UNIVERSITY-FUNDED DOCTORAL RESEARCHER POSITIONS – University of Helsinki
7.9.2025The University of Helsinki Doctoral School (UHDS) provides annual funding for doctoral researcher positions in doctoral programmes. These doctoral researcher positions are designated as full-time work. The aim is that the university-funded doctoral researchers will pursue a post-graduate doctoral degree, which should be completed within four years.
Application periods and instructions
There is one application period each year for University-funded doctoral researcher positions for all of the University’s doctoral programmes.
The next application period for salaried positions is from 26 August to 9 September 2025.
More detailed application instructions can be found on the Instructions for students website: https://studies.helsinki.fi/instructions/article/university-funded-doctoral-researcher-positions