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Doctoral Studies

Our third cycle studies focuses on topics that address issues of learning, leadership, education systems and health. A postgraduate education deepens your knowledge of your subject and gives you scientific skills in imparting knowledge and creating conditions for the learning of others.

Our Doctoral studies

Child and Youth Studies
Child and Youth Studies is a third-cycle subject dealing with the living conditions, learning, development and socialisation…
Sport Science
Sport Science is a third-cycle subject focussing on sport, exercise and physical activity applying a multidisciplinary…
Education
Education is a third-cycle subject focusing on education, teaching, upbringing, socialisation, formation and learning. The…
Educational Work
Educational Work is a third-cycle subject that deals with different perspectives and aspects of work within educational…
Food and Nutrition
Food and nutrition is a third-cycle subject focusing on people’s encounters with food studied from a multidisciplinary…
Subject Matter Education with specialization
Subject Matter Education with specialization is a third-cycle subject focusing on the study of teaching and learning in…
Find and apply for doctoral courses at the Faculty of Education
The courses are open for application to doctoral students who are admitted to third-cycle studies. The number of course…
Vacancies
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Become a Doctoral student with us!

Visit our departments to read more about our educations and how to become a doctoral student with us.

Department of Education, Communication and Learning
Subject areas of Education Science and Child and Youth Studies.
Department of Food and Nutrition and Sport Science
Subject areas Food and Nutrition, and Sport Science.
The Department of Education and Special Education
Subject areas Education, Pedagogical work and Subject Matter Education.
Department of Pedagogical, Curricular and Professional Studies
Subject areas Education, Pedagogical work and Subject Matter Education.

Graduate schools

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Our new graduate schools for teacher educators
The University of Gothenburg and the Faculty of Education have been granted funding for several graduate schools for teacher…
Graduate school CUL
Sweden's only interdisciplinary graduate school in educational science.
Dissertations
PhD defence and dissertations at the Faculty of Education.
Information for doctoral students at the Faculty
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