The Academy of Finland has granted funding for a new doctoral program for Energy Efficiency and Systems (EES) during 2012-2015.  Focussed on improving the energy and material efficiency in communities and industry in order to dramatically reduce the environmental impacts, the EES program educates researchers and experts for the needs of universities, industry and authorities.

The program is coordinated by Aalto University and it is carried out in partnership with the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, University of Helsinki, Åbo Akademi University, University of Jyväskylä,  Tampere University of Technology, University of Vaasa, University of Oulu, and Lappeenranta University of Technology.

The deadline for applications is November 4th, 2011, at 16:00 Finnish time.  Applicants will be informed about the outcome of their application by the end of November.  For more information, see “How to apply to EES Doctoral Program”