Doctoral programme committee (School of Electrical Engineering)
Members of the Doctoral Programme Committee
The doctoral programme committee comprises a chair and 4 professorial members merited in doctoral education and representing the central fields of research of the school. In addition, the committee has a doctoral student member representing the fields of research of the school. The committee elects a vice chair from among its members. The committee members have deputy members.
The term of the doctoral programme committee is three calendar years. The term of the current committee continues until the end of year 2025. Student representatives are appointed for one calendar year at a time, by the proposal of the Student Union AYY.
Chairperson, Prof. Vesa Välimäki
| Members | Deputy members |
|---|---|
| Prof. Vesa Välimäki, DICE (Chairperson of the Committee) |
Prof. Sergiy Vorobyov, DICE Prof. Risto Wichman, DICE |
| Prof. Simo Särkkä, EEA |
Prof. Esa Ollila, DICE Prof. Stephan Sigg, DICE |
| Prof. Matti Lehtonen, EEA | Prof. Arto Visala, EEA |
| Prof. Keijo Nikoskinen, ELE | Prof. Zhipei Sun, ELE Prof. Ilkka Tittonen, ELE |
| Prof. Yu Xiao, DICE (vice chair) |
Prof. Riku Jäntti, DICE Prof. Antti Oulasvirta, DICE |
| Doctoral student Maksim Sitnikov 2025 | Doctoral student Boxuan Xie 2025 |
The items are presented/prepared by:
Planning officer: Emma Holmlund
Coordinator Suvi Katajamäki (secretary of the committee)
Coordinator Antti Susiluoto
Meetings and deadlines
Depending on the decision item, the decisions will be made either only in regular (monthly) meetings or both in regular and email meetings. There are decision specific deadlines presented below. No decisions will be made during holiday seasons. Summer holiday 30.6. - 7.8.2025.
Doctoral students will be informed of the decisions concerning them after the meeting.
These proposals have deadlines and decision dates according to the table below.
| Deadlines for proposals | Meetings |
|---|---|
| Tue 3.6.2025 | Tue 17.6.2025 |
| Thu 14.8.2025 | Fri 29.8.2025 |
| Thu 11.9.2025 | Fri 26.9.2025 |
| Thu 2.10.2025 | Fri 24.10.2025 |
| Thu 6.11.2025 | Fri 21.11.2025 |
| Tue 2.12.2025 | Tue 16.12.2025 |
| Thu 8.1.2026 | Fri 23.1.2026 |
| Tue 27.1.2026 | Wed 11.2.2026 |
| Tue 3.3.2026 | Fri 20.3.2026 |
| Tue 7.4.2026 | Fri 24.4.2026 |
| Tue 5.5.2026 | Fri 22.5.2026 |
| Tue 2.6.2026 | Wed 17.6.2026 |
When both pre-examination statements have arrived, the first decision on permission will be made according to the table below (scroll down) either in a regular or an email meeting. This is the first round of permission process, after which the student makes corrections to the manuscript.
The corrections of the doctoral thesis will typically be processed as follows (the second round of permission process):
- When decision B has been given: The Chair of the Doctoral Programme Committee will check the corrections within about one week. There are no deadlines for submission.
- When decision C has been given: When the corrections have been submitted, new decision will be made according to the table both in regular and email meetings. Please follow the submission deadlines of the table.
(When submitting corrections after a C decision, please note that you can submit the proposal of opponent(s) and details (date, time) of the defence at the same time. In case of regular meetings, both corrections and proposal can be processed in the same meeting. In email meetings, on the other hand, because of the nature of the decision process the items are processed successively in two different meetings. It is still worthwhile to submit the proposal along with the corrections, because typically the opponent and defence details can be confirmed on the next week following the permission. Of course, you can also submit the proposal separately later. Please read more below regarding confirmation of opponent and details of the defence.)
Decisions and other information on permission for public defence
| Deadlines for pre-examination statements and corrections for doctoral thesis |
Meeting / Decision date | Decision type |
|---|---|---|
| Mon 9.12.2024 at 12 | Mon 16.12.2024 | regular meeting |
| Tue 7.1.2025 at 10 | Fri 17.1.2025 | email meeting |
| Mon 20.1.2025 at 12 | Fri 24.1.2025 | regular meeting |
| Mon 3.2.2025 at 12 | Tue 11.2.2025 | regular meeting |
| Mon 24.2.2025 at 12 | Fri 7.3.2025 | email meeting |
| Mon 17.3.2025 at 12 | Fri 21.3.2025 | regular meeting |
| Mon 24.3.2025 at 12 | Fri 4.4.2025 | email meeting |
| Mon 7.4.2025 at 12 | Tue 15.4.2025 | regular meeting |
| Mon 28.4.2025 at 12 | Fri 9.5.2025 | email meeting |
| Mon 19.5.2025 at 12 | Fri 23.5.2025 | regular meeting |
| Mon 26.5.2025 at 12 | Fri 6.6.2025 | email meeting |
| Mon 9.6.2025 at 12 | Tue 17.6.2025 | regular meeting |
| Mon 16.6.2025 at 12 | Fri 27.6.2025 | email meeting |
| Mon 11.8.2025 at 12 | Fri 22.8.2025 | email meeting |
| Mon 25.8.2025 at 12 | Fri 29.8.2025 | regular meeting |
| Mon 1.9.2025 at 12 | Fri 12.9.2025 | email meeting |
| Mon 22.9.2025 at 12 | Fri 26.9.2025 | regular meeting |
| Mon 29.9.2025 at 12 | Fri 10.10.2025 | email meeting |
| Mon 20.10.2025 at 12 | Fri 24.10.2025 | regular meeting |
| Mon 27.10.2025 at 12 | Fri 7.11.2025 | email meeting |
| Mon 17.11.2025 at 12 | Fri 21.11.2025 | regular meeting |
| Mon 24.11.2025 at 12 | Fri 5.12.2025 | email meeting |
| Mon 8.12.2025 at 12 | Tue 16.12.2025 | regular meeting |
- Processed both in regular and email meetings
- DL on Mondays at 12
The proposals submitted by each Monday at noon (provided that no supplementary information is needed), are in most cases processed within a week either in an email meeting or in a regular meeting. In most cases, the decision day is therefore Friday. No decisions are made on national holiday weeks and seasons.
- Processed mainly in regular meetings, but occasionally also in email meetings
- If the statement of the opponent has arrived early enough before the meeting, and the committee is convinced that the doctoral student will not make an official reply to the statement, the thesis can be approved in the meeting. If the defence date is close to the meeting date, the student should prepare to answer to the question of the doctoral education services regarding this matter in a short notice.
- The request for graduation should be sent 4 working days before the meeting at the latest to ensure graduation on a date mentioned on the table.
| Meetings | Graduation date | Graduation ceremony |
|---|---|---|
| Mon 16.12.2024 | Tue 31.12.2024 | 10.4.2025 |
| Fri 24.1.2025 | Mon 27.1.2025 | 10.4.2025 |
| Tue 11.2.2025 | Mon 24.2.2025 | 10.4.2025 |
| Fri 21.3.2025 | Mon 31.3.2025 | 11.6.2025 |
| Tue 15.4.2025 | Mon 28.4.2025 | 11.6.2025 |
| Fri 23.5.2025 | Mon 26.5.2025 | 11.6.2025 |
| Tue 17.6.2025 | Mon 30.6.2025 | 25.9.2025 |
| Fri 22.8.2025* | Mon 25.8.2025 | tba |
| Fri 29.8.2025 | Mon 29.9.2025 | tba |
| Fri 26.9.2025 | Mon 29.9.2025 | tba |
| Fri 24.10.2025 | Mon 27.10.2025 | tba |
| Fri 21.11.2025 | Mon 24.11.2025 | tba |
| Tue 16.12.2025 | Wed 31.12.2025 | tba |
*Only an email meeting to approve the theses defended during summer. The statements need to have arrived by the deadline.
Tasks of the Committee
The Doctoral Programme Committee shall
- put forth proposals to the school academic committee on the doctoral programme curriculum, degree requirements and admissions criteria;
- develop the school’s doctoral programme content and joint studies;
- put forth proposals to the school academic committee on the doctoral research fields and the professors in charge of them;
- put forth proposals to the dean regarding the admission of doctoral students;
- appoint the preliminary examiners of doctoral theses and decide on granting permissions for the public examination of the theses;
- appoint persons to serve as opponent(s) in the public examinations;
- evaluate doctoral theses;
- appoint the examiners of the licentiate theses;
- evaluate licentiate theses; and
- make decisions on doctoral programme development and quality assurance, and on the processing of feedback
- consider any other matters assigned by the dean or set forth in the degree regulations.
In addition, the doctoral programme committee shall perform the following tasks (unless it has assigned them to the chair):
- appoint doctoral students’ supervising professors and thesis advisors
- decide the language of degree of the doctoral student and the topic and language of their doctoral thesis and
- decide on the date and language of the public examination of the doctoral thesis and appoint the custos for it.
The doctoral programme committee has on January 2025, assigned the chair to decide on the following matters:
- to appoint a new supervising professor and advisor(s) for the doctoral student, if the supervising professor or thesis advisor(s) change after the start of studies but before the start of the preliminary examination;
- to decide on the degree language of the doctoral student and on the topic and language of the licentiate or doctoral thesis, if these change after the start of the studies but before the start of the preliminary examination;
- to decide on the time and language of the of public examination of the doctoral thesis and to appoint the custos for it if this information is changed;
- to confirm the full-time/part-time status changes. The status is defined in admission.
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