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After submitting this form, your information will be given in a printer friendly format. Please print the form, sign it, and send it to TUCS.
You are also sent a confirmation e-mail with a link to your application for later viewing.

In order for your application to be considered, this form must be filled in completely and all requided documents must be enclosed. Please pay attention to the instructions given at the end of the form.

Once you have filled the form completely, submit it, and you will be given a printer friendly summary of your application. Print it out, sign it, and return on paper with the required enclosures to TUCS before the application deadline. Note that TUCS does not accept applications material sent by e-mail.

Personal Data

Family name: ***
Given name(s): ***
Sex: Male Female      ***
Nationality: ***

Contact information:
Phone:
E-mail: ***

Present address:
Street Address: ***
Postal Code: ***
City: ***
Country: ***
valid until:

Permanent address if different:
Street Address:
Postal Code:
City:
Country:

Educational Background

Name the educational institutions you have attended, beginning with your previous university education. Also mention the language(s) of instruction. Include the present place of study and the expected date of graduation.

Name of institution Years attended Qualification acheived / to be acheived Language of instruction
Previous university education from - to
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Present place of study from - to
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Other university education from - to
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Language Proficiency

Native Language:

A language test is not required from applicants, who have already obtained the right for doctoral studies at one of the universities within TUCS community. In addition, applicants, who have conducted their secondary education or two-year Master’s Degree Programme in the EU, the U.S.A., Canada, Australia, New Zealand or South-Africa, are also waived from the English language test. A language test is required from all other applicants.

The accepted language tests are TOEFL and IELTS, and the test score must come directly from the testing centre. The minimum test scores: IELTS: Average 6.5; no individual scores below 5.5 TOEFL: 575 poits (paper based total) or 232 points (computer based total) or 90 points (iBT total). If you’ve been waived from the language test based on secondary education in the EU, the U.S.A., Canada, Australia, New Zealand or South-Africa, you must enclose your secondary education certificate.

Name of the English language proficiency
Test Taken:
Test Date:
Score Received:

Financing

The Graduate School has a limited number of student positions available with financing provided by the TUCS and/or by the departments. Students can also be accepted without financing (these arrange their financing by themselves). If you do not apply for financing, please explain how you intend to finance the costs related to your studies and living. Please check below.

Yes, I do apply for financing
No, I do not apply for financing. I intend to finance the costs related to my studies and living as follows:


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The Right to Pursue Doctoral Studies at the University

TUCS carries through the student selection procedure and appoints a supervisor. However, the degrees (in this case the doctoral degree) are awarded by the universities. Please check the box below.

If my application is approved by TUCS board, I apply for the right to pursue doctoral studies at the home university (Åbo Akademi University, The University of Turku or the Turku School of Economics) of my future supervisor.

Letter of Motivation and Curriculum Vitae

On a separate sheet, please outline your reasons for applying to the TUCS Graduate School (max. 1 page). Please also include a brief educational and professional history (curriculum vitae, CV). You can use English, Finnish or Swedish.

Research Interests

On a separate sheet, please give a short description (max. 1 page) of your research interests. You can use English, Finnish or Swedish.

Recommendations

Your application for admission to the TUCS Graduate School must be supported by two recommendations written by teachers, professors, or other persons who can comment on you ability to pursue doctoral studies. Please give the names and contact information of the persons you have asked to act as your referees, and ask them to send their recommendations directly to TUCS. Recommendations sent together with this application form will not be accepted. Your referees can use English, Finnish or Swedish. Please remind your referees that their recommendation letters should arrive at TUCS before the deadline!

Recommendations will be sent by:

Name: Name:
Title: Title:
Street Address: Street Address:
Postal Code: Postal Code:
City: City:
Country: Country:
Phone: Phone:
Fax: Fax:
E-mail: E-mail:

Enclosures

Your application must consist of this application form and the documents given below. The documents must be enclosed with your application as instructed. Please check that you have remembered each enclosure by marking the corresponding box!

A LETTER OF MOTIVATION (max. 1 page)
 
A SHORT CURRICULUM VITAE (CV)
 
A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF RESEARCH INTERESTS (max. 1 page)
 
A CERTIFIED COPY OF YOUR MASTER’S DEGREE CERTIFICATE (or your latest university degree) AND ITS TRANSLATION IN ENGLISH or FINNISH or SWEDISH
 
AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT OF YOUR STUDY RECORDS AND ITS TRANSLATION IN ENGLISH or FINNISH or SWEDISH
 
A CERTIFICATE OF KNOWLEDGE OF ENGLISH
 
TWO RECOMMENDATIONS (sent directly toTUCS by the referees)
 
A STATEMENT OF YOUR STUDY TIME FOR THE MASTER’S DEGREE 
   a)  The month and year of your first registration to a university or university of applied sciences
   b)  The mont and year of your Master’s Degree
A STATEMENT OF YOUR STUDY TIME IN DOCTORAL STUDIES* 
   a)  The mont and year when you received the right for doctoral studies
   b)  If you have had a full-time, outside academia employment after you have
       got the right for doctoral studies, astatement of how many months you have
       had this full-time employment.
A COPY OF YOUR ACCEPTED STUDY PLAN FOR DOCTORAL STUDIES*
 
A STATEMENT OF HOW MANY CREDITS (ECTS (ov, op, sv, sp)) YOU HAVE, WHICH CAN BE INCLUDED FOR YOUR DOCTORAL DEGREE
 
A STATEMENT FROM YOUR SUPERVISOR OF HOW MANY PUBLICATIONS YOU HAVE THAT CAN BE INCLUDED FOR YOUR PhD PROJECT
 
A LIST OF YOUR OTHER PUBLICATIONS
 
A STATEMENT OF THE AVERAGE (NOT WEIGHTED) OF ALL YOUR GRADES IN YOUR 
   a)  Bachelor’s Degree
   b)  Master’s Degree

*) Only if you already have the right for doctoral studies at the University of Turku, Åbo Akademi University or Turku School of Economics.

The application must consist of the Graduate School application form and the enclosures 1-14 given above. The application form and all the documents, except the language test score and the recommendation letters, must be sent by the applicant.

All copies must be attested true copies, i.e. they must bear the original stamp and signature of an official entitled to attest documents: an authorized university official, a notary public, a commissioner of oaths, etc. Translations must be made by an officially authorized translator and they must be accompanied by an attested true copy of the original. The documents will not be returned. Please do not send any original certificates.

Comments

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Verification and signature

After submitting this form, your information will be given in a printer friendly format. Please print the form, sign it, and send it to TUCS.
You are also sent a confirmation e-mail with a link to your application for later viewing.

*** I certify that all information given in this form is complete and accurate. I understand that the TUCS reserves the right to change or reverse any decision made on the basis of incorrect or incomplete information. I understand that attempting to obtain admission using falsified documents is illegal.

Please note that TUCS will not process your application if it is incomplete, or if it arrives outside the application period. All applicants will receive a notice about the application results through email about 8 weeks after the deadline, and the official notice through regular mail about 8-10 weeks after the deadline. In order to get the official notice, you need to have received the right for post-graduate studies from the faculty first, which may delay the letter more.









INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILLING IN THE APPLICATION FORM

Please note that in order for your application to be considered, this form must be filled in completely and all required documents must be enclosed. The application form should be filled in using the Acrobat Reader. When filling in the form, please follow the instructions. (If you fill in the application form by hand, please print clearly!)

When you have filled in the form, please print it, sign it and return it with the required enclosures to TUCS before the application deadline. Please note that applications arriving after March 26th will not be processed. Postal stamps are not considered. TUCS does not accept applications or enclosures sent by e-mail.

Please return your application to:

Turku Centre for Computer Science
Graduate School
Joukahaisenkatu 3-5 B
FIN-20520 TURKU
FINLAND

Please make sure that all documents related to your application are sent to the address above!

PERSONAL DATA

Family name
Your family name in the form stated in your passport.
Given name(s)
Your first name and middle name(s) in the form stated in your passport.
Nationality
Your nationality. If you hold more than one citizenship, please state them all. You may underline the citizenship you normally use.
Date of birth
The date of birth in the form day/month/year, or your Finnish identity number, if you have one.
Present address
This address will be used for correspondence until the date indicated in the valid until –field.
Permanent address
This address will be used for correspondence after the date indicated in the valid until –field.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Name the educational institutions you have attended, beginning with your previous university education: full name of the institution, its location and address, during which years you have attended the institution, name of the certificate received from the institution, and the language that was used in teaching. Also include your present place of study and the expected date of graduation. If you have Master’s degrees from other universities, please state them here.

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

A language test is not required from applicants, who have already obtained the right for doctoral studies at one of the universities within TUCS community. In addition, applicants, who have conducted their secondary education or two-year Master’s Degree Programme in the EU, the U.S.A., Canada, Australia, New Zealand or South-Africa, are also waived fromt he English language test. A language test is required from all other applicants.

The accepted language tests are TOEFL and IELTS, and the test score must come directly from the testing centre. The minimum test scores:

  • IELTS: Average 6.5; no individual scores below 5.5.
  • TOELF: 575 points (paper based total) or 232 points (computer based total) or 90 points (iBT total).

If you’ve been waived from the language test based on secondary education in the EU, the U.S.A., Canada, Australia, New Zealand or South-Africa, you must enclose your secondary education certificate.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

If accepted to the TUCS Graduate School, your research interests will define in which of the TUCS research laboratories you will be placed, and who will be your supervisor at TUCS.

ENCLOSURES

In addition to this application form, your application must include the following documents:

- A LETTER OF MOTIVATION
Your reasons for applying to the TUCS Graduate School (max. 1 page).
- A SHORT CURRICULUM VITAE (CV)
  A breif educational and professional history (curriculum vitae, CV).

    - Educational history:
Degrees and possible unfinished degrees. Major and minor subjects.
    - Professional history:
Please, explain clearly, but shortly your work experience relevant to your field of studies (the employer, title, job description, how long you worked there, full-time/part-time job and if part-time, how many hours per month).
- A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF RESEARCH INTERESTS
A short description of your research interests (max. 1 page)
- OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED COPIES OF YOUR MASTER’S AND BACHELOR’S DEGREE CERTIFICATES AND THEIR OFFICIAL TRANSLATIONS IN ENGLISH or FINNISH or SWEDISH
- OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS OF YOUR STUDY RECORDS AND THEIR OFFICIAL TRANSLATIONS IN ENGLISH or FINNISH or SWEDISH
- A CERTIFICATE OF KNOWLEDGE OF ENGLISH
The accepted languag tests are TOEFL and IELTS, and the test score must come directly from the testing centre. The minimum test scores:
- IELTS: Average 6.5; no individual scores below 5.5.
- TOELF: 575 points (paper based total) or 232 points (computer based total) or 90 points (iBT total).
The language test is not required from applicants, who have already obtained the right for doctoral studies at one of the universities within TUCS community. In addition, applicants, who have conducted their secondary education or two-year Master’s Degree Programme in the EU, the U.S.A., Canada, Australia, New Zealand or South-Africa, are also waived fromt he English language test.
If you’ve been waived from the language test based on secondary education in the EU, the U.S.A., Canada, Australia, New Zealand or South-Africa, you must enclose your secondary education certificate.
- TWO LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION
The application to TUCS Graduate School must be supported by two recommendations written by teachers, professors or other persons who can comment on your ability to pursue doctoral studies. The letters must be sent directly to TUCS by the referees and the deadline must be respected. Letters of recommendation arriving together with the application are not considered, neither are recommendation letters arrived after 26.3.2010.
- A STATEMENT OF YOUR STUDY TIME FOR THE MASTER’S DEGREE
a) The month and year of your first registration to a university or university of applied sciences
b) The month and year of your Master’s Degree
- A STATEMENT OF YOUR STUDY TIME IN DOCTORAL STUDIES*
a) The month and year when you received the right for doctoral studies.
b) If you have had a full-time, outside academia employment after you have got the right for doctoral studies, a statement of how many months you have had this full-time employment.
- A COPY OF YOUR ACCEPTED STUDY PLAN FOR DOCTORAL STUDIES*
- A STATEMENT OF HOW MANY CREDITS (ECTS (ov, op, sv, sp)) YOU HAVE, WHICH CAN BE INCLUDED FOR YOUR DOCTORAL DEGREE
- A STATEMENT FROM YOUR SUPERVISOR OF HOW MANY PUBLICATIONS YOU HAVE THAT CAN BE INCLUDED FOR YOUR PhD PROJECT
- A LIST OF YOUR OTHER PUBLICATIONS
- A STATEMENT OF THE AVERAGE (NOT WEIGHTED) OF ALL YOUR GRADES IN YOUR
a) Bachelor’s Degree
b) Master’s Degree

*) Only if you already have the right for doctoral studies at the University of Turku, Åbo Akademi University or Turku School of Economics.

VERY IMPORTANT: All copies enclosed with the application must be attested true copies, i.e. they must bear the original stamp and signature of an official entitled to attest documents: an authorized university official, a notary public, a commissioner of oaths, etc. Translations must be made by an officially authorized translator and be accompanied by an attested true copy of the original. The documents will not be returned. Please do not send any original certificates. Please, also note that TUCS does not accept any application material sent by e-mail.


Good luck with your application!