Thank you for your interest in the Graduate School of Gender Studies and Umeå Centre for Gender Studies! We receive many questions about our centre and we have tried to compile frequently asked questions and their answers below. If you have a question which is not addressed in the FAQ below, please do not hesitate to contact us!
The Graduate School announces open positions in collaboration with academic departments at Umeå University. This means that the PhD students affiliated to the Graduate School are employed at an academic department. The departments we collaborate with vary over the years. Therefore, you can only apply for a position if you have a relevant degree in relation to the available openings.
The Graduate School cannot offer financing to PhD students outside this process.
New PhD positions are usually announced once a year in September. The positions are announced at the Umeå University's website, this website, and at the Swedish Public Employment Service website and in different printed media.
You cannot apply for a position if there are no open positions available.
Not all academic subjects offer PhD programmes in English. Therefore, we recommend you to contact the departments where you are interested in pursuing your doctorate. If you receive a positive response from them, the Graduate School offers courses in both Swedish and English.
The Graduate School co-finances PhD positions together with academic departments at Umeå University. Financing therefore presupposes that you have applied to and have been offered a position in accordance with the process described above. The Graduate School finances 50 percent of the cost of the PhD position and the academic department the other 50 percent.
Umeå Centre for Gender Studies (UCGS) is always interested in national and international collaborations. However, the Graduate School for Gender Studies only finances students within the school.
Yes. Open positions, when announced, are available at www.umu.se/ucgs and www.umu.se/en/work-with-us/
You can only send in applications for a PhD position when there are open positions available. There are usually openings on a yearly basis, so we recommend that you regularly check the websites for the latest information. Guidelines for the application process are included in the announcements for open positions.
The Graduate School courses are available primarily for students connected to the school. Unaffiliated PhD students are welcome when courses are not filled. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you are interested in any of our courses.
