The
Helsinki Doctoral Education Network in Information and Communications
Technology (HICT) is a collaborative doctoral education network hosted jointly
by Aalto University
and the University of Helsinki , the two leading universities within this
area in Finland .
The network involves at present 51 professors and over 200 doctoral students,
and the participating units graduate altogether more than 40 new doctors each
year.
The
activities of HICT are structured along six research area specific tracks:
-
Algorithms and machine learning
- Creative
technologies
- Life
science informatics
- Networks,
networked systems and services
- Software
and service engineering and systems
- User
centered information technology
The quality
of research and education in both HICT universities is world-class, but the
education is still practically free as there are no tuition fees in the Finnish
university system. Helsinki has been ranked as
the World’s Most Livable City
(Monocle, 2011), and is the capital
city of Finland ,
which is in the top 10 of the most highly educated nations in the world (OECD,
2013), and has been selected as the world’s best country to live in (Newsweek,
2010).
The
participating units of HICT have currently 15 fully funded positions available
for exceptional doctoral students. The call closes on February 14, 2014 at
15:30 EET (GMT+2).
Further
details:
http://academicpositions.eu