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  2. School of Business, Economics and Law
  3. Department of Business Administration
  4. Doctoral Studies

Doctoral Studies

Welcome to doctoral studies portal at the Department of Business Administration! Here you will find current, relevant and practical information if you want to be a doctoral student at the Department of Business Administration.

The third-cycle programmes at the Department of Business Administration comprise four years of full-time studies and lead to a doctoral degree (240 higher education credits). Students may also obtain a licentiate degree (120 higher education credits) after two years of full-time studies.

The Department of Business Administration offers third-cycle education in two subject areas:
• Business administration
• Economic geography

Doctoral Studies
Application, admission and requirements
Information about the application and admission process.
Doctoral Studies
Courses
The third-cycle programmes in Business Administration leads to a doctoral degree or a licentiate degree, corresponding to…
Doctoral Studies
Funding
Postgraduate students appointed to a doctoral studentship shall primarily devote themselves to their studies. A doctoral…
Our research
Organisation-based research in business administration and economic geography is allowing us to develop a knowledge and…

More information about doctoral studies at the University

Meet some of our doctoral students

Nazneen
Her research topic is related to organizational change to promote employee wellbeing at organizations through the lens of…
Christian
His research focus is on consumption of the past and he absolutely loves the life as a doctoral student. Meet Christian Dam,…
Apinya
After eight years of working as an internal auditor in different countries in Asia she decided to change careers. In her Phd…
Imelda
She has always wanted to pursue a career in academia and thinks that moving to Sweden was one of the best decisions she has…
Our doctoral students
Our research
Thesis at the Department
The first thesis at the Department of Business Administration was published in 1950. It was Nils Västhagen's thesis "Inkomst…
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