ROAD TO DISSERTATION

Some recommendations
for PhD students
• Based on a query made to my friends& colleagues who completed their
PhDs during past 10 years (in Tampere, Helsinki or Oulu). Question:
• With your experience of today, what would you recommend to a PhD
student?
Answers:
Be dedicated to the work
Have an open mind for different views of the research problem
You should like what you're doing (choice of the research area is also
important to your future)
Keep on going and trust yourself
Write your thesis in a group where some senior researchers are actively
involved in you research.
Make a plan. Then break the long term goals into smaller plans of 3-5
months. Make sure that at the end of each period of 3-5 months you are
where you estimated you will be.
Process "PhD work" in small steps, if you go forward only a small step
everyday, eventually you will find yourself defending your work in
dissertation.