We consider the higher-order semilinear parabolic equationin the whole space R N , where p > 1 and m ≥ 1 is an odd integer. We exhibit type I non selfsimilar blowup solutions for this equation and obtain a sharp description of its asymptotic behavior. The method of construction relies on the spectral analysis of a non self-adjoint linearized operator in an appropriate scaled variables setting. In view of known spectral and sectorial properties of the linearized operator obtained by Galaktionov [15], we revisit the technique developed by Merle-Zaag [23] for the classical case m = 1, which consists in two steps: the reduction of the problem to a finite dimensional one, then solving the finite dimensional problem by a classical topological argument based on the index theory. Our analysis provides a rigorous justification of a formal result in [15].where u(t) : R N → R with N ≥ 1, ∆ stands for the standard Laplace operator in R N , and the exponents p and m are fixed, p > 1 and m ∈ N, m ≥ 1 odd.The higher-order semilinear parabolic equation (1.1) is a natural generation of the classical semilinear heat equation (m = 1). It arises in many physical applications such as theory of thin film, lubrication, convection-explosion, phase translation, or applications to structural mechanics (see the Petetier-Troy book [28] and references therein).By standard results the local Cauchy problem for equation (1.1) can be solved in L 1 ∩ L ∞ thanks to the integral representationt 0 K m (t − s) * u(s)|u(s)| p−1 ds, (1.2) 2010 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary: 35K50, 35B40; Secondary: 35K55, 35K57.