As a doctoral student at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences you can take on studies in a single discipline or in interdisciplinary programmes. There are also a number of research schools connected to the faculty.
Within the faculty, seven departments offer 23 different doctoral programmes. All in all, about 250 doctoral students take part in these programmes.
Doctoral studies are comprised of four years of full-time study, which results in a doctoral degree. It is also possible to do a licentiate degree after two years.
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The doctoral programme in Ageing and Social Change aims to give doctoral students in-depth knowledge in this fiels. Students shall independently plan and carry out a qualified research project and present and disseminate its results.
The programme aims to broaden and deepen the doctoral student's knowledge in the subject of analytical sociaology and to make the doctoral student well prepared for independent work in the field.
At Child Studies, we conduct research about children and childhood from a child perspective. As a doctoral student, you become part of an interdisciplinary and vibrant research environment that will support and challenge you in your work.
The aim of doctoral studies in cognitive science is that the student shoult acquire deeper knowledge in the field, and to thoroughly prepare the student for independent work in research and development.
The Culture and Society research environment has since the autumn term och 2002 offered research education of duration four years, leading to a doctoral degree (240 credits), or two years, leading to a licentitate degree (120 credits).
The doctoral programme consists of students with different backgrounds, which is a prerequisite for disability questions to be treated from many perspectives.
An interdisciplinary research environment with a dialogue across disciplinary boarders and with a strong connection to current societal issues. The PhD programme given at Tema M offers this and much more.
The doctoral programme offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary research education in ethnic and migration studies.
Doctoral students receive an education that provides gender analytical skills at a high, international level. The interdisciplinary approach gives opportunities to work with and analyze gender in many different contexts.
In the field of information systems, you learn how to explore and contribute to various forms of digitalisation. Examples are the development, use, modification, and evaluation of digital tools in the public and private sector organisations.
Doctoral studies in language and culture are multi and interdisciplinary. Our doctoral students have typically studied modern foreign languages, Swedish, Swedish as a second language, general linguistics or comparative literature.
Pedagogical research covers many areas, examining individuals and groups of different ages and across different societal contexts. Understanding working life is also an important pedagogical focus.
Psychology is the scientific study of people's perceptions, experiences and behaviours, and psychological research can be conducted in both naturalistic and experimental situations.
The doctoral programme in social work aims to give students in-depth knowledge of social work and allow them to develop the knowledge and skills needed to carry out independent research, and contribute to advancing knowledge of social work by producing a scientific thesis.
Work plays a central role in most people's lives and is therefore an important area of sociological research. This course aims to equip students with the ability to independently develop research on societal processes, structures and changes with a focus on working lives. The postgraduate degree program comprises 240 credits, of which 150 is for dissertation work and 90 for the course modules.
The doctoral program in statistics is intended to provide graduate students with a deep, foundational education in statistics, along with further in-depth knowledge in the student’s chosen area of specialisation.
Scholars at the Department of Technology and Social Change explore how technology is developed and used in social contexts as well as how technological change affects and is affected by cultural, political and economic processes in society.
In addition to the general learning outcomes for doctoral education in Sweden, the doctoral programme in Welfare Law focuses on the contents and function of the judicial system in order to construct and maintain welfare institutions that respect fundamental values such as the rule of law, equality, and the integrity of the individual. Welfare Law is also known as Social Law.
