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 | Department | Occupational Area | Position | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postdoc on Trustworthy AI | 2026-05-31 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IDA-2026-00062 | Linkoping | IDA - Department of Computer and Information Science | Teachers and Scientists | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28678 | |
| Postdoc in efficient and robust decentralized AI | 2026-05-15 | Time limited employment (temporary) | LiU-2026-01297 | Linkoping | ISY - Department of Electrical Engineering | Teachers and Scientists | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28722 | |
| Postdoc in AI for cybersecurity of communication software | 2026-05-31 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IDA-2026-00101 | Linkoping | IDA - Department of Computer and Information Science | Teachers and Scientists | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28841 | |
| Professor in Neuroengineering | 2026-08-13 | Permanent employment | LiU-2025-05665 | Linkoping | IMT - Biomedical Engineering | Teachers and Scientists | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28869 | |
| Associate professor in design | 2026-08-30 | Time limited employment (temporary) | LiU-2026-01506 | Linkoping | IDA - Department of Computer and Information Science | Teachers and Scientists | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28954 | |
| Linux System Administrator for the NAISS in Linköping (up to 3 positions) | 2026-05-28 | Permanent employment | LiU-2026-01548 | Linkoping | NAISS - Nationell Akademisk Infrastruktur för Superdatorer i Sverige | Technical and Administrative personnel | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28964 | |
| PhD Student in Automatic Control with focus on complex networks and multiagent dynamics | 2026-05-15 | Time limited employment (temporary) | LiU-2026-01842 | Linkoping | ISY - Department of Electrical Engineering | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28966 | |
| Teaching assistants/Amanuens in Quality Management and Engineering. | 2026-05-24 | Extrajob | IEI-2026-00278 | Linkoping | IEI - Department of Management and Engineering | Student | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28983 | |
| PhD student in next-generation methods for battery modeling and diagnostics | 2026-05-25 | Time limited employment (temporary) | LiU-2026-00385 | Linkoping | ISY - Department of Electrical Engineering | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28988 | |
| PhD student in Computer Vision and Learning Systems | 2026-05-25 | Time limited employment (temporary) | LiU-2026-00564 | Linkoping | ISY - Department of Electrical Engineering | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29000 | |
| PhD student in biomedical engineering, deep learning for medical images | 2026-05-15 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IMT-2026-00023 | Linkoping | IMT - Biomedical Engineering | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29003 | |
| PhD student in Logistics | 2026-05-18 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IEI-2026-00302 | Linkoping | IEI - Department of Management and Engineering | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29057 | |
| PhD position in Environmental Technology and Management | 2026-06-01 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IEI-2026-00298 | Linkoping | IEI - Department of Management and Engineering | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29068 | |
| PhD Student in Automatic Control with focus on learning robotics | 2026-05-19 | Time limited employment (temporary) | LiU-2026-02089 | Linkoping | ISY - Department of Electrical Engineering | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29076 | |
| Assistant professor in discrete mathematics | 2026-05-25 | Time limited employment (temporary) | LiU-2026-01873 | Linkoping | MAI - Department of Mathematics | Teachers and Scientists | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29082 | |
| PhD student in Data-driven cell and molecular biology | 2026-05-28 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IFM-2026-00190 | Linkoping | IFM - Department of Physics, Biology and Chemistry | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29087 | |
| PhD student in real-time certification for MPC of safety-critical systems within WASP | 2026-05-14 | Time limited employment (temporary) | LiU-2026-02179 | Linkoping | ISY - Department of Electrical Engineering | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29095 | |
| Postdoc in Economic History | 2026-05-25 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IEI-2026-00312 | Linkoping | IEI - Department of Management and Engineering | Teachers and Scientists | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29098 | |
| Amanuens in Research project in computer science | 2026-05-25 | Extrajob | IDA-2026-00157 | Linkoping | IDA - Department of Computer and Information Science | Student | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29101 | |
| PhD student in Flight Logistics | 2026-06-15 | Time limited employment (temporary) | LiU-2026-02207 | Norrkoping | ITN - Department of Science and Technology | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29110 | |
| Application Expert in AI/ML for the Supercomputer Centre | 2026-05-29 | Permanent employment | LiU-2026-00965 | Linkoping | NSC - National Supercomputer Centre | Technical and Administrative personnel | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29120 | |
| Postdoc in electrocatalysis for sustainable energy and chemical conversion | 2026-06-03 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IFM-2026-00191 | Linkoping | IFM - Department of Physics, Biology and Chemistry | Teachers and Scientists | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29123 | |
| PhD student in electrocatalysis for sustainable energy conversion | 2026-06-03 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IFM-2026-00195 | Linkoping | IFM - Department of Physics, Biology and Chemistry | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29125 | |
| PhD student in the field of Materials Science and Engineering | 2026-06-05 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IEI-2026-00327 | Linkoping | IEI - Department of Management and Engineering | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29136 | |
| Principal Research Engineer with focus on Inflammatory Kidney Diseases | 2026-05-28 | Permanent employment | LiU-2026-02168 | Linkoping | HMV - Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences | Technical and Administrative personnel | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29152 | |
| PhD student in Medical Science | 2026-05-28 | Time limited employment (temporary) | BKV-2026-00409 | Linkoping | BKV - Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29153 | |
| PhD student in AI-Assisted Software Engineering | 2026-06-01 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IDA-2026-00162 | Linkoping | IDA - Department of Computer and Information Science | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29159 | |
| Postdoctoral Researcher in AI and Materials Science | 2026-06-01 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IDA-2026-00160 | Linkoping | IDA - Department of Computer and Information Science | Teachers and Scientists | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29164 | |
| Teaching assistants in Business Administration | 2026-05-31 | Extrajob | IEI-2026-00354 | Linkoping | IEI - Department of Management and Engineering | Student | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/29189 |