Get to know the exhibitors at the kick-start your PhD fair and come to discuss more about their services and activities!
Arab-Finn Researchers' Association (AFRA)
The Arab-Finn Researchers' Association (AFRA) is an independent academic platform uniting Arabic-speaking scholarly talent across diverse scientific disciplines in Finland. Driven by the firm belief that collaboration is the cornerstone of excellence, AFRA serves as a strategic bridge for knowledge exchange, joint collaborations, and the professional advancement of researchers within the Finnish ecosystem. AFRA upholds the highest standards of integrity and transparency, aiming to enrich both the Finnish and global scientific communities through intellectual contributions and sustainable institutional partnerships.
The association was founded in December 2025 under registration number: 3580922-1. The association is also active in LinkedIn: Arab-Finn Researchers' Association
Doctoral Experience Week (DEW)
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Helsinki Incubators
Helsinki Incubators supports doctoral researchers in turning their ideas into real-world impact by offering programmes that help explore the potential of research beyond academia. Participants gain fundamental skills to build and grow a company, with guidance from experienced industry experts, while testing practical applications of their research or passion projects. The programmes are open to all fields and skill levels, and participants can earn 5–8 ECTS credits.
Helsinki University Library
Helsinki University Library provides support for researchers and research groups in open publishing, research data management, systematic literature searching, and publication metrics. We also offer structured training and information sessions on open science and research data management for University of Helsinki researchers and staff.
Kielibuusti
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The Farmers' Social Insurance Institution Mela
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The Science Basement
The Science Basement is a non-profit organisation that aims to give early-career researchers the opportunity to learn and develop their science communication skills.
Our community currently consists of approximately 60 active members, primarily PhD researchers and Master’s students from the University of Helsinki, as well as members from other universities across Finland and several other countries. Together, we represent a wide range of disciplines and international backgrounds.
Through podcasts, blogs, public events, workshops, and outreach activities, we explore creative ways to connect science with society and make research more accessible, engaging, and fun. We are looking for anyone interested in science communication, simply curious people who want to contribute ideas and creativity to our projects (designers, writers, illustrators, social media enthusiasts, educators, and more).
Whether you enjoy telling stories, creating visuals, sharing ideas, or just being part of something creative and collaborative, there’s a place for you at The Science Basement. Come join our international community and help bring science closer to everyone.
The Union of Research Professionals (Tieteentekijät) and The Helsinki University Association of Researchers and Teachers (HUART)
The Union of Research Professionals (Tieteentekijät) is the trade union for those working in research and science, actively advocating for better working conditions and research funding. “Research Professionals” / Tieteentekijät is the right union for all researchers regardless of their career stage or field of science. Our members are supported by both the national union and our local branches such as The Helsinki University Association of Researchers and Teachers (HUART).
UniSport
UniSport offers affordable sports and wellness services for the university community – whether you want to channel your energy at the gym, challenge your friends to badminton or calm your mind with restorative Hatha yoga.
UniSport is a jointly owned provider of sports and well-being services of the University of Helsinki, Uniarts Helsinki, Hanken School of Economics and Aalto University. UniSport welcomes everyone as they are.
UniSport membership and services
With the affordable UniSport membership, you can enjoy various kinds of exercise, including gyms, group exercise and ball game groups, available at UniSport sports centres, on campuses and via remote connections. UniSport also offers massages, various courses, personal training services, etc. As a member of the university community, you can use UniSport’s break exercise services free of charge.
The first visit is free of charge to all new customers!
Read more about UniSport services:
Free break exercise services
University of Helsinki Career Services
A career is a journey through life, learning and work. Usually that journey is not linear. It's full of mixed emotions, detours, insecurity, and compromises between where you want to be headed and what avenues are (or seem) possible for you from where you are standing right now in the academia as well as in the society at large. Your PhD is one part of that journey, and it can be a time of intense identity transformation: Why am I doing a PhD? What is my expertise? How and where can I make use of it in meaningful ways? Who am I becoming through this process? Who and where would I be if I wasn't doing a PhD? What kind of an impact do I want to have on the world?
When these or other questions regarding your career, your evolving expertise, or your future arise, the Career Services are here for you. All our services and events are open to PhD Researchers. They include e.g.
- Career Counsellors on Campus (no reservation needed).
- One-on-one career counselling by appointment
- Online job search support (no reservation needed)
- Self-study materials: Tools for Planning your Career and Future, Tips for Job Search, How to Find a Job in Finland...
- Podcast: Working Life for Everyone?
- Webinar series: Working Life Now
- Career events, small groups...
- In addition, we offer the PHD-101 PhD Career Course (2-3 ECTS)
Please find further info about our services in Studies Service: Career Services’ guidance and counselling
University of Helsinki Language Centre
University of Helsinki Language Centre offers for doctoral researchers:
- revision of texts for postgraduate studies,
- a wide variety of foreign language courses,
- different courses in English, e.g. Presentation for Doctoral Researchers, Academic Writing, Feedback on Writing and Presentation,
- Doctoral Thesis Writing course (in Finnish),
- Popularization of Science courses (in Swedish and in Finnish).
In addition, Language Centre offers the Course Assistant Programme and a variety of different informal language learning opportunities, such as language clubs and multilingual workshops. For more information about these, please see the Studies Service page.
University of Helsinki PhD students (HYVÄT)
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