43 PhD programmes offered by the university

The Sami Studies programme offered by Umea University develops advanced research expertise in Sami societies, languages, cultures, and Indigenous knowledge systems within national and international contexts.

The Comparative Literature programme offered by Umea University develops advanced research expertise in literary theory, literary history, and comparative analysis across national and international contexts.

The History of Science and Ideas programme offered by Umea University develops advanced research expertise in intellectual traditions, knowledge formation, conceptual developments, humanistic perspectives, sustainability debates, and the evolution of thought across different historical periods.

The Geography programme offered by Umea University develops advanced research expertise in human–place relationships, spatial dynamics, environmental contexts, societal challenges, and the influence of political, economic, and social processes on conditions across different locations.

The Educational Sciences programme offered by Umea University develops advanced research expertise in educational processes, learning, teaching, and interdisciplinary educational research within national and international contexts.

The Community Medicine and Rehabilitation programme offered by Umea University develops advanced research expertise in health, rehabilitation, ageing, physical function, movement, and participation through clinically oriented research across multiple rehabilitation and healthcare disciplines.

The Business Administration programme offered by Umea University develops advanced research expertise in organisations, entrepreneurship, management, marketing, accounting, and finance through rigorous theoretical and methodological inquiry.

The Molecular Biology programme offered by Umea University develops advanced research expertise in genetic mechanisms, cellular processes, microbial systems, developmental regulation, physiological function, oncological science, and biotechnological innovation.

The Plant Science programme offered by Umea University develops advanced research expertise in plant physiology, molecular mechanisms, developmental processes, ecological interactions, photosynthetic organisms, and the application of biological resources in agriculture, forestry, and industry.

The Experimental Physics programme offered by Umea University develops advanced research expertise in laboratory-based investigation, measurement techniques, validation of theoretical predictions, and the study of natural phenomena across scientific and engineering applications.

The Economics programme offered by Umea University develops advanced research expertise in economic theory, quantitative analysis, and specialised areas of economics through independent research and doctoral-level training.

The Museology programme offered by Umea University develops advanced research expertise in museums, cultural heritage, and museological theory through critical and interdisciplinary investigation of heritage practices and knowledge production.

The Language Teaching and Learning programme offered by Umea University develops advanced research expertise in multilingualism, language use, linguistic structures, educational practice, research traditions, policy frameworks, and the advancement of inclusive learning across diverse linguistic contexts.

The Philosophy programme offered by Umea University develops advanced research expertise in fundamental philosophical questions through critical inquiry, theoretical analysis, and original scholarly investigation.

The History and Education programme offered by Umea University develops advanced research expertise in educational change over time, source-based inquiry, historical interpretation, pedagogical perspectives, social development, and the role of learning within past societies.

At the Umea University, we offer our graduate students a phd programme degree in Nursing. The Department of Nursing is an active department with many ongoing research projects, continuous course reviews and renewals and a large number of international contacts. 

The Physical Geography programme offered by Umea University develops advanced research expertise in environmental processes, climate systems, and interactions among the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere.

The Mathematical Statistics programme offered by Umea University develops advanced research expertise in probability theory, statistical theory, and mathematical methods for analysing uncertainty, data, and complex random phenomena.

The fulltime Chemistry at the Umea University studies extend over four years and lead to the PhD degree.

The History programme offered by Umea University develops advanced research expertise in historical inquiry, source analysis, and the study of societal change across diverse historical contexts.