ABS students

Students of the ABS Graduate School

There are about 170 students in the School, at different stages of their studies for doctor’s degree of whom about 30 students are in PhD student positions funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture.

Since the establishment of the Finnish graduate school system to educate doctoral students, the School has been awarded PhD student positions funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture. In the beginning of 1995 20 students could start their doctoral studies with a four-year grant. In the beginning of 1998 five new four-year grants were awarded to the School. The new 4-year period began in 1999 when 15 grants were awarded to the School. In the beginning of 2002 the School received eight new four-year grants. In 2002 the School got funding for 19 new four-year positions for the period of 2003-2006. These 19 four-year grants were divided up among 29 students because many applicants had already started their postgraduate studies and needed shorter funding period than four years. In the beginning of 2006 six new four-year grants were divided up among 16 students. For the period 2007-2009 the School got funding for 19 three-year PhD student positions which were divided up among 29 students. In 2009 the School got funding for 16 four-year positions for the period of 2010-2013. These positions were divided up among 30 students. For the period 2012-2015 the School got funding for 3 PhD student positions which were divided up among 7 students.

Other students are funded by the universities, research institutes, the Academy of Finland, research groups, through EU programmes, through TEKES programmes, private foundations, and by food industry.

Several Ph.D. courses are funded every year by the ABS Graduate School and many of these courses are given in English. The School organizes an annual scientific and educational symposium.

The Management Board of the ABS Graduate School accepts the principal supervisors (i.e. "ABS supervisors") of doctoral students. About 100 supervisors have got the ABS supervisor status to train the students of the School. From the beginning of the School, about 240 PhD students have defended their doctoral theses.

Useful Information for Students

All ABS students who get funding through the ABS Graduate School have to fill in a year report in November. Here you can pick up the form either in Finnish or in English.

You can apply for support for participating in a course or in a conference. Here is the application form in Finnish and in English. The deadline for applications is February 29th, 2012. The next application round for travel grants will be in September 2012.

If you participate in a course arranged by the ABS Graduate School you don't have to apply for travel support. Travel costs for participating in an ABS course are paid for all ABS students and travel & accommodation for funded ABS students. Use the cheapest alternative to travel (total costs) and send all original receipts together with a permission to travel (signed by your supervisor) to the coordinator of the School.

If you are not yet an ABS student you can apply to the School. Please, fill in the following two forms (an application form in Finnish or in English and a questionnaire in Finnish or in English) and send them to the coordinator (address is mentioned in the questionnaire).

Useful Information for Course Organizers