Doctoral courses

Doctoral students at the Faculty of Science and Technology will achieve a knowledge of generic courses equivalent to a minimum of 10 ECTS credits for a doctorate degree and at least 8 ECTS credits for a licentiate degree.

Our courses

Mandatory courses

Philosophy of Science, 2ECTS
Introduction to research ethics, 2ECTS
Oral presentation, 1ECTS
Writing science, 5ECTS

Examples of elective courses

Writing applications, 3ECTS
Statistics for empirical sciences, 3ECTS
Introduction to mathematical modeling, 3ECTS
Communicating scientific research, 3ECTS

More information about other doctoral courses:
• Centre for Educational Development
• Faculty of Medicine
• KBC

Watch a film from the course Communicating Scientic Research:

Science communication for doctoral students

During the course doctoral students practise presenting their research projects.

Doctoral courses autumn 2019

The following doctoral courses are planned for autumn 2019.

Oral presentation, 1ECTS.
Course dates are 12/9, 13/9, 23/9, 24/9
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The course is full.

Introduction to research ethics, 2ETCS
The course is given during week 40 & 41
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The course is full. If you want to be on the list of reserves, please contact Lisa Hed.

Philosophy of science, 2ECTS
The course is given during week 42
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The course is full. If you want to be on the list of reserves, please contact Lisa Hed.

Writing science, 5ECTS
Course dates are 24/10, 31/10, 7/11, 15/11, 21/11 28/11
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The course is full. If you want to be on the list of reserves, please contact Lisa Hed.

Communicating scientific research, 3ECTS
The course is given during week 45 & 46
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Apply to the course here. The application is open until October 16th.

Doctoral courses spring 2019

The following doctoral courses were given spring 2019.

Oral presentation, 1ECTS.
Course dates are 31/1, 1/2, 19/2, 20/2 2019
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Introduction to research ethics, 2ETCS
The course is given during week 6 & 7
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Philosophy of Science, 2ECTS
The course is given during week 9 & 10
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Writing science, 5ECTS
Course dates are 12/3, 19/3, 26/3, 2/4, 9/4, 16/4 2019
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Statistics for empirical sciences, 3ECTS
The course is given during week 14 & 15
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Course description

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 Lisa Hed.

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, you will receive a certificate sent to you 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 institution. For questions concerning certificates contact Lisa Hed.

Contacts

Susanne Vikström Faculty subjects coordinator

+46 90 786 94 71

Lisa Hed Senior lecturer (associate professor)

+46 90 786 52 16