Become a researcher
Are you a curious person who is driven by learning and knowing more? Do you thrive in the academic environment? Postgraduate education is a unique opportunity to broaden and deepen your knowledge and to understand a subject in depth.
At the Department of Linguistics, we organize postgraduate education in the main field of linguistics. Our doctoral students have an educational background in linguistics, sign language, speech therapy, or the equivalent.
Structure of postgraduate education
A postgraduate education normally comprises four years of full-time study. The education includes a research assignment that will result in a scientific dissertation that presents the research area and the results of the assignment. A dissertation can be presented in the form of a monograph or in the form of a compilation thesis.
Doctoral students also takes a number of courses at the doctoral or advanced level. The doctoral student and supervisor decide together which courses are to be included in the education.
PhD defence
The third-cycle study programs end with a dissertation defence in which the doctoral student submits their dissertation for review. An opponent reviews the dissertation, and a grading committee consisting of at least three people grades and approves the dissertation.
It is the supervisory board at the Department of Linguistics that decides whether or not a doctoral student is recommended to submit their dissertation.
Doctoral degree
A doctoral degree is obtained after completing the third-cycle studies. This is the highest academic degree in Sweden. There is also a two-year third-cycle program that ends with a licentiate degree.
How to become a PhD student
The general entrance requirement is a Degree of Master of Arts (120 credits). In addition, the applicant must meet the other requirements specified in the announcement of the available position.
According to Swedish national regulations, enrolment in a Ph.D. program presupposes that the financing is settled for the whole period of study (4 years). This means in practice that an admission to the Ph.D. program virtually always presupposes a job (a Ph.D. position for 4 years).
Available Ph.D. positions are always posted at the Stockholm University website and there is no way to a Ph.D. position other than applying for an open position that is posted there and by following the instructions given there.
No distinction is made between national and international applications.
PhD Student Positions at Stockholm University
Work with us (Department of Linguistics)
Please note that all vacant doctoral positions are advertised on our website and we cannot accept unsolicited applications.
Contact
If you have questions about PhD studies at the Department of Linguistics, you can turn to our Director of Studies.
Please note that all vacant doctoral positions are advertised on our website and we cannot accept unsolicited applications.
- Visiting address
C363
- Office hours
Reception by appointment
Last updated: February 20, 2024
Source: Department of Linguistics