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Welfare, Health and Management Doctoral Programme
Multidisciplinary doctoral programme of Welfare, Health and Management (WELMA) brings together two faculties and three different departments in UEF. Within the strategy of the University of Eastern Finland, the WELMA doctoral programme has strong links with emerging research fields: Welfare ruptures and Effectiveness of social and health care. The programme will focus on the issues surrounding welfare ruptures, the effectiveness of social and health care and steering. The purpose of the doctoral programme is to produce researchers and specialists in the areas of welfare and social and health care and to strengthen the theoretical and methodological basis and the philosophy of science in this field.
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DEGREES IN WELMA
The doctoral programme of Welfare, Health and Management will provide the following degrees in these major subjects:
Degree |
Major subject |
Doctor of Philosophy |
All major subjects |
Licentiate of Arts (Psychology) and Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology) For entry to the degree, the applicant must have completed a Master’s degree majoring in psychology or another corresponding degree and providing the applicant with a professional licence to work as a psychologist. |
Psychology |
Licentiate and Doctor of Health Sciences
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Health and Human Services Informatics, Health Management Science, Health Economics |
Licentiate and Doctor of Social Sciences
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Health and Human Services Informatics, Social Management Science, Social Pedagogy, Social Psychology, Social Work, Sociology and Social Policy |
DEGREE STRUCTURE AND STUDY REQUIREMENTS
The degree includes the licentiate thesis or the doctoral dissertation and 50 ECTS of studies supporting research and professional competence, which consist of General Transferable Skills (15 ECTS) and Studies in the Discipline and Field of Research (35 ECTS).
Studies supporting research and professional competence 50 ECTS
a. Transferable skills studies 15 ECTS (compulsory for all students)
b. Studies in the discipline and field of research 35 ECTS (compulsory for all students)
The obligatoriness/optionality of the different study modules depends on the major subject. However, all students are required to take a subject-specific research group seminar (5-10 ECTS) and worth 10 ECTS of research method studies.
Table: WELMA doctoral programme / Studies supporting research and professional competence 50 ECTS / optionality / compulsoriness in different majors 2020–2021.
Major |
psychology |
health management social management health economics health and human service informatics |
social pedagogy social work |
social psychology |
sociology social policy |
Courses from UEF Doctoral School 10 ECTS |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
5424103 WELMA doctoral programme seminar 5 ECTS |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Subject-specific research group seminar 5-10 ECTS |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Research method studies 10 ECTS |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
5424013 Scientific communication 5 ECTS |
X |
X |
X |
0 |
X |
5410119 Readings in WELMA 5 ECTS |
X |
X |
X |
X |
0 |
5424101 Effectiveness in Social and Health Care 5 ECTS |
Complete this or/and 5424104 |
Complete this or/and 5424104 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5424104 Social dimensions of welfare: Prerequisities, gaps and inequalities 5 ECTS |
Complete this or/and 5424101 |
Complete this or/and 5424101 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Other doctoral level courses 2-10 ECTS |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
X = compulsory
O = optional
Supplementary studies
If your background degree is from a different field of research than the WELMA main subjects, to ensure that you are well-equipped to take part in the doctoral studies, the Faculty may require you to complete supplementary studies (max. 30 ECTS). Possible supplementary studies are specified during the personal study plan process with the supervisor of your thesis. The supplementary studies cannot be included in the doctoral degree.
Personal study plan
Compose your personal study plan on the pdf-form you will find via WELMA webpages under "Forms and instructions" and send it as an email attachment to your main supervisor for approval within 3 months of the date you were grated the study right for doctoral studies.
If a student wishes to change the supervisors of her/his doctoral studies, the change must be applied with a specific form (under Forms).
If a doctoral student wishes to change the major within the doctoral programme, the change is applied with an informal application, where the following information must be given: name, student number, email, address, current major and target degreeand applied major and target degree, and the reasons for the change of major. The application is returned to the Head of Education (annikki.honkanen at uef.fi). An updated personal study plan is a prerequisite for the change (under Forms). The applicant must meet the admission criteria for the new field.The new study right is granted by the dean's decision and, at the same time, the old study right is cancelled. The application time is continuous.
If a doctoral student wishes to change the target degree within the doctoral programme, she or he can apply with a specifc form (under Forms). When relevant, a new research plan, commitments of the superviors and certificates of earlier degrees are to be attached to the application. During the process, the applicant's meeting of the admission criteria to the new field are assessed. The new study right is granted by the dean's decision and and, at the same time, the old study right is cancelled. The application time is continuous.
If a student wishes to change the doctoral programme, but the faculty and the major remain the same, a recommendation from the main supervisor and the head of the new doctoral programme suffice.
If a change in major or doctoral programme require also a change of faculty, a student must apply to the new programme and abide by its application process and deadlines.
Contact person: Amanuensis Ella Koistinen (ella.koistinen at uef.fi).