Doctoral Programme of Social and Behavioural Sciences
University of Turku · Turku, Finland
About the programme
The Doctoral Programme of Social and Behavioural Sciences is part of the University of Turku Graduate School (UTUGS) . The fields of study in the programme are philosophy, contemporary history, social policy, social work, sociology, economic sociology, political science, East Asian Studies, psychology and speech-language pathology. The work load of the doctoral degree is approximately 4 years of fulltime work.
Description: Opintopolku / Studyinfo.fi (Finnish National Agency for Education) (CC BY 4.0).
Key facts
- Degree
- Doctorate
- Institution
- University of Turku (University)
- Location
- Turku
- Language of instruction
- Finnish
- Standard duration
- 4 years
- Study mode
- Full-time
- Fields
- Cognitive Science, Geography, Psychology
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