Doctoral programme in Space Research and Technology

The page was updated on 29 April, 2025.

The main application period is from 1 to 15 May. Admission is open for the following research projects (scroll down for abstracts):

• Walls and voids in the spatial galaxy distribution: morphology, hierarchical topology and statistical characterization of the cosmic web (supervisors Elmo Tempel, Radu S. Stoica, Rien van de Weijgaert)
• Methods, traceability and validation of the in-water ocean color measurements (supervisors Krista Alikas, Riho Vendt, Viktor Vabson)
• Study of large scale shells around symbiotic binaries (supervisor Tiina Liimets)
• Earth observation tools for monitoring wetlands in the context of climate change and ecosystem restoration (supervisors Lea Hallik, Erko Jakobson, Margit Aun)
• The role of brightest group galaxies in the cosmic web network (supervisors Elmo Tempel, Pekka Heinämäki (University of Turku))
• Dynamics of superclusters and voids (supervisors Shishir Sankhyayan, Elmo Tempel)
• Superbubbles and supernova feedback in galaxies (supervisors Rain Kipper, Indrek Vurm)
• Spectral diversity metrics and machine learning for spatially predictive biodiversity modelling (supervisors Jan Pisek, Evelyn Uuemaa)
  

In the Faculty of Science and Technology, all candidates must submit a motivation letter and a CV in Dreamapply together with the application. Candidates will be assessed on the basis of the motivation letter and an entrance interview.

The maximum combined points score for the motivation letter and interview is 100, each giving up to 50 points. Candidates whose doctoral thesis project attained a mark of at least 70 per cent (35 points), are invited to an interview.

Doctoral students admitted to these projects will have employment contracts as a junior researcher. The expected workload is 1.0, and the expected work period is four years. The final workload will be set during the initial negotiations. The study module has been reduced to 30 EAP, the remaining 210 EAP will be filled with the doctoral student´s individual research plan.

Read more about admission to doctoral studies at the University of Tartu.

Read more about language requirements.

Read abstracts of open calls for doctoral studies in Space research and technology.

Read more about thesis topics from Tartu Observatory.