Doctoral Programme in Business and Technology Management

Application process 

To apply for admission to the doctoral programme the candidate first contacts a professor or professors of his/her specific research area. In order to be able to hand in the application the candidate needs to have your his/her research plan approved by one of our professors, who would also have to agree to act as the candidate's supervisor during your studies. The professor responsible for the discipline in question discusses the study-related plans with the candidate and determines whether the candidate has sufficient, relevant basic knowledge of the field of research. If necessary, the professor can set certain additional prerequisites for doctoral studies. Based on this overall estimation, the professor grants or declines support to the application. Please note that the professor's support does not guarantee admission!

When contacting one of our professors, please include some information about your planned research, information about your master's degree and a cv.

The programme accepts new doctoral students twice a year. The next application deadline is Friday 12th April, at 3 pm. The applications have to be delivered personally to the faculty office or sent by mail.All documents should be sent together in the same envelope. We cannot accept applications sent by email.

To apply to the doctoral programme please hand in...

• the application form, signed by the applicant and the supervisor (and possible additional instructors)
  
  Form for applicants who have graduated from TUT
  Form for applicants who have graduated from another university

....and the required enclosures...

• a study plan for postgraduate studies at TUT signed by the applicant and the supervisor
  
  The study plan consists of 40 credits, of which major studies 25 credits and general scientific studies 5 credits. The general scientific studies should include the postgraduate seminar TRT-28000 Tuotantotalouden ja tietojohtamisen jatko-opintoseminaari (7 cr). (The seminar will be held in English if non-Finnish participants sign up.)
  
• a research plan for postgraduate studies at TUT signed by the applicant and the supervisor
• a free form statement by the supervisor of your studies
• a copy of your MSc/BSc degree certificates incl. transcripts of all university records and its/their English translations (if the original documents are in a language other than Finnish or English)
• a preliminary plan for financing your studies
• a certificate of proficiency in the English language for students whose first language is not Finnish or English. (More information below)
• (any other material complementing the application)

Non-Finnish applicants please include...

• a copy of your international passport
• a Curriculum Vitae
  

Applications will not be processed until all documents are received. Documents must be submitted in English or Finnish. All copies and translations must be officially certified with the exeption of documents issued by TUT.

Please note that there is no funding connected with being accepted to the programme.

Language requirements

Please note that all the applicants whose native language is not English or Finnish must take an official language test either by IELTS, TOEFL or CPE/CAE. One of the following language tests is required:

• IELTS (min. score 6.5) 
  
• TOEFL (min. score 237 in computer-based test, 92 in the internet-based test or 580 in paper-based test)
• PTE Academic (min. score 62)
  
• Cambridge Language Certificate (Proficiency CPE or Advanced CAE) (grade "C" or higher)
  

The score reports can be sent to TUT from the testing centre. The TOEFL code of Tampere University of Technology is 0599. TUT has no institutional code for other language tests.

The language test must be taken before the application deadline. Applicants are required to attach the official language test report to their application, with the exception of the IELTS language test in which case a copy of the results is accepted.

Please note that any other language certificate or free-form statement will not be accepted.

TUT has basically the same language requirements for the master's and doctoral programmes, so please visit the Language Requirements page for more information.