Professional Doctorate

Universities of applied sciences in Finland propose that the country should follow European developments and enable professional doctoral degrees. The Professional Doctorate would be equivalent in level to the university doctoral degree, but implemented in an applied manner, in close collaboration with companies and working life. The aim is to strengthen Finland’s competitiveness.

A total of 13 universities of applied sciences are participating in a working group that has created a concrete proposal outlining the structure of the degree and a potential pilot phase to test the model.

The proposal in English (pdf)

The proposal in Finnish (pdf)

The proposal in Swedish (pdf)