Application periods in academic year 2017–2018:

• in autumn from 1 September to 19 October 2017 by 15:00
• in spring from 1 March to 18 April 2018 by 15:00.

The dates and times are local Finnish time. If your application is successful, your study right begins either on 1 January or 1 August, depending on whether you applied in spring or autumn.

All our doctoral candidates belong to a faculty and a doctoral programme. The first step you need to do is to decide the relevant faculty and the doctoral programme you want to apply for.

Our faculties:
- Faculty of Art and Design
- Faculty of Education
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Social Sciences.

Our doctoral programmes:
- Communities and Changing Work
- Culture-Based Service Design
- General doctoral programme
- Northern Cultures and Natural Resource Politics.