The Doctoral Programme in Nursing Science educates researchers of nursing science for national and international needs in the research field, and for social and health services, education, business and industry. It supports expertise for research activities and systematic career development in nursing science.
Doctoral candidates study the Nursing science research programme Empowering Population, Patients, Professionals in Health and Care and its eight sub-programmes: Ethical Health Care and Nursing; Health in Early Life and Parenthood; Digital Nursing Turku; Mental Health and Technology; Older Individuals' Health, Nursing and Services; Quality of Clinical Nursing Care - Empowering Patient Education; Health Care and Nursing Education. The programme leads to a Doctor of Health Sciences degree in the Faculty of Medicine.
The University of Turku teaches the programme in Finnish and English through independent learning and contact teaching. The planned duration is 3 years, and the duration of completing a doctoral degree is 3-4 years of full-time studies.
