Key information
- Duration: Full-time, 48 months
- Application deadlines: Autumn – 15 September; Spring – 15 April
- Language: English
- Credits: 30 ECTS
- Delivered: On Campus
- Campus location: Helsinki, Finland
- Disciplines: Sustainable Development, Ecology
Overview
This multidisciplinary research community is based at the Faculty of Biological and Environmental sciences. The Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Sustainability in Society programme from University of Helsinki conducts both basic and applied research that addresses the societally relevant challenges found in ecology, evolutionary biology, environmental sciences, sustainability sciences and social-ecological systems.
Key Facts
Research in the fields of the programme is highly internationally networked, but it also has strong local connections, including research focusing on ecosystems in Finnish nature and links to national policymakers on issues such as the ecological impact of climate change, biodiversity, and environmental sustainability.
Programme structure
Research Areas
- Biogeography
- Biological aspects of environmental change, including climate change
- Evolutionary biology
- Population genetics
- Evolutionary ecology
- Evolutionary genetics
- Phylogenetics, systematics, comparative biology
- Molecular ecology
- Behavioral ecology
Admission requirements
Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
- TOEFL iBT: 92 (or New TOEFL iBT 1–6 score: 4.5)
- PTE Academic: 62
- IELTS: 6.5
Other requirements
General requirements
- An applicable second-cycle university degree
- An applicable second-cycle degree from a university of applied sciences, or
- An applicable education at an institution abroad providing eligibility for equivalent higher education in the country in question
- You can only apply by filling in the online application form during the application period. The application can be written in Finnish, Swedish or English. Check the programme-specific requirements – some doctoral programmes require an English-language research proposal.
- Reserve plenty of time for completing the application. The application cannot be saved as a draft, but you can edit it during the application period. To be able to save the application, there must be at least one character in every mandatory answer field.
Tuition Fees
International: Free
EU/EEA: Free
No tuition fees for PhD students.
