We offer 49 paid doctoral researcher positions in the field of Software Engineering. The positions are part of a major national investment on doctoral training and provide full funding for a period of three years, starting in August 2024. As a doctoral researcher in one of these positions, you will belong to a research network of Finland’s top software engineering researchers from nine different universities.
The research groups in this consortium collectively cover most major software engineering subfields: empirical software engineering; design science based software engineering; software architectures; software applications; programming languages; user interface programming; software security; software engineering for industrial systems and edge computing; software verification, validation, and testing methods; software processes; human-centric software engineering; requirements engineering; software-intensive business; software product management; and global software engineering.
A large number of companies are involved in this doctoral training program as partners to provide industrial relevance; they offer internships or other opportunities to participate in the companies’ activities as part of studies, giving a view to industry-scale software development operations. Our partner companies also play a pivotal role in providing real-world data about software engineering in practice.
We offer
- The opportunity to work in an international, multidisciplinary research community.
- Possibility to see your research results in action via industry collaboration.
- High-quality research infrastructure and support services.
- Competitive salary for a period of 3 years.
We require
- A master’s degree in software engineering, computer science or a closely related field.
- Excellent communication skills in English.
How to apply
We encourage you to learn more about the research groups and their research themes of each of the nine partner universities via the links below.
Once you find a position and university that interests you, you will apply directly to that university. You can apply to more than one university.
Aalto University
- https://aalto.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/aalto/job/Otaniemi-Espoo-Finland/Doctoral-Researchers-in-Software-Engineering_R39185-4
- Application period ends on 30 April 2024
- Contact person Casper Lassenius casper.lassenius@aalto.fi
LUT University
- https://www.lut.fi/en/projects/software-engineering-doctoral-program
- Continuous application process.
- Contact person Kari Smolander, kari.smolander@lut.fi
Tampere University
- https://www.tuni.fi/en/research/research-tampere-university/doctoral-education-pilot
- Application period ends on April 9
- Contact person: Pekka Abrahamsson pekka.abrahamsson@tuni.fi
University of Eastern Finland
- https://www.uef.fi/en/doctoral-education-pilot
- Application opens on 11 March 2024 and closes on 2 April 2024
- Contact person Markku Tukiainen markku.tukiainen@uef.fi
University of Helsinki
- https://www.helsinki.fi/en/research/doctoral-school/doctoral-education-pilot/pilot-profiles/doctoral-pilot-software-engineering
- Application opens on 2 April 2024 and closes on 22 April 2024
- Contact person Tomi Männistö tomi.mannisto@helsinki.fi
University of Jyväskylä
- https://ats.talentadore.com/apply/tohtorikoulutuspilotti-5-vaitoskirjatutkijaa-ohjelmistotekniikka/Dw3wz7?lang=en
- Application opens on 11 March 2024 and closes on 2 April 2024
- Contact person Tommi Mikkonen tommi.j.mikkonen@jyu.fi
University of Oulu
- https://oulunyliopisto.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:713774/
- Application period ends on 22 April 2024
- Contact person Burak Turhan burak.turhan@oulu.fi
University of Turku
- https://sites.utu.fi/tohtorikoulutuspilotti/en/software/
- Application period ends on 15 April 2024
- Contact person Jaakko Järvi jaakko.jarvi@utu.fi
Åbo Akademi University
- https://www.abo.fi/en/research-at-aau/postgraduate-and-doctoral-studies/doctoral-education-pilots-at-abo-akademi-university/
- Application period ends on 15 April 2024
- Contact person Ivan Porres ivan.porres@abo.fi