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Application for Doctoral Courses Spring 2026

Please fill in this form to apply for Faculty of Social Sciences joint doctoral courses.

Additional requirements for external students

If you are a doctoral student from another university, please download the Special Permission Form and submit it with your application below.

Please use the following format: 19XXXXXX-XXXX, including the dash. If you do not have a personnummer, please write your birthday and four zeros or X's. 
Your home department (required)
If your home department is not listed, please select 'other' and enter it below. 
Your home faculty (required)
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Your program administrator is the person responsible for your registration and other administrative matters.
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Contact

Ulf Persson
Programme Coordinator
ulf [dot] persson [at] sam [dot] lu [dot] se (ulf[dot]persson[at]sam[dot]lu[dot]se)

Faculty PhD Course Pages

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Last updated: 24 Oct 2025 | webeditor [at] sam [dot] lu [dot] se