Application for doctoral programmes starts 1 April 2026

Application period for the University of Jyväskylä doctoral programmes opens on 1 April 2026. The deadline for applications is 30 April 2026 at 15.00.

Published

27.3.2026

At the University of Jyväskylä, you can complete doctoral degrees in philosophy, education, business, sports science, psychology, technology, health sciences and social sciences, depending on the doctoral programme and specialisation option. To be eligible for doctoral education, you must have completed a relevant Master's degree awarded by a university or university of applied sciences, or a relevant study programme abroad which in the awarding country gives eligibility for doctoral training.

About 240 new students join our doctoral programmes each year. 30% of them come from abroad. To be awarded a doctorate, the student admitted to a doctoral programme must complete the required studies, demonstrate independent and critical thinking in the field of research, write a doctoral dissertation, and defend it in public. If you study full-time, the target completion time for a doctoral degree is three to four years.

Find out more about our doctoral programmes

Applications for admission to the doctoral programmes are organised twice a year. For the application round in spring 2026, the deadline for applications is 30 April 2026 at 15:00. The doctoral study right of accepted applicants starts in August 2026. The autumn application period will be between 1 and 30 September 2026. The doctoral study right of applicants accepted in the application period of autumn starts in January 2027.

The online application form is available in the Studyinfo.fi portal and application guidelines are on JYU’s website.

This is a call for applications to JYU’s doctoral programmes. If you are interested in applying for a position as a Doctoral Researcher, please check the Open vacancies.