Hecse - Helsinki Graduate School in Computer Science and Engineering

 
Hecse
Applications 2010
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Student admission to Hecse

Hecse admits new students roughly once a year. Students are accepted to pursue their doctoral degree full-time in four years.

Funded vs. adjunct positions

Hecse has 20 funded positions. The number of vacant funded positions varies yearly. Positions without funding (adjunct positions) are also available and entitle the student to participate in Hecse events and to apply for Hecse travel funds. Students with already guaranteed funding (holding a research position or employed by university research projects) are encouraged to apply for these adjunct positions.

Why apply for a adjunct position?

If you are not accepted for a funded position (or if you already have other funding), you might still be accepted for an adjunct position. Both as an adjunct student and a funded student, you can

Eligibility

The applicants are expected to have a Master or Licentiate degree, as well as an interest in scientific research and the work of a researcher. The applicants, if accepted, are expected to engage themselves in full-time research and study for a maximum of four years. They are also expected to participate in the events organized by the graduate school. The progress of the research has to be reported periodically to the school.

Note that a student can only belong to one graduate school at a time.

Location

The positions are located either in the premises of the Department of Computer Science of the Faculty of Science at the University of Helsinki (UH) or in the Department of Information and Computer Science, the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, or the Department of Media Technology of the Faculty of Information and Natural Sciences at Aalto University (Aalto, previously TKK).

Salary

The salary for a funded doctoral student is based on levels 1 - 4 of the demands level chart for teaching and research personnel. With the salary component based on personal work performance the overall salary range is 1 608 - 3 209 euro per month.

Previous application calls

Next application call

The next application call will open during 2011.

The application

A typical application would include Detailed information about how the application should look like is given separately for each application call. Introduction and recommendation letters should be addressed to the Board of Hecse and the whole application (including the letters) should be sent to the Coordinator for Hecse.

The applications and appendices are not returned. The applicant may be invited to an interview.

This file was last modified on 22 Sep 2010.