PhD Pilot
The Digital Waters Doctoral Education Pilot, the PhD Pilot, responds to the growing need for doctoral-level experts in the Digital Waters Flagship area.
The doctoral education pilot focuses on the Flagship’s research area of complex interactions and responses in the hydro-, cryo-, and atmosphere.
What is the DIWA PhD pilot?
The PhD Pilot offers a structured three-year doctoral education path for doctoral researchers. The program equips doctoral researchers with methodological, digital, and management skills to become game-changers in water research and innovation, within both academia and industry.
Doctoral researchers within the PhD Pilot undertake secondments with leading industry and research partners. Through these secondments, Digital Waters Flagship is collaborating with public and private sector stakeholders to co-create services and products. We foster communication among researchers, policymakers, specialists, and industry professionals.
Benefits of a DIWA PhD
Key steps to success
New career opportunities
Our collaboration with both public and private actors in the water sector provides our members with both training and career opportunities in an important industry. The PhD pilot program gives doctoral researchers valuable new insights and helps to advance their careers.
Structured path to PhD
Doctoral researchers get to join a large network of fellow doctoral students, supervisors, and professionals. Our professional supervisors help and support the doctoral researchers throughout their whole PhD pilot experience.
Skills and work experience in water related fields
We equip Doctoral researchers with the necessary contacts, skills and provide opportunities to build their future career.
Cutting-edge research
Our Doctoral researchers have joined a top-tier research and innovation ecosystem, so they have access to our unique research infrastructure and will take part in high-impact research toward the next industrial revolution in the water sector.
Finland’s nature, cities & culture
Doctoral researchers who have travelled to Finland to join the PhD pilot program get to experience the unique and beautiful cities and nature of Finland during their PhD journey.
In collaboration with
Ministry of Education and Culture
DIWA Flagship is funded by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture directly and through the Research Council of Finland.