Graduate School
The Graduate School offers a framework for studying for the doctoral (Ph.D.) degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Communication Systems, and Microelectronics. It is open for students from everywhere. Study time for a full-time student is expected to be 4 years.
There are presently about 100 students at TUCS Graduate School. Around 35% of the students come from abroad.
Each student, who is accepted to the TUCS Graduate School, is placed in one of the TUCS Research laboratories,and is assigned a personal supervisor from one of the five Departments.The TUCS main areas of research are:
- Algorithmics
- Bioinformatics
- Communication Systems
- Discrete Mathematics
- Embedded Systems
- Information Systems
- Mathematical Modelling
- Microelectronics
- Software Engineering
The students are expected to take courses from at least two of these areas. The advanced level courses are offered by the departments and the language of instruction is English.
For information about the prerequisites, student positions, and the application procedure, please check Applying to the Graduate School. More information about the admittance procedure and about the Graduate School in general can be found in the TUCS Graduate School guide.
TUCS Application Round, Spring 2010
TUCS Graduate School will be open for applications from February 15th. The deadline is March 26th, 4pm Finnish time and applications arriving after this are not considered.
The admission decisions will be made in May 2010.
The general instruction is that the studies and funding at TUCS will start September 1, but with a good reason the start can take place between June 1 and December 1. If the student wants to start at another time than September 1, he/she must make a written request together with his/her supervisor to TUCS Director as soon as possible after the admission decisions have been published.
TUCS Graduate School committee
The Graduate School (GS) committee is responsible for the handling of most of the questions regarding the Graduate School.