Doctoral Programmes at the Faculty of Social Sciences (SOC)

Doctoral Programmes at the Faculty of Social Sciences (SOC) 

On this page you will find all the key issues and forms for the scientific postgraduate education of the Faculty of Social Sciences.

The Faculty of Social Sciences offers doctoral studies in eight Doctoral Programmes that cover the fields of Humanities, Medicine, Psychology, Health Sciences and Social Sciences. The curriculum of the doctoral programmes, heads of the programmes and research fields can be found in the table on this page.

Forms and links at SOC Scientific Postgraduate Education:

Admission to doctoral studies (application period in April and October)

All the instructions and regulations regarding scientific postgraduate education of the Faculty of Social Sciences (SOC) have been summarised in the handbook for scientific postgraduate education.​

The forms of the Faculty (SOC):

SOC Supervision agreement and plan for doctoral studies

SOC Report and feedback form 

 Other useful links:

Doctoral School Curriculum

TUNI Moodle / Turnitin for Students

Turnitin Orginality Check - Guidelines for Supervisors 

The forms of the University:

Changes in supervisory duties

The table below summarises the doctoral programmes, degrees and fields of study in the programmes at the Faculty of Social Sciences:

The Faculty Board and the Steering Group for Doctoral Education meeting dates can be found at TG-SOC Info pages.  

The manuscript can be submitted to the Faculty for the pre-examination process at any time after the responsible supervisor has approved it. The Dean makes a decision of the pre-examiners. The duty of the Steering Group for Doctoral Education is to handle the pre-examiner’s statements after which the dean’s decision can be made for the permission to print the dissertation. The opponent’s statement is handled first at the Steering Group for Doctoral Education and after that in the Faculty Council. The final evaluation of the dissertation will be done at the Faculty Council based on the opponent’s and pre-examiner’s statements.

Contact information:

Head of the doctoral programmes can be found in the table of the doctoral programmes (please see above).

Senior Specialist (doctoral education) Leena Nikkari

Education Assistant Sinikka Määttä

E-mail address: SOC Scientific Postgraduate Education/Doctoral Studies: soc.doc.tau [at] tuni.fi (soc[dot]doc[dot]tau[at]tuni[dot]fi)
(other email addresses forename.surname [at] tuni.fi)

Visit Study Services / SOC Scientific Postgraduate Education: Leena Nikkari and Sinikka Määttä;

Linna -Building, 6th floor, Rm 6055 or Arvo -Building Study Affairs (by appointment).

Post address: Faculty of Social Sciences, FI 33014 Tampere University