Doctoral personal study plan (DPSP)
Instructions for doctoral students making their personal study plan
Sisu and DPSP clinic for doctoral students
Doctoral education services offers an online clinic once a month in the academic year 2025-2026 to support doctoral students in using Sisu as well as in drawing up their Doctoral Personal Study Plan (DPSP). If you have any questions, join us online!
When
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Where
Online
Event language(s)
English
We will help you with:
- Sisu technical issues such as creating and updating a study plan in Sisu, course registration, credit transfer application, claiming credits for independent studies and appying for graduation, as well as various error situations in Sisu. See also Sisu instructions for doctoral students.
- General questions about creating your DPSP and using the MyStudies platform. See also DPSP instructions.
If you have questions about course selections and planning the content of your studies, please contact your supervising professor.
Clinic overview and instructions
The clinic begins with a brief 5-10 minute introduction or demonstration on a variety of topics. Following this, participants are divided into breakout rooms based on their doctoral programmes. Generally, a planning officer or coordinator from each programme is available, but even if a representative from your specific doctoral programme is absent, you will still receive general guidance.
Multiple students from the same doctoral programme can join a breakout room simultaneously. Be ready to share your screen, if you have a technical Sisu related question.
Schedule
The topics for the brief 5-10 minute introduction are listed in parentheses. Feel free to join at any time.
- 18 August 2025 13:00-14:00 (Creating and updating a study plan in Sisu)
- 16 September 2025 10:00-11:00 (Sisu error message 'against the rules')
- 27 October 2025 15:00-16:00 (Adding individual studies to the plan)
- 14 November 2025 10:00-11:00
- 10 December 2025 13:00-14:00
- 20 January 2026 14:00-15:00
- 20 February 2026 10:00-11:00
- 11 March 2026 15:00-16:00
- 20 April 2026 10:00-11:00
- 29 May 2026 13:00-14:00
- 16 June 2026 13:00-14:00
Zoom link
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More information
If you have questions about the clinics, contact us at udes@aalto.fi.
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