A doctoral education at SLU contains both subject courses and basic courses for transferable skills (e.g. courses in ethics, philosophy of science and pedagogics). By clicking on the green button below you will be able to search among ALL doctoral courses organised by SLU. The other links below can be used to find specific information from for example a research school or the basic courses in transferable skills.
This applies for students admitted after January 1 2013:
The degree must include at least
- 30 credits in the form of courses for a doctoral degree;
- 15 credits in the form of courses for a licentiate degree.
The general syllabus for a specific doctoral-level subject may specify a higher minimum number of credits. It is possible to require up to 120 credits for a doctoral degree, and up to 60 credits for a licentiate degree.
The principal supervisor suggests courses that may be included in the degree. The faculty board approves the degree, including its constituent courses.
This applies for students admitted after July 1, 2015: In order to be awarded a doctoral or licentiate degree at SLU, the doctoral student must have studied credit-awarding courses in theory of knowledge and research ethics. These courses should e.g. cover rules regarding cheating and plagiarism.
Find more information about SLU's different research schools, and read about their activities here.
Basic courses in transferable skills in a doctoral programme are intended to support the student's personal development and foster general knowledge and proficiency in for example statistics, philosophy of science, research ethics, communication and pedagogy. The aim of the subject courses is to give broader or deeper knowledge of subjects.
SLU is one of the founding members of the Nordic Forestry, Veterinary and Agricultural University Network - NOVA. Since the start in 1995, the main activity within the network has been jointly organised PhD courses.
Doctoral courses at other universities are often open for you to apply for as a doctoral student at SLU, and if there are available places you may be accepted.
Doctoral students at SLU have different options when applying for travel grants to participate in a course. Read more about how to apply for travel grants to join a Nova or a SLU course, or how to apply for an international travel grant for a course.
A course completed before admission to a doctoral programme can only be credited if this is justified by the individual study plan, which means that standardised transfer of credits may not be made from previous studies. Crediting of courses does not mean that the programme will be shorter than four years of net study time for the doctoral degree, or two years for the licentiate degree.
Programmes/courses completed before the applicant has been admitted to a doctoral programme may not be credited if
Courses at Bachelor's or Master's level may be credited subject to approval by the faculty board. An approval decision must specify the number of credits credited. The number of credits must be adapted to take into account that the requirements made of those studying at doctoral level are more exacting than for lower academic levels.
LTV-faculty: Lotta Malmborg forskarutbildning-ltv@slu.se
NJ-faculty: Charlotta Eriksson or Sabine Sampels
S-faculty: Charlotta Bergström
VH-faculty: Anette Wichman (fun-vh@slu.se)
General information: Lotta Jäderlund or Eva Stening (FUR-sekr@slu.se)