PhD courses
In the PhD programme courses corresponding to 75 credits are included. Of these at least 30 credits should be courses in research methodology and at least 30 credits should be subject courses. This page tries to help you find relevant courses to study and information on how you apply to them.
Apply for a course within the PhD programme by filling in the web form below no later than 30 days before the course starts. If you have any questions, contact: phd@psychology.su.se.
Application for graduate course
Courses given spring 2024
Below you will find basic information about the courses given by the Department of Psychology in the spring of 2023. You can also check if there is a course on master's level that would fit in your PhD program. Just check with your supervisor and the Head of studies before you apply for one of these courses.
Registered students on these courses will find more information in Athena.
Academic Writing in Psychology, 7,5 credits
Syllabus: Coming
Study period: 27 March–29 April 2024
Course leader: Christine Fawcett
Course instructions:
Academic Writing in Psychology, 7,5 credits, spring 2024 (242 Kb)
Language: English
Eye tracking methodology for psychological science, 3 credits
Syllabus: Coming
Study period: April–May 2024
Course leader: Johan Lundin Kleberg
Course instructions:
Eye tracking methodology for psychological science, 3 hp, spring 2024, preliminary (100 Kb)
Language: English
Psychoneuroimmunology, 4,5 credits
The course is offered in collaboration with Karolinska Institutet.
Study period: 15–26 January and 12–16 February, 2024
Course leader: Julie Lasselin, julie.lasselin@su.se
Course co-leader: Mats Lekander, mats.lekander@su.se
Course instructions:
Psychoneuroimmunology, 4,5 credits, spring 2024 (72 Kb)
Language: The course is taught in English.
Statistics 2, 7,5 credits
Syllabus: PS3STA2
Study period: 1 February – 28 March 2024
Course leader: Mats E. Nilsson, mnn@psychology.su.se
Course instructions:
Statistics 2, 7,5 credits, spring 2024 (162 Kb)
Language: The course is taught in English.
Statistics 2.5: Bayesian multi-level modelling the Rethinking way, 3 credits
Syllabus: PS3ST25
Study period: 1 April – 15 April 2024
Course leader: Mats E. Nilsson, mnn@psychology.su.se
Course instructions:
Statistics 2.5, 3 credits, spring 2024 (190 Kb)
Language: The course is taught in English.
Qualitative interviewing – Data collection and analysis, 7,5 credits
Course code: PS1FT62
Study period: Part time studies 50%
Course leader: Charlotte Alm, charlotte.alm@psychology.su.se
Course instructions:
Qualitative interviewing – Data collection and analysis, 7,5 credits, spring 2024 (311 Kb)
Language: The course is given in English. However, if possible, each student can choose if supervision and data collection should be conducted in Swedish instead of in English.
Courses given autumn 2023
Below you will find basic information about the courses given by the Department of Psychology in the autumn of 2023. You can also check if there is a course on the master's level that would fit in your PhD program. Just check with your supervisor and the Head of studies before you apply for one of these courses.
Registered students on these courses will find more information in Athena.
Statistics 1, 7,5 credits
Syllabus: PS303FO (corresponds to PSMT59) (in Swedish)
Course leader: Mats Nilsson, mnn@psychology.su.se
Course instructions:
Statistics I, 7,5 credits, autumn 2023 (102 Kb)
Language: This course is taught in English.
Research Methods I, 7,5 credits
Syllabus: PS302FO (corresponds to PSMT58) (in Swedish)
Course leader: Mats Nilsson, mnn@psychology.su.se
Course instructions:
Research Methods I, 7,5 credits, autumn 2023 (115 Kb)
Language: This course is taught in English.
Psychometrics, 7,5 credits
Syllabus: PS3FMO2
Course leader: Anders Sjöberg, anders.sjoberg@psychology.su.se
Course instructions: Psychometrics, 7,5 credits, autumn 2023
Schedule: Psychoterics, 7,5 credits, autumn 2023
Language: This course is taught in English.
Data analysis and causal inference in observational studies for social and medical research, 7,5 credits
Syllabus: PS1DA01
Course leader: Linda Magnusson Hanson, linda.hanson@su.se
Course instructions:
Data analysis and causal inference in observational studies for social and medical research (223 Kb)
, 7,5 credits
Course time: This course is given in collaboration with the Department of Public Health and will start around 30 November, 2023.
Language: The main language of instruction is English.
Artificial General Intelligence, 7,5 credits
Syllabus: PS3AGI1
Course leader: Robert Johansson, robert.johansson@psychology.su.se
This course will be given on request from the students.
Course instructions:
Artificial General Intelligence, 7,5 hp (238 Kb)
, autumn 2022
Language: Instruction will be in Swedish or English as needed.
Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy, 7,5 credits
Syllabus: PS304FO
Course leader: Robert Johansson, robert.johansson@psychology.su.se
This course is offered as a reading course for autumn 2023. Please contact the course leader if you are interested in taking the course.
Course instructions:
Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy, 7,5 credits (211 Kb)
, autumn 2022
Language: Instruction will be in Swedish or English as needed.
Advanced Psychedelic Science Journal Club & Factory, 4,5–7,5 credits
Syllabus: PS1PS01
Course leaders: Pehr Granqvist, pehr.granqvist@psychology.su.se and Joel Gruneau Brulin, joel.gruneau.brulin@psychology.su.se
Course instructions:
Advanced Psychedelic Science Journal Club & Factory, autumn 2023 (87 Kb)
Course time: Monthly two-hour meetings from autumn semester 2023 (third Tuesdays of each month, 10 am to noon), then marching on continuously.
Language: The seminars are held in English.
More courses may be added later.
Course catalogue
Courses that are offered regularly (usually once a year) or that can be given on demand, for example as literature courses.
Advanced Psychedelic Science Journal Club & Factory, 4,5–7,5 credits
Syllabus: PS1PS01
Course leaders: Pehr Granqvist, pehr.granqvist@psychology.su.se and Joel Gruneau Brulin, joel.gruneau.brulin@psychology.su.se
Course instructions:
Advanced Psychedelic Science Journal Club & Factory, autumn 2023 (87 Kb)
Course time: Monthly two-hour meetings from autumn semester 2023 (third Tuesdays of each month, 10 am to noon), then marching on continuously.
Language: The seminars are held in English.
Artificial General Intelligence, 7,5 credits
Syllabus: PS3AGI1
Course leader: Robert Johansson, robert.johansson@psychology.su.se
This course will be given on request from the students.
Course instructions:
Artificial General Intelligence, 7,5 hp (238 Kb)
, autumn 2022
Language: Instruction will be in Swedish or English as needed.
Data analysis and causal inference in observational studies for social and medical research, 7,5 credits
Syllabus: PS1DA01
Course leader: Linda Magnusson Hanson, linda.hanson@su.se
Course instructions:
Data analysis and causal inference in observational studies for social and medical research (223 Kb)
, 7,5 credits
Course time: This course is given in collaboration with the Department of Public Health and will start around 30 November, 2023.
Language: The main language of instruction is English.
Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy, 7,5 credits
Syllabus: PS304FO
Course leader: Robert Johansson, robert.johansson@psychology.su.se
This course is offered as a reading course for autumn 2023. Please contact the course leader if you are interested in taking the course.
Course instructions:
Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy, 7,5 credits (211 Kb)
, autumn 2022
Language: Instruction will be in Swedish or English as needed.
Psychometrics, 7,5 credits
Syllabus: PS3FMO2
Course leader: Anders Sjöberg, anders.sjoberg@psychology.su.se
Course instructions: Psychometrics, 7,5 credits, autumn 2023
Schedule: Psychoterics, 7,5 credits, autumn 2023
Language: This course is taught in English.
Psychoneuroimmunology, 4,5 credits
The course is offered in collaboration with Karolinska Institutet.
Study period: 15–26 January and 12–16 February, 2024
Course leader: Julie Lasselin, julie.lasselin@su.se
Course co-leader: Mats Lekander, mats.lekander@su.se
Course instructions:
Psychoneuroimmunology, 4,5 credits, spring 2024 (72 Kb)
Language: The course is taught in English.
Qualitative interviewing – Data collection and analysis, 7,5 credits
Course code: PS1FT62
Study period: Part time studies 50%
Course leader: Charlotte Alm, charlotte.alm@psychology.su.se
Course instructions:
Qualitative interviewing – Data collection and analysis, 7,5 credits, spring 2024 (311 Kb)
Language: The course is given in English. However, if possible, each student can choose if supervision and data collection should be conducted in Swedish instead of in English.
Reproducibility, 3 – 5 credits
Type: Literature course
Course leader: Stefan Wiens, sws@psychology.su.se
Syllabus/Cours information:
Reproducibility, 3 – 5 credits (125 Kb)
Research Methods I, 7,5 credits
Syllabus: PS302FO (corresponds to PSMT58) (in Swedish)
Course leader: Mats Nilsson, mnn@psychology.su.se
Course instructions:
Research Methods I, 7,5 credits, autumn 2023 (115 Kb)
Language: This course is taught in English.
Statistics 1, 7,5 credits
Syllabus: PS303FO (corresponds to PSMT59) (in Swedish)
Course leader: Mats Nilsson, mnn@psychology.su.se
Course instructions:
Statistics I, 7,5 credits, autumn 2023 (102 Kb)
Language: This course is taught in English.
Statistics 2, 7,5 credits
Syllabus: PS3STA2
Study period: 1 February – 28 March 2024
Course leader: Mats E. Nilsson, mnn@psychology.su.se
Course instructions:
Statistics 2, 7,5 credits, spring 2024 (162 Kb)
Language: The course is taught in English.
Statistics 2.5: Bayesian multi-level modelling the Rethinking way, 3 credits
Syllabus: PS3ST25
Study period: 1 April – 15 April 2024
Course leader: Mats E. Nilsson, mnn@psychology.su.se
Course instructions:
Statistics 2.5, 3 credits, spring 2024 (190 Kb)
Language: The course is taught in English.
Sustainable career development, 7,5 credits
Course leader: Claudia Bernhard Oettel, claudia.bernhard.oettel@su.se
Syllabus/Cours information:
Sustainable career development, 7,5 credits (74 Kb)
Trends in Cognitions, 7,5 credits
Course code: PSMT61
Study period: 16 January – 26 March 2023 parttime 50%
Course leader: Jonas Olofsson, jonas.olofsson@psychology.su.se
Course instructions:
Trends in cognition, 7,5 credits, spring 2023 (128 Kb)
Language: The course is taught in English.
PhD courses at other departments or universities
But wait, there is more!
Depending on your subject area other courses may be relevant to your thesis. Before taking such a course at another department, you must check with your supervisor and with the head of PhD studies who need to approve before it can be credited within the programme.
To get a course credited you should fill out the appropriate form along with certificates on course credits achieved and a list of course literature. You can order the form from phd@psychology.su.se
At other departments
Other departments at the Faculty of Social Science offer a great number of courses that you can choose from.
Find more PhD courses (partly in Swedish)
At other universities and institutions
If there is a course at another university that you would like to take, that can usually be arranged after an agreement has been settled. Talk with your supervisor and the head of phd studies.
Here is a list of universities and other institutions arranging courses that can be credited in your studies.
PhD courses for students at the Faculty of Social Science, Stockholm University
Department of Education, Stockholm University
Department of Sociology, Stockholm University
Department of Psychology, Uppsala University
NordForsk – Nordic Research Board
Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg
Department of Psychology, Umeå University
Department of Psychology, Lund University
Please contact our head of phd studies for more information:
Professor Mats Nilsson, mnn@psychology.su.se
Contact
Administrative coordinator
- Visiting address
Albanovägen 12, 3rd floor, room F4348
Last updated: January 2, 2024
Source: Department of Psychology