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PhD in Gender Culture and Society

4 Years On Campus Phd Program

University of Helsinki

Program Overview

The Doctoral Programme in Gender, Culture and Society is a multidisciplinary programme organised by five faculties. The programme focuses on a wide range of themes related to gender, sexuality and feminist research from the different perspectives offered by the fields of humanities and social sciences. The programme offers its students current and stimulating research training on a wide range of perspectives in gender, culture and society. The programme understands gender as multidimensional and places a strong emphasis on the categories that intersect with gender, including ethnicity and race, age, class, religion, and sexualities.

Program Key Stats




17 %

Eligibility Criteria


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6.5
92

Additional Information & Requirements

If you have completed or are completing your degree, an official transcript of records must be submitted to the Admissions Services of the University of Helsinki by the awarding institution, IELTS of 6.5 with a minimum score of 6.0 in the writing section, TOEFL IBT 92, a minimum score of 22 in the writing section, TOEFL PBT 580.

Career Options

  • Graduates from the doctoral programme typically find employment as researchers and experts in universities and research institutes
  • They also serve in demanding national and international expert positions in the public and private sectors and non-governmental organisations
  • They find research and teaching work in many university disciplines
  • Graduates from the Doctoral Programme in Gender
  • Culture and Society have special competence for performing work related to research
  • education
  • politics
  • law
  • media
  • education and culture in the field of gender and sexuality

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