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Postgraduate studies

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This page provides support, steering documents and forms for those who work with postgraduate studies in various ways.

Resource and Responsibility Allocation in Doctoral Education in Computational Science (PDF, 113 kB, opens in new tab)

Rules of procedure concerning the establishment and discontinuation of subjects in third cycle education – in Swedish only (PDF, 209 kB, opens in a new tab)

Below you can find the general syllabi for doctoral students admitted from 1 January 2021. The syllabi are sorted by department.

Centre for Environmental and Climate Science

Centre for Mathematical Sciences

Department of Biology

Biology (PDF, 759 kB, opens in a new tab)

Department of Chemistry

Department of Geology

Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science

Department of Physics

Medical Radiation Physics

Medical Radiation Physics (PDF, 690 kB, opens in a new tab)

Older syllabus

Please contact Benedicte Sato to obtain an older syllabus.

Contact information for Benedicte Sato (staff.lu.se)

Acceptable study conditions

Acceptable study conditions (PDF, 269 kB, opens in a new tab)

Forms and templates for opening a doctoral position with other funding than doctoral employment (for the departments)

Template for double degree agreements (for the departments)

Contact Aleksandra Popovic, aleksandra [dot] popovic [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se, for more information about the template for double degree agreements.

Guidelines for advertisement, selection and admission to PhD studies (PDF, 330 kB, opens in a new tab)

Admitting and registering doctoral students in Ladok

Fill in the form below and send it to the Ladok group, or fill in the Ladok group's web form below (in Swedish only).

Form for admission to postgraduate studies (PDF, 83 kB, opens in a new tab)

Webform for admitting and registering doctoral students in Ladok (in Swedish only) – medarbetarwebben.lu.se

An individual study plan is to be drawn up in conjunction with admission to third-cycle studies. The plan is to specify the overall content and structure of your specific studies and clarify how responsibility for the completion of the studies is to be divided.

The plan should be revised on an ongoing basis and must be reviewed and updated at least once a year. In conjunction with the updating of the individual study plan, the doctoral student and the supervisor can also evaluate the supervision and working situation. 

Guide for annual evaluation of the doctoral student's supervision and work situation (PDF, 16 kB, opens in a new tab)

The form that doctoral students fill out in order to apply for credit transfer is available on the webpage aimed at doctoral students: For current doctoral students (science.lu.se).

Minimum standard supervision

Minimum standard for supervision (PDF, 290 kB, opens in a new tab)

Prevent and manage conflicts between doctoral students and supervisors

Form and procedure for a change of supervisor

Difference between courses and individual undertakings

In addition to the thesis work, research studies comprise credits earned either from courses or individual undertakings (also referred to as other credit-earning components).

The faculty’s guidance on the difference between courses and individual undertakings (other credit-earning components) (PDF, 185 kB, new tab)

Establishment of new third cycle courses

Read about the rules for establishment of new third cycle courses and download course syllabus template

Forms for doctoral students who are admitted at other universities

Special permission to participate in PhD courses (PDF, 130 kB, opens in a new tab)

Instructions

The doctoral student shall complete the section of the form entitled "Application". 

The department shall complete the section entitled "Decision" and state a contact person for questions about the decision in the section entitled "Submitted by".

The decision is to be sent to the Ladok group (support [at] ladok [dot] lu [dot] se), which will upload it to Ladok. Registration and grade reporting is then done by the department in the usual way.

The faculty's courses for doctoral students

See the courses on the webpage aimed at doctoral students: For current doctoral students (science.lu.se).

Annual plan for doctoral courses offered by the faculty 

The idea is that the courses will be given at the same weeks each year, but a more detailed plan is published here for each year. The plan is available on the webpages aimed at doctoral students: Annual plan for doctoral courses offered by the faculty (science.lu.se)

Doctoral students’ salary stages in 2023-year salary level

As of 1 October 2023, the Faculty of Science's doctoral students’ salary stages are as follows.

For doctoral students who started their doctoral studies before 1 August 2023

Subject area physical geography, geology, biology, environmental science and chemistry:
Entry level salary: SEK 31 300
60 credits: SEK 31 900
120 credits: SEK 33 000
180 credits: SEK 34 100

Subject area physics and mathematics:
Entry level salary: SEK 32 300
60 credits: SEK 32 900
120 credits: SEK 34 000
180 credits: SEK 35 100

For doctoral students who started their doctoral education after 1 August 2023

Subject area physical geography, geology, biology, environmental science and chemistry:
Entry level salary: SEK 31 300
120 credits: SEK 33 600 SEK
180 credits: SEK 34 800

Subject area physics and mathematics:
Entry level salary: SEK 32 300
120 credits: SEK 34 600
180 credits: SEK 35 800

More regulatory documents on salary, benefits and insurance

Form for the departments

Form for requesting cost coverage for extension of doctoral student employment due to student union activities – in Swedish only (PDF, 186 kB, opens in new tab)

Form for doctoral students

The form that doctoral students fill out in order to apply for an extension due to student union activities is available on the webpage aimed at doctoral students: For current doctoral students (science.lu.se).

The form for non-completion that doctoral students fill out in order to terminate their studies is available on the webpage aimed at doctoral students: For current doctoral students (science.lu.se).

Advice and instructions

Defence booking system

Log in to the defence booking system

Management regulations

Examining committee

Contact

Aleksandra Popovic
Education coordinator
Contact information for Aleksandra Popovic (staff.lu.se)

Benedicte Sato
Administrative coordinator
Contact information for Benedicte Sato (staff.lu.se)

Questions about thesis defence

Constance Holmbäck
Administrative coordinator
Contact information for Constance Holmbäck (staff.lu.se)

Research programmes board

Learn more about the research programmes board

Directors of studies

  • Centre for Environmental and Climate Science: Tobias Ambjörnsson
  • Centre for Mathematical Sciences: Sandra Pott
  • Department of Biology: Klas Flärdh
  • Department of Chemistry: Viveka Alfredsson
  • Department of Geology: Mats Eriksson
  • Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science: Martin Berggren
  • Department of Physics: Thomas Bensby
  • Medical Radiation Physics: Ronnie Wirestam
Last updated: 21 Mar 2025 | malin [dot] akerskog [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se