General information on GEBSI activities

Graduate School for Electronic Business and Software Industry offers an economical-technical doctoral program. The students are assisted in writing their personal study plans and finding a suitable supervisor. The plans are approved in HSE or HUT according to standard procedures. The GEBSI students can utilize graduate course in both universities when applicable. After completing most of the advanced and methodology studies in regular HSE/HUT courses, GEBSI intensive courses and research seminars during the first two years, the students will participate in research projects with more senior researchers, working on the empirical part of their dissertations. Furthermore, it is intended that each doctoral student will participate annually at least in one academic workshop, seminar or conference.

The most important mode of operation of GEBSI is to arrange joint workshops or research seminars for the GEBSI doctoral students and supervisors and invited Finnish and international researchers. Different research methods and views are emphasized, in order to enrich the understanding of different researchers. Students in both universities are encouraged to participate in doctoral research seminars at the other school.

This mode of operation is aimed at speeding up the process of finishing the dissertation by customizing the study plans based on personal motivation and interests, and by creating a lasting supervisor-student relationship. The idea of intensive courses is to invite international top researchers to Finland, on the one hand in order to acquire the latest knowledge, and on the other hand to promote international contacts of the doctoral students. The latter is further supported by participation to international academic conferences. The purpose of the research seminars is to advance the research abilities of the students. The role of research projects conducted in cooperation with companies is central: doctoral students both learn from more senior researchers how to organize and run a research project, and at the same time socializing the students into the research community while working on relevant research problems. Furthermore, by means of company collaboration, after graduation the new doctors have a natural contact with  companies.