East Finland Graduate School in Computer Science and Engineering

Computer science and engineering departments of the three universities in Eastern Finland, Lappeenranta University of Technology, University of Joensuu, and University of Kuopio have jointly founded the East Finland Universities Graduate School in Computer Science and Engineering, ECSE for short. ECSE is based on the following principles:

• The main areas of expertice are software engineering, intelligent systems, and data communication. For a more concrete meaning of these keywords, see the descriptions of research programs of the departments.
• The experts are shared - a student can get supervision in any of these three universities.
• Courses eligible for graduate studies are transmitted by videoconferencing to the other campuses.
• In the annually organized International Summer School in Novel Computing intensive advanced courses are offered.
• Actually there are about 30 graduate students, and ECSE hopes to find funding for some 10 new students each year. It is presumed that with full time funding a student can achieve PhD in four years. Funding will be conditional, depending on the progress of studies and research. In July 1995, 6 students were selected.

You might also be interested in the other Finnish graduate schools in computer science and engineering. Photos from the spring 1997 progress report evaluation meeting here.