PhD studies Humanities and Social Sciences

Society faces major problems such as unemployment, climate change and refugees. Solving such problems requires people with extensive knowledge combined with the creativity needed to think in new ways. PhD studies will provide you with these tools.

PhD studies mean not only that you will become the foremost expert within one field, but you will also learn to plan, think critically and take responsibility. You will acquire the breadth of knowledge and the skills which go with the subject in general. PhD studies mean that you will work on a research project independently under supervision. You will use and improve both your practical and theoretical skills.

The aim of our PhD studies is to make you an independent researcher who is good at imparting knowledge. You will be ready for complex and advanced work within trade and industry, the public sector, colleges and universities.

Open PhD positions at Uppsala University

Doctoral studies in theology

The Faculty of Theology offers doctoral programmes in seven subject areas focusing on religions and worldviews, historically and in the present day.

Doctoral subject areas and admission requirements in theology

Doctoral studies in law

At the Department of Law, doctoral or licentiate degrees can be taken in administrative law, business law, civil and criminal procedural law, constitutional law, criminal law, environmental law, European law, fiscal law, jurisprudence, legal history, medical law, private law, private international law, public international law and public law.

Doctoral subject areas and admission requirements in law

Doctoral studies in history, philosophy, literature, gender, culture and aesthetic subjects

The Faculty of Arts offers 17 doctoral subject areas across a wide range of philosophical, historical and anthropological fields.

Doctoral studies in languages and linguistics

The Faculty of Languages offers 15 doctoral subject areas in languages and linguistics.

Doctoral studies in social sciences

The Faculty of Social Sciences offers doctoral programmes in 15 social science subject areas.

Doctoral studies in education, curriculum studies and the sociology of education

The Faculty of Educational Sciences offers doctoral programmes in education, curriculum studies and the sociology of education.