Overview

Doctoral education concentrates on your own area of speciality, but it also provides an extensive understanding of the operation of society and people in our changing world. The postgraduate studies strengthen your theoretical and methodological skills, prepare you for acting in a multidisciplinary research environment and expert groups, as well as helps you to develop skills in research ethics and abilities required in working life.

Careers

Doctors graduating from the Doctoral Programme in Social Sciences from Tampere University find jobs in research, education, development, planning, and supervisory tasks. It is easy for them to find employment.

Programme Structure

Curriculum includes:

The purpose of doctoral education is to adopt scientific thinking, which aims at the truth and includes adopting a critical stance, as well as learning ethically sustainable scientific practices, and mastering the diverse skills of a researcher.
As a researcher with a doctoral degree, you are familiar with the theories and methods in your own research tradition and have an extensive grasp of social research and related research questions.
You are also able to apply different approaches and methods in your research, reporting and administrative work as well as in expert and management tasks in the public and private sectors.
As an expert with a doctoral degree, you understand the greatest social changes of our time and are able to seek solutions to social problems and ask questions which have not been posed yet.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-10-20 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-31 00:00:00

Language

English, Finnish

TOEFL^® IBT

92

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PTE Academic

62

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Credits

240 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Tampere, Finland

Disciplines

Sociology View 8 other PhDs in Sociology in Finland

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

92

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PTE Academic

62

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Other requirements

General requirements

Master's degree certificate in the original language (and it's officially certified or legalised copy)
Official transcript of records of the Master's degree in the original language (and it's officially certified or legalised copy)
Bachelor's degree certificate in the original language (and it's officially certified or legalised copy)
Official transcript of records of the Bachelor's degree in the original language (and it's officially certified or legalised copy)
Official translation of the Bachelor's and Master’s degree certificate and of the transcript of records unless issued in English, Finnish or Swedish (and it's officially certified or legalised copy)
Research plan
Copy of your passport's ID page or EU/EEA/Switzerland identity card, and possible residence permit to Finland, if the applicant is not a Finnish citizen

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Tuition Fees

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International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

Free
EU/EEA Applies to you

Applies to you

EU/EEA Nationals

Free

Additional Details

There are no tuition fees in doctoral programmes.

Living costs

Tampere

Finland

869 - 1289 EUR / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Scholarships Information

Below you will find PhD's scholarship opportunities for Social Sciences.

Available Scholarships

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