Application and admission
Doctoral studies comprise two or four years of full‑time study and leads to a licentiate degree (120 credits) or a doctoral degree (240 credits). The doctoral programme consists of coursework and an independent research project. As a doctoral student, you will also often teach at the undergraduate and master’s levels.
Admission requirements
To be admitted to doctoral studies, you must meet both the general and the specific entry requirements, as well as demonstrate the ability to complete the programme.
General eligibility for doctoral requires that you have:
- completed a degree at the advanced (master’s) level,
- fulfilled course requirements amounting to at least 240 higher‑education credits, of which at least 60 credits at the advanced level, or
- acquired essentially equivalent knowledge in some other way, in Sweden or abroad.
In addition to the general eligibility requirements, each university may set its own specific entry requirements. These requirements vary between subjects and institutions. They must be necessary for the doctoral student to benefit from the programme. They may concern knowledge from higher‑education studies or equivalent, specific professional experience, language proficiency, or other conditions. The specific eligibility requirements usually involve the applicant having knowledge within a particular subject area needed to pursue the doctoral studies.
Each doctoral programme has a general study syllabus, established by the relevant faculty or board. The general study syllabus specifies the specific eligibility requirements for each doctoral programme. You can find LiU’s doctoral subjects and their study syllabi on the page Third cycle subject areas.
Advertised doctoral positions
| Job | Published To | Employment Type | External ID | City | Department | Occupational Area | Position | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PhD student in Materials Physics | 2026-09-30 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IFM-2026-00318 | Linkoping | IFM - Department of Physics, Biology and Chemistry | PhD students | /en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29708 | |
| AI Infrastructure Application Expert (SELLMA) | 2026-09-17 | Permanent employment | LiU-2026-03154 | Linkoping | NAISS - Nationell Akademisk Infrastruktur för Superdatorer i Sverige | Technical and Administrative personnel | /en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29767 | |
| PhD student in ultrafast spectroscopy of organic semiconductors | 2026-10-05 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IFM-2026-00345 | Linkoping | IFM - Department of Physics, Biology and Chemistry | PhD students | /en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29797 | |
| Student Research Assistant (Amanuens) | 2026-09-25 | Time limited employment (temporary) | TEMA-2026-00165 | Linkoping | TEMA - Department of Thematic Studies | Student | /en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29810 | |
| DevOps/Service Developer engineer for Sweden AI Factory, NAISS | 2026-09-21 | Time limited employment (temporary) | LiU-2026-03651 | Linkoping | NAISS - Nationell Akademisk Infrastruktur för Superdatorer i Sverige | Technical and Administrative personnel | /en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29817 | |
| Postdoc in electrocatalysis for sustainable energy and chemical conversion | 2026-09-24 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IFM-2026-00379 | Linkoping | IFM - Department of Physics, Biology and Chemistry | Teachers and Scientists | /en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29819 | |
| PhD student in theoretical ecology | 2026-10-05 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IFM-2026-00366 | Linkoping | IFM - Department of Physics, Biology and Chemistry | PhD students | /en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29829 | |
| PhD in Materials Science | 2026-09-25 | Time limited employment (temporary) | LiU-2026-03852 | Norrkoping | ITN - Department of Science and Technology | PhD students | /en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29844 | |
| PhD student in Ionic Thermoelectrics and Electrochemistry for Thermal Energy Harvesting | 2026-10-30 | Time limited employment (temporary) | LiU-2026-03808 | Norrkoping | ITN - Department of Science and Technology | PhD students | /en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29854 | |
| Postdoc in Causal Inference and Natural Language Processing | 2026-09-24 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IEI-2026-00561 | Norrkoping | IEI - Department of Management and Engineering | Teachers and Scientists | /en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29856 | |
| PhD student in Mixed Ionic–Electronic Materials for Thermal Energy Harvesting | 2026-10-30 | Time limited employment (temporary) | LiU-2026-03809 | Norrkoping | ITN - Department of Science and Technology | PhD students | /en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29857 | |
| PhD student in in theoretical ecology | 2026-10-05 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IFM-2026-00367 | Linkoping | IFM - Department of Physics, Biology and Chemistry | PhD students | /en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29871 | |
| PhD student in electrocatalysis for sustainable energy conversion | 2026-10-02 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IFM-2026-00387 | Linkoping | IFM - Department of Physics, Biology and Chemistry | PhD students | /en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29872 | |
| PhD student in Medical Science, AI and Bioinformatics | 2026-10-30 | Time limited employment (temporary) | BKV-2026-00703 | Linkoping | BKV - Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences | PhD students | /en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29874 | |
| Research Engineer in Cardiovascular Digital Twins | 2026-10-01 | Time limited employment (temporary) | LiU-2026-03895 | Linkoping | HMV - Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences | Technical and Administrative personnel | /en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29875 | |
| PhD student focusing on Machine Learning of Geometric Representations at ISY | 2026-09-25 | Time limited employment (temporary) | LiU-2026-03853 | Linkoping | ISY - Department of Electrical Engineering | PhD students | /en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29886 | |
| Postdoctoral researcher in implementation science and digital caregiver support | 2026-10-15 | Time limited employment (temporary) | LiU-2026-04083 | Linkoping | HMV - Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences | Teachers and Scientists | /en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29919 |