s decision
• stores the application in the faculty’s archive

If the application is successful, the student receives the right to pursue a doctoral degree at the faculty and becomes affiliated with CHEMS as well as with the Doctoral school in natural sciences. Please note that there may be some faculty-specific variation in the process (eg. how many calls are organised per year), thus before applying, check the application instructions at the web pages of the relevant faculty. General information on doctoral training at University of Helsinki is available at www.helsinki.fi/admissions/postgraduate_applicants.htm