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Doctoral programmes - list of subjects

Below we have listed all the subject areas in which we offer third-cycle studies. All doctoral studentships are advertised in the University’s recruitment portal.

For entry requirements for admission to third-cycle studies, please refer to the general syllabus for the subject area you are interested in. 


Admission to third-cycle studies is determined by the departments so if you have any questions about a subject area, you should talk to the contact person at the relevant department. An overview of the departments and the subject areas that they cover can be found below.
 

Subjets in alphabetical orderSubjets in alphabetical order

  • African Languages
  • Arabic
  • Archaeology
  • Art History and Visual Studies
  • Classical Archaeology and Ancient History
  • Comparative Literature
  • Computational Linguistics
  • Cultural Studies
  • Educational Science and the Humanities (positions announced in special order)
  • English
  • Ethnology
  • Film Studies
  • General Linguistics
  • Gender Studies
  • German
  • Greek
  • History
  • History of Science and Ideas
  • Japanese
  • Language technology
  • Latin
  • Logic
  • Multilingualism
  • Musicology
  • Nordic Languages
  • Religious Studies
  • Romance Languages
  • Practical Philosophy
  • Sinology
  • Slavic Languages
  • Spanish
  • Theoretical Philosophy
  • Theory of Science

Subject sorted by department

Department of Cultural Sciences

  • Art History and Visual Studies
  • Cultural Studies
  • Ethnology
  • Film Studies
  • Gender Studies
  • Musicology

To Department of Cultural Sciences


Department of Historical Studies

  • Archaeology
  • Classical Archaeology and Ancient History
  • History

To Department of Historical Studies


Department of Languages and Literatures

  • African languages
  • Arabic
  • English
  • German
  • Greek
  • Japanese
  • Latin
  • Romance languages
  • Slavic languages
  • Spanish (Starting in 2017, those interested in a Licentiate or PhD programme in Spanish must apply for a Licentiate or PhD programme in Romance Languages.)

To Department of Languages and Literatures

 

Department of Literature, History of Ideas, and Religion

  • Comparative Literature
  • History of Science and Ideas
  • Religious Studies

To Department of Literature, History of Ideas, and Religion


Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science

  • Theoretical Philosophy
  • Practical Philosophy
  • Logic
  • Computational Linguistics
  • General Linguistics (including Language Technology and Phonetics)
  • Theory of Science

To Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science

 

Department of Swedish , Multilingualism, Language Technology

  • Multilingualism
  • Language technology
  • Nordic languages

To Department of Swedish, Multilingualism, Language Technology

General sybyllabi for doctoral studies

For entry requirements for admission to third-cycle studies, please refer to the general syllabus for the subject area you are interested in.

General syllabi for third-cycle study programmes

Admission

All doctoral studentships are advertised in the University’s recruitment portal. Admission to third-cycle studies is determined by the departments so if you have any questions about a subject area, you should contact the relevant department.

Vacancies