Doctoral courses at the Faculty

Our courses

Mandatory courses

Introduction for doctoral students at the Faculty of Science and Technology, 1ECTS
Philosophy of science, 2ECTS
Introduction to research ethics, 2ECTS
Oral presentation, 1ECTS
Writing science, 5ECTS

Examples of elective courses

Writing research proposals that get funded, 3ECTS
Statistics for empirical sciences, 3ECTS
Introduction to mathematical modeling, 3ECTS
Communicating scientific research, 3ECTS
Innovation and utilization of ideas, knowledge and research results, 2ECTS
Strategic career planning, 1.5ECTS

Recommendations generic courses

• Philosophy of science - Can be taken during the whole doctoral studies
• Introduction to research ethics - Can be taken during the whole doctoral studies
• Writing science - Is best suited when the doctoral student has written one or several papers 
• Oral presentation - Can be taken during the whole doctoral studies but there is an advantage of taking the course early because then you can benefit from the knowledge when holding seminars at conferences or at the department during your doctoral studies.
• Writing research proposals that get funded - For doctoral students in the second half of the doctoral studies. Is suited when the doctoral student wants to write applications for travel grants or postdoc. To take the course you should have taken the course Writing Science.
• Communicating scientific research - Is best suited when the doctoral student has written one or several papers

More info

Who can apply to the doctoral courses?

The courses are mainly for doctoral students at the Faculty of Science and Technology, Umeå University. Other applicants may, however, have access to the courses, regardless of location. Please note, however, that participants who do not belong to the Faculty of Science and Technology will be billed for the course fee. For more information about this, contact Ola Berglund.

Admission and selection

Admission procedure starts immediately after the deadline of the application. The following may happen:

If the course is full, notification closes. A selection is made among the applicants from the date of admission to postgraduate studies, if the student has applied for the course earlier and more. Notification / Reserves message is sent by email to applicants shortly after the application deadline. Applicants are asked to confirm their course placement via "My Pages". If this does not happen before the expiration date, the location will be the next person in the reserve list.

If the course is not full, the application period will be extended. Information on new deadlines is given on the application page. If the number of applicants is not enough, the course is set.

Note that when submitting your application you should provide contact details of your supervisor. He/she then needs to approve that you attend the course before you can be admitted to the course.

After completing the course

After completing your course, your result will be reported in Ladok.

Note that, if the course was given autumn 2021 or earlier you instead received a certificate via the university's internal post. If you want to get the score reported in LADOK, you will show this certificate to an administrator at your department. 

For the course "Introduction for doctoral students at TekNat" the results have been reported in Ladok for all course events so no certificates have been sent out. 

For questions, contact Ola Berglund.

Doctoral courses given by others

• Centre for Educational Development (Note, some of the courses are given in Swedish. You can find info about language at the website)
• Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics
• Faculty of Medicine
• KBC
• The graduate school of gender studies