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PhD education at Swedish
Universities
Jonas Neander
Requirements for admission
• At least 120 university points
– Linked towards the research area
• Professional experience
• The capacity of the applicant
Awards
• Licentiate degree
– 2 years (80p)
– 40p has to be a paper
• PhD degree
– 4 years (160p)
– 80p thesis, 40-60p courses
– It is the highest academic degree
Duties
• 20% work at the department
– Teaching undergraduate students
– Laboratory supervisor
– Calculating exercise supervisor
– Other duties
Personal Curriculum
• Timetable for the education
– Courses to take
– Preliminary dates for articles/dissertation
chapters
• Obligations
– by the PhD student and by the faculty board
PhD students
• More than 18 000 active PhD students
– 20% from foreign countries
• PhD doing 50% of the research
• The median age for admission is 29
• The median age for PhD is 35
• 2166 PhDs was awarded in year 2000
Chalmers
• Salary as a PhD student (Skr/month)
– First year
– After lic
– After 80 %
18 650
21 400
22 150
• Research profiles
– Real-time systems, Dependable computing, Dependable
software systems
– Parallel and distributed architectures, High-performance
computer architectures
– Digital communication, Security, Security in computer networks
– Efficient algorithms for generation of Virtual Reality pictures.
Linköpings University
• Salary as a PhD student (Skr/month)
– First year
– After 30% up to
– After 60% up to
18 750
22 750
24 250
• Research profiles
– Artificial Intelligence and Integrated Computer
Systems
– Databases and Information Technique
– Human-Centered Systems
– Information Systems and Management
– Software and Systems
Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
• Salary as a PhD student (Skr/month)
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First year
After 30%
After 50%
After 80%
18 300
19 000
21 200
22 300
• Research profiles
– Computational Vision and Active Perception
Laboratory
– Autonomous Systems
– Studies of Artificial Neural Systems
– Theoretical Computer Science
Örebro University
• Salary as a PhD student (Skr/month)
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First year
Second year
Third year
Fourth year
16 500
17 500
18 700
20 700
• Research profiles
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The Biologically Inspired Sensing and Control Lab
The Mobile Robotics Lab
The Intelligent Control Lab
The Learning Systems Lab
Lund University
• Salary as a PhD student (Skr/month)
– First year
– After 80p
– After 120p
17 000-22 000
+1000
+1000
• Research profiles
– Algorithms and Data Structures
– Software Development Environments
– Artificial Intelligence
– Embedded Systems Design