Doctoral Studies

Being a doctoral student in economics is certainly a challenging and stimulating endeavor. We offer a truly international study environment: international faculty, seminar speakers, and PhD students. All courses are taught in English.

PhD students are taught and supervised by our faculty staff in a wide range of fields, including labor economics, health economics, environmental economics, behavioral economics, development economics, finance, econometrics, and micro theory. 
 
The doctoral degree is an almost five-year (fully funded) program. The first year consists of compulsory courses in mathematics, econometrics, microeconomic and macroeconomic theory. The second year is designed to immerse students in elective field courses that further their dissertation research interests. These courses are taken at our department and at other departments in Sweden and internationally. Among the courses offered at our department during the second year is the Academic Writing. This is a compulsory course designed to aid in the transition to independent dissertation research.

The remaining time is spent conducting dissertation research and engaging in selected teaching activities.