Here is a presentation of second and third cycle courses given for IFM's doctoral students. 

As a rule of thumb, you register for a course via link in the syllabus. If link for registration is missing in the syllabus, email the course responsible.

Any questions about the courses are best answered by the course responsible.

The list below contains all the courses given at IFM, please check if the course you are interested in is given VT (Spring term) or HT (Autumn term), or both.

Information about rutines and processes for PhD students at IFM can be found at the intranet.

Academic year 2025/2026

General courses HT25

6FIFM05 Science education for postgraduate/doctoral students, 3 hp (compulsory course)

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FIFM05.

SCHEDULE

Course Introduction and Seminar 1: Monday 9th September 15.15-17.00. Room HOLKEN (Biology Department)
Read chapter 3 from the book, write a short synopsis addressing the “Questions for reflection” section and submit via LISAM (Assignment 1) before the Seminar.

Seminar 2: Monday 23rd September 15.15-17.00. Room HOLKEN (Biology Department)
Read chapter 4 from the book, write a short synopsis addressing the “Questions for reflection” section and submit via LISAM (Assignment 2) before the Seminar.

Lecture: Monday 7th October 15.15-17.00. Room HOLKEN (Biology Department)
Lecture on Alternative Conceptions and information on the final course assignment (Assignment 4).

Seminar 3: Monday 4th November 15.15-17.00. Room HOLKEN (Biology Department)
Read chapter 5 from the book, write a short synopsis addressing the “Questions for reflection” section and submit via LISAM (Assignment 3) before the Seminar.

Final Course Seminar 9th December 13.15-17.00. Room HOLKEN (Biology Department).
Write your alternative conceptions assignment (Assignment 4) and prepare an oral presentation from it. The oral presentation (10 min plus questions) should briefly summarized the alternative conception and the way you plan to address it. Submit your assignment via LISAM before the date for the Final Course Seminar.

Course responsible

jordi.altimiras@liu.se

6TFFK01 Fundamentals for PhD Studies in Science and Engineering, 6 hp (compulsory course)

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FTFK01.

Course responsible

nicolette.lakemond@liu.se

6FIFM57 Introduction to the use of MATLAB in research, 3 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FIFM57.

Equal opportunity course for teaching assistants at the Faculty of science and engineering

Complosory course for teaching assistants.

Target audience

For teaching assistants (amanuenses), participation in this seminar series is mandatory.
For PhD students involved in teaching, it is mandatory to either attend this seminar series or
complete another course covering equivalent content.

Background

As part of Linköping University’s ongoing work with quality assurance in education, this seminar
series offers an essential introduction to equal opportunities in the academic setting.
The series focuses on the university’s expectations on how you as a teacher should conduct
yourself in your interactions with students, and clarify what Swedish law says about equal
opportunities

By participating, you will get the chance to reflect on your role as a teacher and thereby
gain a better understanding of your role and responsibilities in fostering an inclusive and
respectful learning environment.

Course content

The seminar series is composed of one introductory lecture, two seminars, and one homework
exercises

Registration

Directly to jesper.jacobsson@liu.se

Language

The course will be given in English unless only Swedish speakers are present.

Compensation

After passing the seminar series everyone a certificate is issued.
Teaching assistants (amanuenses) are also given 1000 sek.
PhD students are also given 10 hours of teaching or departmental service
(institutionstjänstgöring).

Schedule

Below is the preliminary schema for autumn 2025

Lecture 1 Wednesday 12/11-25 at 15:00-17:00 Laplace - N323 - Fysikhuset
Seminar 1 Wednesday 19/11-25 at 15:00-17:00 Laplace - N323 - Fysikhuset
Seminar 2 Wednesday 10/12-25 at 15:00-17:00 Laplace - N323 - Fysikhuset

Resources

Course materials are available in both English and Swedish here https://liuonline.sharepoint.com/sites/student-tekfak/SitePages/Genuskurs-f%C3%B6r-kursassistenter.aspx. 

Course responsible

jesper.jacobsson@liu.se

Materials science HT25

6FIFM06 Vacuum science and technology, 7.5 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FIFM06.

6FIFMA6 Introduction to machine learning and artificial intelligence for material science, 7.5 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FIFMA6.

Course responsible

jesper.jacobsson@liu.se

Machine learning for atomistic simulations, 3 hp

Course responsible

florian.trybel@liu.se

6FIFM37 Thin Film Analysis by X-ray Scattering, part II (laboration), 4 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FIFM37.

Course responsible

fredrik.eriksson@liu.se

6FIFM02 Semiconductor for Solar Energy Conversion, 6 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FIFM02/2024H/1553782.

Course responsible

jianwu.sun@liu.se

6FIFM38 Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) Specimen Preparation Methods in Materials Science, 3 hp

October-November 2024. For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FIFM38.

Course responsible

justinas.palisaitis@liu.se

6FIFM93 Modern Optics, 6 hp

Start week 36. For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FIFM93.

Course responsible

kenneth.jarrendahl@liu.se

6FIFM26 Thin Film Analysis by X-ray Scattering, 5 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FIFM26.

Course responsible

fredrik.eriksson@liu.se

6FIFM71 Thin film deposition technologies for semiconductor component fabrication, 6 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FIFM71.

6FIFM88 Introduction to scanning electron microscopy, 4.5 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FIFM88/2024V/1550225.

Course responsible

anna.elsukova@liu.se

6FIFM62 Micro- and Nanophotonics, 6 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FIFM62/2024H/1554559.

Course responsible

sergiy.valyukh@liu.se

Applied physics HT25

TFYA37 Soft condensed matter Physics, 6hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://studieinfo.liu.se/kurs/TFYA37.

Course responsible

daniel.aili@liu.se

6FIFM72 Supramolecular chemistry, 6 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://studieinfo.liu.se/en/kurs/tfya30.

Course responsible

niclas.solin@liu.se

6FIFMB0 Molecular photophysics

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FIFMB0.

Course responsible

alexander.gillett@liu.se

TFTB48 Biomedical Materials, 6 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://studieinfo.liu.se/kurs/TFTB48.

Course responsible

daniel.aili@liu.se

TFTB33 Microsystems and Nanobiology, 6 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://studieinfo.liu.se/kurs/TFTB33.

Course responsible

edwin.jager@liu.se

6FITN05 Organic Electronics 2, 6 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FITN05.

Course responsible

eleni.stavrinidou@liu.se

6FIFM28 Photoelectron spectroscopy and its applications, 6 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FIFM28.

Course responsible

xianjie.liu@liu.se

Theory and modelling HT25

6FIFM09 Advanced Bioinformatics, 6 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://studieinfo.liu.se/kurs/TFTB46.

Course responsible

bjorn.wallner@liu.se

6FIFM46 Statistical physics and thermodynamics I, 7.5 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FIFM46.

Course responsible

johan.klarbring@liu.se

TFYB01 Advanced electromagnetism, 6 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://studieinfo.liu.se/en/kurs/TFYB01.

Course responsible

ferenc.tasnadi@liu.se

TFYB02 Elementary particles and quantum fields, 6 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://studieinfo.liu.se/en/kurs/TFYB02.

Course responsible

ferenc.tasnadi@liu.se

NBID75 Modelling of Biological Systems, 9 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://studieinfo.liu.se/kurs/NBID75.

Course responsible

anna.eklof@liu.se

6FIFMA1 Fundamental Principles in Theoretical Physics, 2 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FIFMA1.

Course responsible

ferenc.tasnadi@liu.se

Chemistry HT25

6FIFM42 Biomolecular disease processes, 6 hp

Start November 4. For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://studieinfo.liu.se/en/kurs/tfke48.

Perspectives on interdistiplinary Chemistry, 6 hp

The aim of the course is to give doctoral students in various chemistry disciplines the opportunity to place their own science in a broader perspective and to discuss science from a chemical field that is more distant from their own research questions.

After completing the course, the student is expected to be able to:
  • Understand scientific hypotheses and research questions in more chemistry disciplines than their own, and how chemistry can be used to approach them.
  • Discuss experimental methods used in chemistry disciplines other than their own.
  • Critically review and evaluate scientific quality in more chemistry disciplines than their own.
Contents

The course is conducted in the form of a doctoral seminar series, held in connection with the chemistry division's regular seminar series, and through participation in mid-term seminars and dissertation defenses within the division.

A preparatory discussion forum is also included, where doctoral students meet and learn about each other's methods.

Educational methods

The course is conducted as a seminar series integrated into the chemistry division’s research seminar series, with approximately eight seminars per year. Doctoral students take turns giving a presentation in the first part of each seminar, and in the second part of the seminar features a presentation by a senior researcher. The goal is for the two presentations to come from different areas or research groups within the chemistry division.

The material presented can be an introduction to a project about to start, preliminary data from ongoing work, or a completed article. The doctoral student may also present a procedure or technique. Doctoral students are expected to ask questions to both senior and junior presenters.

Before the seminar, the presenting doctoral student gathers the other course participants and gives a short (approx. 15 min) introduction to the main method used in the presentation.

Examination

Examination is conducted through active participation in 75% of the chemistry division's seminars, including preparatory discussion forums, as well as attendance at 50% of dissertations and mid-term seminars within the division.

The doctoral student must also give a presentation at the chemistry seminar on at least two occasions. At the preparatory discussion forum, a short record is kept with the topic title and attendance list by the presenting doctoral student, which is then submitted to the examiner.

If 75% attendance is not achieved due to valid reasons such as illness, conference travel, teaching obligations, or other circumstances deemed equivalent by the examiner, there is an opportunity to complete a compensatory written assignment.

 

Course responsible

sofie.nystrom@liu.se

6FIFM48 Chemical Bonding, 6 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FIFM82.

Course responsible

lars.ojamae@liu.se

TFKE37 Biological Measurement, 6 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://studieinfo.liu.se/kurs/TFKE37.

Course responsible

maria.sunnerhagen@liu.se

Biology HT25

NBID73 Methods in Ecology, 7.5 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://studieinfo.liu.se/kurs/NBID73.

Course responsible

gyorgy.barabas@liu.se

NBID70 Stress and Animal Welfare, 6 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://studieinfo.liu.se/kurs/NBID70.

Course responsible

rie.henriksen@liu.se

NBID71 Applied Ethology, 7.5 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://studieinfo.liu.se/kurs/NBID71.

Course responsible

per.jensen@liu.se

6FIFM91 Behaviour Genetics, 7.5 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FIFM91/2024H/1551144.

Course responsible

dominic.wright@liu.se

PhD Biology seminar series, 10 hp

All PhD students in Theoretical Biology, jointly with the students from Biology, should attend the PhD seminar series in order to acquire an overview of the research field of
biology and to actively participate in the seminar series for PhD students. Active participation consists of presenting one’s own seminar each academic year as well as actively engaging in other seminars. Completion of the seminar series gives 10 ECTS (5 ECTS for Degree of Licentiate).

Course responsible

gyorgy.barabas@liu.se

VT (Spring term) 2026

General courses VT25

6FIFM05 Science education for postgraduate/doctoral students, 3 hp (compulsory course)

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FIFM05.

Course responsible

jordi.altimiras@liu.se


6TFFK01 Fundamentals for PhD Studies in Science and Engineering, 6 hp (compulsory course)

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FTFK01.

Timetable

Day 1:1 2025-01-21 10:00-16:00 
Day 1:2 2025-01-22 10:00-16:00 
Day 1:3 
(PhD students sign up for one of the time slots) 2025-05-21 9:00-12:00 
13:00-16:00 
2025-05-22 9:00-12:00 
13:00-16:00 
Module 2 (teacher: Ola Leifler) 
Day 2:1 2025-02-06 09:00-16:00 
Day 2:2 2025-02-27 09:00-16:00 
Module 3 (teacher: Ericka Johnson) 
Day 3:1 2025-03-10 9:15-16:00 
Day 3:2 2025-03-11 9:15-16:00 
Module 4 (teacher: Elin Palm) 
Day 4:1 2025-04-03 10:15-12:00 
13:15-15:00 
Day 4:2 2025-04-10 10:15-12:00 
13:15-15:00 
Day 4:3 2025-04-24 10:15-12:00 
13:15-15:00 

Course responsible

nicolette.lakemond@liu.se


6FIFM11 Scientific publishing, 3 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FIFM11.

Course responsible

matthias.laska@liu.se

Materials science VT26

TFYM04 Growth and characterization of nanomaterials, 6 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://studieinfo.liu.se/en/kurs/TFYM04.

Course responsible

fredrik.eriksson@liu.se

6FIFM78 Surface analysis by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, 5 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FIFM78.

Course responsible

grzegorz.greczynsky@liu.se

6FIFM89 Plasma physics for thin film processes, 6 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FIFM89.

Course responsible

daniel.lundin@liu.se

6FIFMA9 Halide Perovskite Materials for Optoelectronic Applications, 6 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FIFMA9.

Course responsible

feng.wang@liu.se

6FIFM81 Synchrotron Radiation Course

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FIFM81.

Course responsible

martin.magnusson@liu.se

6FIFMA0 Thin Film Optics and Polarized Light, 3 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FIFMA0.

Course responsible

roger.magnusson@liu.se

6FIFM83 Seminars on Analytical Techniques in Materials Science, 3 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FIFM83/2024H/1554579.

Course responsible

ching-lien.hsiao@liu.se

6FIFM03 Optoelectronics, 6 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://studieinfo.liu.se/kurs/TFYA38

Course responsible

wei-xin.ni@liu.se

6FIFM76 Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), 6 hp

February – April 2025.  For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FIFM76.

Course responsible

justinas.palisaitis@liu.se

TFYA21 Materials science, 6 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://studieinfo.liu.se/kurs/TFYA21.

Course responsible

florian.trybel@liu.se

Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Materials for High Power Devices, 7.5 hp

Aim of the course

This course is intended for Masters and PhD students in the area of material science, semiconductor materials and devices. The aim of this course is to give an introduction of
different wide bandgap semiconductor materials (SiC, GaN, AlN, Ga2O3, diamond etc…) suitable for high power electronic devices, challenges in material growth technologies,
different device structures and applications.

Intended learning of the course includes
  • Understanding of the fundamental properties of wide bandgap semiconductors essential for high power devices.
  • Comparison of different wide bandgap semiconductors and their status compared to standard Si technology.
  • Semiconductor crystal growth technologies and their limitations.
  • Obtain basic knowledge of the most important power devices (unipolar and bipolar) their applications.

Organization

The course will be given in the form of lectures/seminars, one per week. Exam will be in the form of home assignments and project seminars (total number of seminars depend on the number of students). Final assessment will be made on the base of home assignments and project seminars.

Course contents

  • Categories of high-power electronic devices, basic principle of operation, advantages/disadvantages and major applications.
  • Impact of energy efficient high-power devices on energy savings.
  • Introduction of wide bandgap semiconductor materials and their fundamental properties and transport physics.
  • Influence of crystal defects on charge transport.
  • Crystal growth of wide bandgap semiconductors and technological limitations.
  • Current status of wide bandgap semiconductor technologies and future trends.

Course responsible

jawad.ul-hassan@liu.se

Applied physics VT26

6FIFM48 Biosensor Technology, 6 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://studieinfo.liu.se/kurs/TFTB34.

Course responsible

daniel.aili@liu.se

6FIFM51 Chemical sensor systems, 6 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/kurs/6FIFM32.

Course responsible

mikhail.vagin@liu.se

6FIFM32 Electrochemistry for energy application, 4 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FITN32.

Course responsible

mikhail.vagin@liu.se

6FITN02 Organic Electronics 1, 6 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FITN02.

Course responsible

nara.kim@liu.se

Theory and modelling VT26

6FIFM47, Quantum mechanics II, 7.5 hp

March-May 2025. For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FIFM47.

Course responsible

iryna.yakymenko@liu.se

TFYA36 Chaos and Non-Linear Phenomena, 6 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://studieinfo.liu.se/kurs/TFYA36.

Course responsible

magnus.x.johansson@liu.se

6FIFMA4 Computational Systems Biology, 5 hp / 3 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FIFMA4/.

Course responsible

mika.gustafsson@liu.se

6FIFMA8 Density Functional Theory, 6 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FIFMA8.

Course responsible

florian.trybel@liu.se

6FIFMA1 Fundamentals in Theoretical Physics, 2 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://forskarstudier.liu.se/en/kurs/6FIFMA1.

Course responsible

ferenc.tasnadi@liu.se

Chemistry VT26

6FIFM74 Protein Chemistry, 6 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://studieinfo.liu.se/kurs/TFKE71.

Course responsible

lars-goran.martensson@liu.se

NKED26 Molecular synthesis, 6 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://studieinfo.liu.se/kurs/NKED26.

Course responsible

peter.konradsson@liu.se

NKED82 Biomolecular design

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://studieinfo.liu.se/kurs/NKED82.

Course responsible

peter.konradsson@liu.se

NKED20 Drug Discovery and Pharmaceutical Development

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://studieinfo.liu.se/kurs/NKED20.

Course responsible

peter.r.nilsson@liu.se

Perspectives on interdisciplinary chemistry, 6 hp

The aim of the course is to give doctoral students in various chemistry disciplines the opportunity to place their own science in a broader perspective and to discuss science from a chemical field that is more distant from their own research questions.

After completing the course, the student is expected to be able to:

  • Understand scientific hypotheses and research questions in more chemistry disciplines than their own, and how chemistry can be used to approach them.
  • Discuss experimental methods used in chemistry disciplines other than their own.
  • Critically review and evaluate scientific quality in more chemistry disciplines than their own.

Contents

The course is conducted in the form of a doctoral seminar series, held in connection with the chemistry division's regular seminar series, and through participation in mid-term seminars and dissertation defenses within the division.

A preparatory discussion forum is also included, where doctoral students meet and learn about each other's methods.

Educational methods

The course is conducted as a seminar series integrated into the chemistry division’s research seminar series, with approximately eight seminars per year. Doctoral students take turns giving a presentation in the first part of each seminar, and in the second part of the seminar features a presentation by a senior researcher. The goal is for the two presentations to come from different areas or research groups within the chemistry division.

The material presented can be an introduction to a project about to start, preliminary data from ongoing work, or a completed article. The doctoral student may also present a procedure or technique. Doctoral students are expected to ask questions to both senior and junior presenters.

Before the seminar, the presenting doctoral student gathers the other course participants and gives a short (approx. 15 min) introduction to the main method used in the presentation.

Examination

Examination is conducted through active participation in 75% of the chemistry division's seminars, including preparatory discussion forums, as well as attendance at 50% of dissertations and mid-term seminars within the division.

The doctoral student must also give a presentation at the chemistry seminar on at least two occasions. At the preparatory discussion forum, a short record is kept with the topic title and attendance list by the presenting doctoral student, which is then submitted to the examiner.

If 75% attendance is not achieved due to valid reasons such as illness, conference travel, teaching obligations, or other circumstances deemed equivalent by the examiner, there is an opportunity to complete a compensatory written assignment.

 

Course responsible

sofie.nystrom@liu.se

Biology VT26

NBID77 Ecological Applications in Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 7.5 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://studieinfo.liu.se/kurs/NBID77.

Course responsible

karl-olof.bergman@liu.se

NBID78 Case studies in conservation and sustainable development, 7.5 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://studieinfo.liu.se/kurs/NBID78.

Course responsible

victor.a.johansson@liu.se

NBID60 Zoo Biology, 7.5 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at https://studieinfo.liu.se/kurs/NBID60.

Course responsible

andreas.fahlman@liu.se

6FIFM92 Primate Ethology, 9 hp

For course description, syllabus and literature, please see course page at 6FIFM92 Primate Ethology - Forskarstudieinfo, Linköpings universitet (liu.se).

Course responsible

matthias.laska@liu.se

PhD Biology seminar series, 10 hp

All PhD students in Theoretical Biology, jointly with the students from Biology, should attend the PhD seminar series in order to acquire an overview of the research field of
biology and to actively participate in the seminar series for PhD students. Active participation consists of presenting one’s own seminar each academic year as well as actively engaging in other seminars. Completion of the seminar series gives 10 ECTS (5  ECTS for Degree of Licentiate).

Course responsible

gyorgy.barabas@liu.se