Application and admission to doctoral studies

There is no common admission to postgraduate education programs at the Medical Faculty. However, most doctoral positions are published on the University's Jobs and Vacancies web page.

The applicant sends an application for a postgraduate position according to the advertisement text. The applications are reviewed by the supervisor who decides who will get the position. Subsequently, a formal application for admission to the postgraduate education is submitted and the Committee for Postgraduate Education at the Disciplinary Domain takes the final decision about admission.

If the application is for a licentiate degree the individual syllabus must include an explanation as to why this degree is chosen.

If the applicant has their own funding, obtained in competition e.g from the EU, or if the doctoral education is performed with another funding source than UU, e.g. for clinically active physicians or industry doctoral students, it is not required to announce the doctoral student position.

Requirements for admission to doctoral education

To be eligible for doctoral studies, you must have:

• Basic eligibility
• Specific eligibility for the Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy

Basic eligibility means a second-cycle degree, approved courses of at least 240 credits – of which at least 60 credits are at second-cycle level – or equivalent knowledge acquired in another way, either in Sweden or abroad.

Specific eligibility for doctoral studies at the medical and pharmaceutical faculties means English 6, or equivalent, and education in an area relevant to the subject.