This doctoral education portal lists links to webpages with information for doctoral students, supervisors or other staff working with doctoral education at SLU. The information is collected partly from different parts of the SLU staff web, but also to other webpages.
You can also find general information about doctoral education at SLU at the staff web.
How is doctoral education organised at SLU? Who has the responsibility to make which decisions?
Doctoral education at SLU is regulated by Swedish law, and also by guidelines decided by the SLU Vice-Chancellor. SLU guidelines, degree outcomes, and forms connected to doctoral education.
The Swedish National Union of Students (SFS) has put together a useful PhD Student Handbook with a lot of general information about life as a PhD student.
A beginner's guide to Swedish Academia: The Young Academy of Sweden (YAS) has developed a guide to help navigate Swedish academia and remove time-consuming obstacles.
Preparing and planning educational cooperation intended to result in a joint degree is a complex process that often takes a long time.
Educational cooperation aiming at a joint degree must be regulated by a written agreement. Both the Higher Education Ordinance and SLU's own guidelines stipulate special requirements that must be fulfilled.
Guidelines for joint and double degrees - policy and rules that apply when two or more universities wish to set up a doctoral programme aiming at a joint degree.
Educational cooperation may also lead to a double degree.
Information on travel grants for international cooperation is available from the Grants office.
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)