Doctoral courses
On this page, doctoral courses offered at the University are listed. For some courses, dates for when they are offered next are given. Other courses are offered on a continuous basis or when needed. Contact details can be found under each respective course.
Doctoral courses in biology
- Basic literature course in biology, 5 credits
 - Basic literature course in environmental science, 5 credits
 - Introduction to the philosophy of science, 2.5 credits
 - Life Science Seminar and Research Presentation I, 4 credits
 - Life Science Seminar and Research Presentation II, 4 Credits
 - Research and thesis planning in science and technology, 7.5 credits
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                            Research Ethics in Science and Technology, 2,5 credits
    
14 January 2025 - 31 January 2025
 
Doctoral courses in business administration
Doctoral courses in chemistry
- Chemometrics - statistics for chemists, 7.5 hp
 - Introduction to the philosophy of science, 2.5 credits
 - Preparatory paper – basic literature course in chemistry, 7.5 credits
 - Research and thesis planning in science and technology, 7.5 credits
 - Research communication in chemicals, health and environment, 1,5 hp
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                            Research Ethics in Science and Technology, 2,5 credits
    
14 January 2025 - 31 January 2025
 
Doctoral courses in computer science
- 
                            Advanced Project Work in Autonomous Systems, 7,5 hp
    
01 September 2024 - 15 January 2025
 - Advanced Topics in Contemporary Computer Science, 3 credits
 - AI and Psychology
 - Distributed Decision Making in Multiagent Systems, 3.5 credits
 - Ethics in AI and Robotics, 3 credits
 - Human-Machine Interaction, 3 credits
 - Industry and Academia Collaboration, 1 credit
 - Introduction to the philosophy of science, 2.5 credits
 - 
                            Oldies but Goldies: Seminal Works in Computer Science, 4 credits
    
March 2025
 - Research and thesis planning in science and technology, 7.5 credits
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                            Research Ethics in Science and Technology, 2,5 credits
    
14 January 2025 - 31 January 2025
 - Robot Manipulation Control, 7.5 credits
 - Scientific poster design, 7,5 hp
 - Sensors and perception systems , 4 credits
 - 
                            Topics in Contemporary Computer Science, 7.5 credits
    
09 October 2025 - 29 January 2026
 
Doctoral courses in criminology
- 
                            Introduction to Quantitative Methods, 7.5 credits
    
23 September 2025 - 09 December 2025
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                            Philosophy of Science, 7.5 credits
    
October 2025 - January 2026
 - 
                            Qualitative Method, 7.5 credits
    
15 October 2024 - 19 December 2024
 - Quantitative Methods of Analysis, 7.5 credits
 - 
                            Research Communication in Practice, 4 credits
    
04 December 2024 - 16 January 2025
 - 
                            Research Communication, Researcher’s Role in Society, 3.5 credits
    
29 October 2024 - 28 November 2024
 - 
                            Research Ethics and Good Research Practice, 5 credits
    
17 September 2025 - 18 November 2025
 - 
                            Systematic literature reviews, 7.5 credits
    
28 March 2025 - 10 June 2025
 
Doctoral courses in culinary arts and meal sciences
Doctoral courses in disability research
- Disability Research, Individual Literature Course, 7.5 credits
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                            Interdisciplinary perspectives on health and disability, 7.5 credits
    
January 2027
 - Research Communication I, 2.5 credits
 - Research Communication II, 2.5 credits
 - 
                            Research ethics and good research practice, 3 credits
    
September 2025 - October 2025
 
Doctoral courses in economics
- 
                            Bayesian Statistics, 7.5 credits
    
September 2024 - November 2024
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                            Econometrics, 7.5 credits
    
November 2021 - January 2022
 - Financial and Macro Economic Time Series Models, 7.5 credits
 - 
                            Mathematics for Statistical and Economic Analysis, 7.5 credits
    
September 2018 - October 2018
 - 
                            Microeconometrics, 7.5 credits
    
March 2020 - June 2020
 - 
                            Microeconomic Theory 1, 7.5 credits
    
December 2020 - January 2021
 - Microeconomic Theory 2, 7.5 credits
 - Public Economics, 7.5 credits
 - 
                            Statistical Theory, 7.5 credits
    
October 2021 - November 2021
 
Doctoral courses in education
- 
                            Introduction to Quantitative Methods, 7.5 credits
    
23 September 2025 - 09 December 2025
 - 
                            Philosophy of Science, 7.5 credits
    
October 2025 - January 2026
 - 
                            Qualitative Method, 7.5 credits
    
15 October 2024 - 19 December 2024
 - Quantitative Methods of Analysis, 7.5 credits
 - 
                            Research Communication in Practice, 4 credits
    
04 December 2024 - 16 January 2025
 - 
                            Research Communication, Researcher’s Role in Society, 3.5 credits
    
29 October 2024 - 28 November 2024
 - 
                            Research Ethics and Good Research Practice, 5 credits
    
17 September 2025 - 18 November 2025
 - 
                            Systematic literature reviews, 7.5 credits
    
28 March 2025 - 10 June 2025
 
Doctoral courses in gender studies
- 
                            Feminist Theory, 7.5 credits
    
03 February 2025 - 11 April 2025
 - 
                            Introduction to Quantitative Methods, 7.5 credits
    
23 September 2025 - 09 December 2025
 - 
                            Philosophy of Science, 7.5 credits
    
October 2025 - January 2026
 - 
                            Qualitative Method, 7.5 credits
    
15 October 2024 - 19 December 2024
 - Quantitative Methods of Analysis, 7.5 credits
 - 
                            Research Communication in Practice, 4 credits
    
04 December 2024 - 16 January 2025
 - 
                            Research Communication, Researcher’s Role in Society, 3.5 credits
    
29 October 2024 - 28 November 2024
 - Research Design in Gender Studies, 7.5 credits
 - 
                            Research Ethics and Good Research Practice, 5 credits
    
17 September 2025 - 18 November 2025
 - 
                            Systematic literature reviews, 7.5 credits
    
28 March 2025 - 10 June 2025
 
Doctoral courses in history
- From National to Global Dynamics? De-constructing Historical Narratives in 19th and 20th Century Europe, 7.5 credits
 - 
                            Introduction to Quantitative Methods, 7.5 credits
    
23 September 2025 - 09 December 2025
 - 
                            Philosophy of Science, 7.5 credits
    
October 2025 - January 2026
 - 
                            Qualitative Method, 7.5 credits
    
15 October 2024 - 19 December 2024
 - 
                            Research Communication in Practice, 4 credits
    
04 December 2024 - 16 January 2025
 - 
                            Research Communication, Researcher’s Role in Society, 3.5 credits
    
29 October 2024 - 28 November 2024
 - 
                            Research Ethics and Good Research Practice, 5 credits
    
17 September 2025 - 18 November 2025
 
Doctoral courses in human geography
- 
                            Introduction to Quantitative Methods, 7.5 credits
    
23 September 2025 - 09 December 2025
 - 
                            Philosophy of Science, 7.5 credits
    
October 2025 - January 2026
 - 
                            Qualitative Method, 7.5 credits
    
15 October 2024 - 19 December 2024
 - 
                            Qualitative Methods in Human Geography and Social Science – Critical and Reflective Practices, 7,5 credits
    
03 March 2025 - 20 May 2025
 - Quantitative Methods of Analysis, 7.5 credits
 - 
                            Research Communication in Practice, 4 credits
    
04 December 2024 - 16 January 2025
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                            Research Communication, Researcher’s Role in Society, 3.5 credits
    
29 October 2024 - 28 November 2024
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                            Research Ethics and Good Research Practice, 5 credits
    
17 September 2025 - 18 November 2025
 - 
                            Systematic literature reviews, 7.5 credits
    
28 March 2025 - 10 June 2025
 
Doctoral courses in informatics
- Academic Writing, 7.5 credits
 - Contemporary Research in Information Systems, 7.5 credits
 - Individual Reading Course in Informatics, 7,5 credits
 - Practical Research Work, 7.5 credits
 - Qualitative Methods in Information Systems Research, 7.5 credits
 - Quantitative Methods in Information Systems Research, 7.5 credits
 - Thesis Design, 7.5 credits
 
Doctoral courses in joint faculty courses
Doctoral courses in language studies
- 
                            Introduction to Quantitative Methods, 7.5 credits
    
23 September 2025 - 09 December 2025
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                            Philosophy of Science, 7.5 credits
    
October 2025 - January 2026
 - 
                            Qualitative Method, 7.5 credits
    
15 October 2024 - 19 December 2024
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                            Research Communication in Practice, 4 credits
    
04 December 2024 - 16 January 2025
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                            Research Communication, Researcher’s Role in Society, 3.5 credits
    
29 October 2024 - 28 November 2024
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                            Research Ethics and Good Research Practice, 5 credits
    
17 September 2025 - 18 November 2025
 
Doctoral courses in legal sciences
- 
                            Introduction to Quantitative Methods, 7.5 credits
    
23 September 2025 - 09 December 2025
 - 
                            Philosophy of Science, 7.5 credits
    
October 2025 - January 2026
 - 
                            Qualitative Method, 7.5 credits
    
15 October 2024 - 19 December 2024
 - Quantitative Methods of Analysis, 7.5 credits
 - 
                            Research Communication in Practice, 4 credits
    
04 December 2024 - 16 January 2025
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                            Research Communication, Researcher’s Role in Society, 3.5 credits
    
29 October 2024 - 28 November 2024
 - 
                            Research Ethics and Good Research Practice, 5 credits
    
17 September 2025 - 18 November 2025
 - 
                            Systematic literature reviews, 7.5 credits
    
28 March 2025 - 10 June 2025
 
Doctoral courses in mathematics
- Activity Theory and Communities of Inquiry with implications for professional development in mathematics education, 7,5 credits
 - Introduction to research in mathematics education, 7.5 credits
 - Introduction to the philosophy of science, 2.5 credits
 - Learning and teaching in geometry, 7,5 ECTS
 - Research and thesis planning in science and technology, 7.5 credits
 - 
                            Research Ethics in Science and Technology, 2,5 credits
    
14 January 2025 - 31 January 2025
 - Seminars in Mathematics, 7.5 credits
 
Doctoral courses in mechanical engineering
- Additive Manufacturing Technologies for metals, 7.5 credits
 - Introduction to the philosophy of science, 2.5 credits
 - Literature course in Mechanical engineering, 7.5 credits
 - Modern Manufacturing Research, 7.5 credits
 - Research and thesis planning in science and technology, 7.5 credits
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                            Research Ethics in Science and Technology, 2,5 credits
    
14 January 2025 - 31 January 2025
 
Doctoral courses in media and communication studies
- 
                            Classics of Media Research, 7.5 credits
    
07 February 2024
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                            Introduction to Quantitative Methods, 7.5 credits
    
23 September 2025 - 09 December 2025
 - 
                            Philosophy of Science, 7.5 credits
    
October 2025 - January 2026
 - 
                            Qualitative Method, 7.5 credits
    
15 October 2024 - 19 December 2024
 - Quantitative Methods of Analysis, 7.5 credits
 - 
                            Research Communication in Practice, 4 credits
    
04 December 2024 - 16 January 2025
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                            Research Communication, Researcher’s Role in Society, 3.5 credits
    
29 October 2024 - 28 November 2024
 - 
                            Research Ethics and Good Research Practice, 5 credits
    
17 September 2025 - 18 November 2025
 - 
                            Systematic literature reviews, 7.5 credits
    
28 March 2025 - 10 June 2025
 
Doctoral courses in medical science
- Bioinformatics for Precision Medicine: Biomarker Labs, 4 credits
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                            Clinical Research Methodology, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 7,5 credits
    
November 2025 - December 2025
 - 
                            General Scientific Methods in Medical Science, 15 credits
    
02 February 2026
 - Individual Literature Course specialisation in Biomedicine, 3 credits
 - Individual Literature Course specialisation in Healthcare Sciences, 3 credits
 - Individual Literature Course specialisation in Medicine, 3 credits
 - Individual Literature Course specialisation in Surgical Sciences, 3 credits
 - 
                            Omics approaches for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2 credits
    
September 2023
 - Research Communication in Medical Science I, 2,5 credits
 - Research Communication in Medical Science II, 2,5 credits
 - Research Communication in Medical Sciences, 1 credit
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                            Research ethics and good research practice, 3 credits
    
September 2025 - October 2025
 - Research seminars in medicine – trends in biomedicine, 1,5 credits
 - Research seminars specialisation in healthcare sciences, 1,5 credits
 - Seminars on Interdisciplinary, 1 / 2,5 credits
 - Suicidology for doctoral students, 4 credits
 - 
                            Systems Biology for Precision Medicine, 4 credits
    
May 2025 - June 2025
 
Doctoral courses in musicology
- 
                            Introduction to Quantitative Methods, 7.5 credits
    
23 September 2025 - 09 December 2025
 - 
                            Philosophy of Science, 7.5 credits
    
October 2025 - January 2026
 - 
                            Qualitative Method, 7.5 credits
    
15 October 2024 - 19 December 2024
 - Quantitative Methods of Analysis, 7.5 credits
 - 
                            Research Communication in Practice, 4 credits
    
04 December 2024 - 16 January 2025
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                            Research Communication, Researcher’s Role in Society, 3.5 credits
    
29 October 2024 - 28 November 2024
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                            Research Ethics and Good Research Practice, 5 credits
    
17 September 2025 - 18 November 2025
 
Doctoral courses in political science
- 
                            Introduction to Quantitative Methods, 7.5 credits
    
23 September 2025 - 09 December 2025
 - 
                            Philosophy of Science, 7.5 credits
    
October 2025 - January 2026
 - 
                            Qualitative Method, 7.5 credits
    
15 October 2024 - 19 December 2024
 - Quantitative Methods of Analysis, 7.5 credits
 - 
                            Research Communication in Practice, 4 credits
    
04 December 2024 - 16 January 2025
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                            Research Communication, Researcher’s Role in Society, 3.5 credits
    
29 October 2024 - 28 November 2024
 - 
                            Research Ethics and Good Research Practice, 5 credits
    
17 September 2025 - 18 November 2025
 - 
                            Systematic literature reviews, 7.5 credits
    
28 March 2025 - 10 June 2025
 
Doctoral courses in psychology
- AI and Psychology
 - Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis, 7,5 credits
 - Causality: Causal Inference in the Social Sciences, 7,5 credits
 - Course in Developmental Psychology
 - Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 7,5 credits
 - Emotion and Emotion Regulation
 - Experimental Psychopathology
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                            Introduction to Quantitative Methods, 7.5 credits
    
23 September 2025 - 09 December 2025
 - Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling, 7.5 credits
 - Measures in the experimental lab: Behavior, body, & brain, 7,5 credits
 - 
                            Philosophy of Science, 7.5 credits
    
October 2025 - January 2026
 - Presentation of Own Research at an International Scientific Conference, 2,5 credits
 - 
                            Qualitative Method, 7.5 credits
    
15 October 2024 - 19 December 2024
 - Quantitative Methods of Analysis, 7.5 credits
 - 
                            Research Communication in Practice, 4 credits
    
04 December 2024 - 16 January 2025
 - 
                            Research Communication, Researcher’s Role in Society, 3.5 credits
    
29 October 2024 - 28 November 2024
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                            Research Design in Psychology, 9 hp
    
14 October 2025 - 13 January 2026
 - 
                            Research Ethics and Good Research Practice, 5 credits
    
17 September 2025 - 18 November 2025
 - 
                            Research Seminars in Psychology III, 1,5 credits
    
September 2020 - January 2021
 - Scientific Writing, 7.5 credits
 - 
                            Systematic literature reviews, 7.5 credits
    
28 March 2025 - 10 June 2025
 
Doctoral courses in social work
- 
                            Introduction to Quantitative Methods, 7.5 credits
    
23 September 2025 - 09 December 2025
 - 
                            Philosophy of Science, 7.5 credits
    
October 2025 - January 2026
 - 
                            Qualitative Method, 7.5 credits
    
15 October 2024 - 19 December 2024
 - Quantitative Methods of Analysis, 7.5 credits
 - 
                            Research Communication in Practice, 4 credits
    
04 December 2024 - 16 January 2025
 - 
                            Research Communication, Researcher’s Role in Society, 3.5 credits
    
29 October 2024 - 28 November 2024
 - 
                            Research Ethics and Good Research Practice, 5 credits
    
17 September 2025 - 18 November 2025
 - 
                            Systematic literature reviews, 7.5 credits
    
28 March 2025 - 10 June 2025
 
Doctoral courses in sociology
- 
                            Introduction to Quantitative Methods, 7.5 credits
    
23 September 2025 - 09 December 2025
 - 
                            Philosophy of Science, 7.5 credits
    
October 2025 - January 2026
 - 
                            Qualitative Method, 7.5 credits
    
15 October 2024 - 19 December 2024
 - Quantitative Methods of Analysis, 7.5 credits
 - 
                            Research Communication in Practice, 4 credits
    
04 December 2024 - 16 January 2025
 - 
                            Research Communication, Researcher’s Role in Society, 3.5 credits
    
29 October 2024 - 28 November 2024
 - 
                            Research Ethics and Good Research Practice, 5 credits
    
17 September 2025 - 18 November 2025
 - 
                            Systematic literature reviews, 7.5 credits
    
28 March 2025 - 10 June 2025
 
Doctoral courses in sport science
- 
                            Impacts of diet on overweight-related metabolic diseases, 5 credits
    
07 November 2022 - 15 January 2023
 - Interpretative writing in the sport sciences, 7,5 credits
 - Research areas and traditions in Sport Sciences, 7,5 credits
 - Research Communication in Sport Science I, 2,5 credits
 - Research Communication in Sport Science II, 2,5 credits
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                            Research ethics and good research practice, 3 credits
    
September 2025 - October 2025
 - 
                            Research Ethics and Good Research Practice, 5 credits
    
17 September 2025 - 18 November 2025
 - Sport science individual literature course, 7,5 credits
 - Sport science individual methods course, 2,5 credits
 - Sport science individual methods course, 7,5 credits
 - Sport Science specialization course, 7,5 credits
 
Doctoral courses in statistics
- 
                            Bayesian Statistics, 7.5 credits
    
September 2024 - November 2024
 - Computational Statistics, 6 credits
 - Financial and Macro Economic Time Series Models, 7.5 credits
 - 
                            Mathematics for Statistical and Economic Analysis, 7.5 credits
    
September 2018 - October 2018
 - 
                            Microeconometrics, 7.5 credits
    
March 2020 - June 2020
 - New research areas in statistical science, 6 credits
 - 
                            Quantitative Research Methods, 7.5 credits
    
February 2025 - May 2025
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                            Statistical Theory, 7.5 credits
    
October 2021 - November 2021
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                            Systematic literature reviews, 7.5 credits
    
28 March 2025 - 10 June 2025
 
Doctoral courses in studies in the humanities
- From National to Global Dynamics? De-constructing Historical Narratives in 19th and 20th Century Europe, 7.5 credits
 - 
                            Introduction to Quantitative Methods, 7.5 credits
    
23 September 2025 - 09 December 2025
 - Multimodality: Theoretical and methodological perspectives, 7.5 Credits
 - 
                            Philosophy of Science, 7.5 credits
    
October 2025 - January 2026
 - 
                            Qualitative Method, 7.5 credits
    
15 October 2024 - 19 December 2024
 - Quantitative Methods of Analysis, 7.5 credits
 - 
                            Research Communication in Practice, 4 credits
    
04 December 2024 - 16 January 2025
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                            Research Communication, Researcher’s Role in Society, 3.5 credits
    
29 October 2024 - 28 November 2024
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                            Research Ethics and Good Research Practice, 5 credits
    
17 September 2025 - 18 November 2025
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                            Systematic literature reviews, 7.5 credits
    
28 March 2025 - 10 June 2025