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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 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 | |
| PhD Student in Computational Mathematics | 2026-04-09 | Time limited employment (temporary) | MAI-2026-00013 | Linkoping | MAI - Department of Mathematics | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28545 | |
| Postdoc in cognitive science with a focus on children and AI | 2026-04-15 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IDA-2026-00044 | Linkoping | IDA - Department of Computer and Information Science | Teachers and Scientists | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28554 | |
| Postdoc in Cryo-EM Image Reconstruction and Volumetric Analysis | 2026-03-30 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IFM-2026-00054 | Linkoping | IFM - Department of Physics, Biology and Chemistry | Teachers and Scientists | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28590 | |
| PhD student in Statistics and Machine Learning | 2026-04-10 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IDA-2026-00049 | Linkoping | IDA - Department of Computer and Information Science | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28601 | |
| Assistant professor in Mathematical Analysis | 2026-03-31 | Time limited employment (temporary) | LiU-2026-00738 | Linkoping | MAI - Department of Mathematics | Teachers and Scientists | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28612 | |
| PhD Students in Cyberresilient AI | 2026-04-01 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IDA-2026-00059 | Linkoping | IDA - Department of Computer and Information Science | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28676 | |
| Postdoc on Trustworthy AI | 2026-04-01 | 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 Mathematical Optimization of Dose Planning for Radiation Treatment | 2026-04-15 | Time limited employment (temporary) | MAI-2026-00012 | Linkoping | MAI - Department of Mathematics | Teachers and Scientists | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28686 | |
| PhD Student for Sustainable and Resource-Efficient Machine Learning | 2026-04-24 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IDA-2026-00060 | Linkoping | IDA - Department of Computer and Information Science | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28717 | |
| PhD student in Computational Cryo-EM and Structural Biology | 2026-04-13 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IFM-2026-00053 | Linkoping | IFM - Department of Physics, Biology and Chemistry | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28719 | |
| PhD students in Ethnic and Migration Studies | 2026-04-10 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IKOS-2026-00049 | Norrkoping | IKOS - Department of Culture and Society | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28721 | |
| 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 | |
| PhD student in AI Security | 2026-04-20 | Time limited employment (temporary) | LiU-2026-01325 | Linkoping | ISY - Department of Electrical Engineering | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28735 | |
| PhD Students in Culture and Society | 2026-04-10 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IKOS-2026-00043 | Norrkoping | IKOS - Department of Culture and Society | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28741 | |
| Teaching assistants in Applied Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics | 2026-03-30 | Extrajob | IEI-2026-00178 | Linkoping | IEI - Department of Management and Engineering | Student | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28756 | |
| PhD student in Cybersecurity | 2026-04-20 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IDA-2026-00054 | Linkoping | IDA - Department of Computer and Information Science | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28759 | |
| PhD student in Machine learning | 2026-04-13 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IDA-2026-00086 | Linkoping | IDA - Department of Computer and Information Science | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28781 | |
| Statistician | 2026-04-03 | Permanent employment | BKV-2026-00103 | Linkoping | BKV - Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences | Technical and Administrative personnel | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28788 | |
| Postdoc in Ageing and Social Change | 2026-04-24 | Time limited employment (temporary) | IKOS-2026-00033 | Norrkoping | IKOS - Department of Culture and Society | Teachers and Scientists | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28790 | |
| AI Training Program Officer at the AI factory Mimer | 2026-04-14 | Permanent employment | LiU-2026-01448 | Linkoping | NAISS - Nationell Akademisk Infrastruktur för Superdatorer i Sverige | Technical and Administrative personnel | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28812 | |
| Postdoc in Optimization | 2026-04-09 | Time limited employment (temporary) | MAI-2026-00027 | Linkoping | MAI - Department of Mathematics | Teachers and Scientists | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28816 | |
| Team Lead – AI Technology & Tools | 2026-04-10 | Permanent employment | LiU-2026-00935 | Linkoping | NAISS - Nationell Akademisk Infrastruktur för Superdatorer i Sverige | Technical and Administrative personnel | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28820 | |
| PhD student in semantic and goal-oriented communications with focus on cloud-assisted artificial intelligence and control systems | 2026-04-20 | Time limited employment (temporary) | LiU-2026-01509 | Norrkoping | ITN - Department of Science and Technology | PhD students | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28823 | |
| Application experts in Life Sciences for AI-factory Mimer | 2026-04-07 | Permanent employment | LiU-2026-01455 | Linkoping | NAISS - Nationell Akademisk Infrastruktur för Superdatorer i Sverige | Technical and Administrative personnel | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28824 | |
| Bioinformatician to Clinical Genomics | 2026-04-14 | Permanent employment | BKV-2026-00277 | Linkoping | BKV - Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences | Technical and Administrative personnel | https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/28850 |