Application and admission
Doctoral studies comprise two or four years of full‑time study and leads to a licentiate degree (120 credits) or a doctoral degree (240 credits). The doctoral programme consists of coursework and an independent research project. As a doctoral student, you will also often teach at the undergraduate and master’s levels.
Most doctoral students hold a time‑limited doctoral studentship with a salary during their studies. A doctoral studentship may only be held by someone admitted to third‑cycle studies, including those admitted to a licentiate degree. Decisions regarding the establishment and appointment of doctoral studentships are made by the respective departmental board. Below you will find the currently advertised doctoral positions.
Admission requirements
To be admitted to doctoral studies, you must meet both the general and the specific entry requirements, as well as demonstrate the ability to complete the programme.
General eligibility for doctoral requires that you have:
- completed a degree at the advanced (master’s) level,
- fulfilled course requirements amounting to at least 240 higher‑education credits, of which at least 60 credits at the advanced level, or
- acquired essentially equivalent knowledge in some other way, in Sweden or abroad.
In addition to the general eligibility requirements, each university may set its own specific entry requirements. These requirements vary between subjects and institutions. They must be necessary for the doctoral student to benefit from the programme. They may concern knowledge from higher‑education studies or equivalent, specific professional experience, language proficiency, or other conditions. The specific eligibility requirements usually involve the applicant having knowledge within a particular subject area needed to pursue the doctoral studies.
Each doctoral programme has a general study syllabus, established by the relevant faculty or board. The general study syllabus specifies the specific eligibility requirements for each doctoral programme. You can find LiU’s doctoral subjects and their study syllabi on the page Third cycle subject areas.
Advertised doctoral positions
| Job | Published To | Employment Type | External ID | City | Institution | Occupational Area | Position | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PhD student in Visualization and Media Technology with a focus on visual learning and communication | 2026-02-25 | Time limited employment (temporary) | LiU-2025-05514 | Norrkoping | ITN - Department of Science and Technology | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/27975 | |
| PhD Student in Automatic Control | 2026-02-27 | Time limited employment (temporary) | LiU-2025-05357 | Linkoping | ISY - Department of Electrical Engineering | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28117 | |
| PhD student in biomedical engineering, deep learning for medical images | 2026-02-19 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IMT-2025-00069 | Linkoping | IMT - Biomedical Engineering | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28118 | |
| PhD student in Bayesian Computational Mathematics | 2026-03-02 | Time limited employment (temporary) | MAI-2025-00127 | Linkoping | MAI - Department of Mathematics | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28185 | |
| PhD student in Quantitative Logistics with a focus on efficient and sustainable supply chains | 2026-02-10 | Time limited employment (temporary) | LiU-2025-05917 | Norrkoping | ITN - Department of Science and Technology | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28191 | |
| Professor of Ageing and Social Change | 2026-02-22 | Permanent employment | LiU-2025-03576 | Norrkoping | IKOS - Department of Culture and Society | Teachers and Scientists | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28195 | |
| PhD student in secure distributed learning | 2026-02-16 | Time limited employment (temporary) | LiU-2025-06038 | Linkoping | ISY - Department of Electrical Engineering | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28209 | |
| PhD student in Statistics | 2026-03-03 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IDA-2025-00412 | Linkoping | IDA - Department of Computer and Information Science | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28230 | |
| Research Engineer for Machine Learning in Materials Science | 2026-02-16 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IDA-2025-00422 | Linkoping | IDA - Department of Computer and Information Science | Technical and Administrative personnel | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28297 | |
| PhD student in Medical Science | 2026-02-08 | Time limited employment (temporary) | BKV-2025-01022 | Linkoping | BKV - Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences | Technical and Administrative personnel | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28337 | |
| Data Science experts to the Swedish AI factory | 2026-02-08 | Permanent employment | LiU-2025-06246 | Linkoping | NAISS - Nationell Akademisk Infrastruktur för Superdatorer i Sverige | Technical and Administrative personnel | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28381 | |
| PhD Position in Industrial Marketing | 2026-04-16 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IEI-2026-00026 | Linkoping | IEI - Department of Management and Engineering | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28393 | |
| Postdoc in SERS-Based Sensing for Wound Infection Diagnostics | 2026-02-12 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IFM-2026-00010 | Linkoping | IFM - Department of Physics, Biology and Chemistry | Teachers and Scientists | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28394 | |
| Postdoc on Virtual Knowledge Graph Integration | 2026-03-15 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IDA-2026-00037 | Linkoping | IDA - Department of Computer and Information Science | Teachers and Scientists | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28487 | |
| Postdoc in Ethology | 2026-03-31 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IFM-2026-00037 | Linkoping | IFM - Department of Physics, Biology and Chemistry | Teachers and Scientists | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28497 | |
| Postdoctoral Researcher in Medical Image Processing | 2026-03-01 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IMT-2026-00002 | Linkoping | IMT - Biomedical Engineering | Teachers and Scientists | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28501 | |
| Postdoctoral position on Active Optical Metasurfaces | 2026-02-25 | Time limited employment (temporary) | LiU-2026-00739 | Norrkoping | ITN - Department of Science and Technology | Teachers and Scientists | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28502 | |
| PhD Student in Automatic Control with focus on sensor informatics | 2026-02-27 | Time limited employment (temporary) | LiU-2026-00556 | Linkoping | ISY - Department of Electrical Engineering | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28521 | |
| PhD Student in Automatic Control with focus on sensor fusion for distributed situational awareness | 2026-02-27 | Time limited employment (temporary) | LiU-2026-00557 | Linkoping | ISY - Department of Electrical Engineering | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28522 | |
| PhD Student in Automatic Control with focus on sensor fusion for localization | 2026-02-27 | Time limited employment (temporary) | LiU-2026-00559 | Linkoping | ISY - Department of Electrical Engineering | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28525 | |
| PhD Student in Automatic Control with focus on control allocation for future stealth aircraft | 2026-02-27 | Time limited employment (temporary) | LiU-2026-00558 | Linkoping | ISY - Department of Electrical Engineering | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28526 | |
| PhD Student in Automatic Control for Adaptive Hearing Aids | 2026-02-27 | Time limited employment (temporary) | LiU-2026-00560 | Linkoping | ISY - Department of Electrical Engineering | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28528 | |
| PhD Student in Automatic Control with focus on optimization under uncertainty | 2026-02-27 | Time limited employment (temporary) | LiU-2026-00561 | Linkoping | ISY - Department of Electrical Engineering | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28532 |