According to current regulations a doctoral degree requires 30 credits and a licentiate degree 18 credits.
Third-cycle courses at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
The courses are divided into compulsory or optional third-cycle courses. In addition to the courses advertised here, there are also a range of courses given within the framework of graduate schools or financed by Faculty Departments.
Compulsory courses
The following courses are compulsory for PhD students at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Linköping University. They are given every semester.
The courses will open gradually for application during the coming weeks.
Our courses
Semester overview
Plan your courses with the help of the semester overview
General information
Prerequisites and admission
Basic eligibility for courses at postgraduate level is available to those who have:
- Second-cycle degree
- 240 credits in required courses, including at least 60 second-cycle credits
- or acquisition of equivalent knowledge in some other manner
Recommended priority order for admission to third cycle courses at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences:
- PhD students registered at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences or PhD students strongly connected to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences registered at other faculties within Linköping University
- PhD students registered at other faculties within Linköping University
- PhD students registered at other universities
- Participation of other students than above is only possible if there are fewer applicants from the above groups than students to be admitted.
Teaching and working methods
Within the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, student-centred and problem-based learning forms the basis of teaching.
The student takes personal responsibility for learning through an active and processing approach to the learning tasks.
The teacher's role is to support students in this way of working.
Grading scale
Pass or Fail
Registration periods
Registration opens
In general, the autumn semester's courses are opened for registration in the first week of February.
The spring semester's courses open for registration in the first week of September, the year before.
Deviations may occur. This applies in particular to new courses, for which registration opens in connection with their publication.
Registration closes
Autumn: Courses starting week 44 or earlier April 15
Autumn: Courses starting week 45 or later June 15
Spring: Courses starting week 13 or earlier October 15
Spring: Courses starting week 14 or later January 15
Deviations may occur. See the specific course page.
This information generally applies to all postgraduate courses at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. If any course has different requirements, it appears in the information regarding the respective course, as well as in the respective syllabus.