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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Student assistents/amanuenses to the division Division of Environmental Technology and Management | 2026-01-21 | Extrajob | IEI-2025-00590 | Linkoping | IEI - Department of Management and Engineering | Student | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/27815 | |
| Associate professor in visual media design | 2026-01-16 | Permanent employment | LiU-2025-04789 | Norrkoping | ITN - Department of Science and Technology | Teachers and Scientists | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/27852 | |
| PhD student in Power-Efficient Integrated Circuit Design Techniques for Full-Duplex 6G Transceivers | 2026-01-16 | Time limited employment (temporary) | LiU-2025-05320 | Linkoping | ISY - Department of Electrical Engineering | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/27878 | |
| Visiting professor in occupational therapy | 2026-01-15 | Time limited employment (temporary) | LiU-2025-04455 | Norrkoping | HMV - Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences | Teachers and Scientists | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/27980 | |
| PhD student in energy systems with a focus on heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) | 2026-01-19 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IEI-2025-00634 | Linkoping | IEI - Department of Management and Engineering | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/27984 | |
| Research engineer within flight logistic | 2026-01-15 | Time limited employment (temporary) | LiU-2025-05650 | Norrkoping | ITN - Department of Science and Technology | Technical and Administrative personnel | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28065 | |
| 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 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 | |
| Research Assistant in Product Realisation | 2026-01-15 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IEI-2025-00755 | Linkoping | IEI - Department of Management and Engineering | Technical and Administrative personnel | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28218 | |
| PhD student infrainformatics with focus on semantic and goal-oriented communication | 2026-01-31 | Time limited employment (temporary) | LiU-2025-06089 | Norrkoping | ITN - Department of Science and Technology | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28227 | |
| 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 | |
| PhD student in Spatio-Temporal Machine Learning | 2026-02-06 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IDA-2025-00414 | Linkoping | IDA - Department of Computer and Information Science | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28243 | |
| Application expert - Group Leader in Life Sciences | 2026-01-19 | Permanent employment | LiU-2025-05846 | Linkoping | NAISS - Nationell Akademisk Infrastruktur för Superdatorer i Sverige | Technical and Administrative personnel | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28289 | |
| Project Coordinator to the AI Factory Mimer | 2026-01-19 | Permanent employment | LiU-2025-05682 | Linkoping | NAISS - Nationell Akademisk Infrastruktur för Superdatorer i Sverige | Technical and Administrative personnel | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28291 | |
| Science Writer with expertise in AI/ML | 2026-01-19 | Permanent employment | LiU-2025-03452 | Linkoping | NAISS - Nationell Akademisk Infrastruktur för Superdatorer i Sverige | Technical and Administrative personnel | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28292 | |
| Assistant Professor in Automatic Control | 2026-01-31 | Time limited employment (temporary) | LiU-2025-05993 | Linkoping | ISY - Department of Electrical Engineering | Teachers and Scientists | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28296 | |
| Research Engineer for Machine Learning in Materials Science | 2026-02-01 | 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 | |
| User Support Director for NAISS | 2026-01-26 | Permanent employment | LiU-2025-06179 | Linkoping | NAISS - Nationell Akademisk Infrastruktur för Superdatorer i Sverige | Technical and Administrative personnel | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28308 | |
| Technical Operations Director for NAISS | 2026-01-26 | Permanent employment | LiU-2025-06180 | Linkoping | NAISS - Nationell Akademisk Infrastruktur för Superdatorer i Sverige | Technical and Administrative personnel | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28309 | |
| Principal research engineer within polymer chemistry focusing on chemical recycling chemistry | 2026-01-16 | Time limited employment (temporary) | LiU-2025-06312 | Norrkoping | ITN - Department of Science and Technology | Technical and Administrative personnel | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28323 | |
| 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 | |
| Ph.D. Student in Communication-Efficient Decentralized Machine Learning | 2026-02-06 | Time limited employment (temporary) | LiU-2026-00086 | Linkoping | ISY - Department of Electrical Engineering | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28339 | |
| Postdoc in synchrotron-based PEEM for 2D materials | 2026-02-04 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IFM-2026-00007 | Linkoping | IFM - Department of Physics, Biology and Chemistry | Teachers and Scientists | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28346 | |
| Principal Research Engineer in Cancer Biology | 2026-02-04 | Time limited employment (temporary) | BKV-2026-00030 | Linkoping | BKV - Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences | Technical and Administrative personnel | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28361 | |
| Teaching assistants/Amanuenses in Engineering Materials | 2026-01-30 | Extrajob | IEI-2026-00018 | Linkoping | IEI - Department of Management and Engineering | Student | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28362 |