National Graduate School of Clinical Investigation (CLIGS) is aimed at training professional clinical scientists. The students are affiliated with research groups located at all five universities in Finland.

Finnish Graduate School Network in Life Sciences (FinBioNet) is a national network of graduate schools in biosciences and health sciences. Its purpose is to promote research training cooperation and to coordinate research courses. Its infrastructure is financed by the Academy of Finland and it is coordinated by the University of Helsinki.

Tampere Graduate School in Biomedicine and Biotechnology (TGSBB)
All TGSBB students are affiliated with research groups associated with TGSBB. At present the school has 22 graduate studentships provided by the Ministry of Education to support full-time thesis project research for a period of up to 4 years.

International Postgraduate Programme in Epidemiology (IPPE)
The programme consists of postgraduate courses with theoretical training and practical exercises in Epidemiology, Biometrics and related fields, a weekly research seminar and individual tutoring. After the theoretical training and a PhD dissertation the student will receive a doctoral degree in Epidemiology.