Graduate School in Energy Systems

The Graduate School consists of interdisciplinary research projects carried out in cooperation between several universities and a support structure to hold together the program and strengthen the interdisciplinary cooperation for example through joint doctoral courses and seminars.

So far, five admissions rounds have been completed (2015, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024). In the first and second rounds, four projects were granted funding, and 10 PhD candidates were employed in each round. In the third and fourth rounds, five projects were approved, and 13 respectively 12 PhD candidates were employed. In the most recent, fifth round, five projects were approved, and we are now seeking PhD candidates for all projects.

The PhD students work in the following places: Chalmers University, Linköping University, Luleå University of Technology, Lund University, Mälardalen University, RISE - Research Institutes of Sweden, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI), and University of Gothenburg, University West, Uppsala University.

Graduate students who are enrolled in Forskarskola Energisystem (FoES) will carry out a number of joint courses. These are the courses that we are offering at the moment:

• Energy systems
• Theory of science, systems theory and interdisciplinary science
• Methods for interdisciplinary energy systems studies
• Interdisciplinary project on energy systems (course syllabus available only in Swedish)
• Practical interdisciplinary research in the energy field

When necessary, the courses are given in English and course places are primarily intended for PhD students in FoES. If possible, other PhD students are welcome to participate in the courses. If you are interested, please send and an email to the research director of studies.

The courses are conducted in similar ways in which a number of mandatory meetings (1-3 days each) are held. Between the meetings the student carry out studies by its own. Mandatory meetings will be located in various locations in Sweden, usually in the premises at the FoES interacting departments.

A course committee develops and follows up the courses and suggests examiners for the courses. The head of the course committee is the research director of studies for FoES and members of the course committee are, besides the research director of studies, three-four supervisors (or another senior researcher) as well as a student representative from FoES.