Supervisor training at the Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy
To be approved as a principal supervisor, you must have completed both the Supervisor Information Day and an ethics course. A certificate of completion of both must be attached to the application documents.
Supervisor’s Information Day
The Supervisor’s Information Day is a full day organised twice a year and always given in English. The day is mandatory for principal supervisors of doctoral studies in medical and pharmaceutical sciences. It is also highly recommended for assistant supervisors.
To be approved, complete attendance is required. A certificate of attendance will be issued.
Next Supervisor’s Information Day
Time: 23 April 2026 at 9:00–16:30
Location: to be announced
The programme is in English.
Register for the next Supervisor’s Information Day
Registration open until 15 April 2026.
Research ethics course
In addition to approved participation in the supervisor information, as a first-time principal supervisors at the Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy you must have completed the web-based course “Research ethics for medicine and pharmacy”.
The course is developed jointly by the seven faculties of medicine in Sweden and recommended for all researchers employed at the Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy.
Supervising doctoral students
The course is aimed at post-doctorates (fellowships) with no or less experience of supervising doctoral students, new or senior lecturers holding a doctoral degree, as well as docents with some or lots of doctoral supervising experience.
Find out more and sign up for Supervising Doctoral Students
A deep approach to doctoral supervision
The course is aimed at experienced doctoral supervisors (above all docents and professors), but also at doctoral supervisors who have completed Supervising Doctoral Students or a shorter doctoral supervisor course at faculty level.
The course is given continuously.
Read more and sign up for A Deep Approach to Doctoral Supervision