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Have you just started your doctoral studies?

Familiarise yourself with our instructions for new doctoral studentsInformation about doctoral students' orientation days

If you have just started as a doctoral researcher but do not yet have the right to study in the doctoral programme, see our application instructions.

Renewing your residence permit

If you need to renew your residence permit this summer and need a hosting agreement, please request it as early on as possible, by mid-June at the latest.

BIZ, ELEC, ENG, SCI: For the documents needed, please contact your Department HR.

ARTS, CHEM: If you are employed by Aalto University, you’ll get your documents by contacting the HR services. If you are not employed by Aalto, the Doctoral education services of your programme will make your hosting agreement. Please contact us well in advance and take into consideration your supervising professor's holidays, as their approval is required. We will need some personal information for the agreement (phone number, passport number and start-end dates for self-financed students) and your supervising professor’s approval. Also indicate the timeframe of your process at Migri. 

If you have any questions regarding your permit, always be directly in contact with Migri.

Summer courses & individual studies

Do you want to advance your studies and take courses in the summer?

Explore summer studies for Aalto degree students

Independent online courses on transferable skills (Findocnet)

Findocnet courses are independent online courses, where students complete the course readings and assignments indepently at their own pace, and then report to the Doctoral education services to receive the credit. You are able to complete the courses over the summer, and get the credits in the autumn.

Instructions for taking Findocnet courses

Credit transfer or individual studies? How to apply in Sisu

Have you completed studies at another university or independent activities that aren’t yet in your credits? Not sure whether to apply for credit transfer or individual studies? 

If you’ve completed an official course at another university and can provide an official transcript of records, apply in Sisu as credit transfer (inclusion).

If the activity isn’t recorded in another institution’s register (such as most Summer or Winter Schools), apply as individual studies using the relevant course code and a form signed by your supervising professor. 

Use the same form for other individual studies you report to your supervising professor (e.g. conference presentations, advising Bachelor’s/Master’s theses, or literature). There are course codes for the most typical types of individual studies, listed in the curriculum of your doctoral programme.

Instructions on how to apply for credit transfer and individual studies 

Help with Doctoral personal study plan (DPSP) and Sisu in the summer

A new digital DPSP tool for preparing and handling doctoral personal study plans was published in May. It replaces the old DPSP tasks on students’ MyStudies portal and the approval method for supervising professors on Student Success Hub.

More information on the new digital DPSP tool

Sisu instructions for doctoral studentsSisu and DPSP clinics for doctoral students in June and August