76 PhD programmes offered by the university

The research and education in Physics and Astronomy at Uppsala University extends from the innermost building blocks of matter through consideration of molecules and materials to the structure and development of stars and the universe.

Research at the Department of Surgical Sciences at Uppsala University is conducted with surgery as a topic in the broad sense.

The Computer Science programme offered by Uppsala University develops advanced research expertise in the theory, methods, and systems for efficient and reliable construction and use of computers.

The Food Studies, Nutrition and Dietetics programme offered by Uppsala University develops advanced research expertise in food, nutrition, and their relationship to health.

The PhD studies in both Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology at Uppsala University are part of the activities supported by the Faculty of Arts.

The main focus of the academic discipline Biblical Exegesis at Uppsala University is research relating to biblical texts (writings included in the Jewish and/or a Christian canon), studied in their original language.

Research within Systematic Theology at Uppsala University involves primarily a philosophical and history of ideas study of the religious ideas and traditions of thought, worldviews, philosophies, isms and ideologies that have formed our culture.

Our research on Turkic Languages at Uppsala University focuses on philological and linguistic investigations of historical and modern Turkic languages with the broadest possible coverage.

The Department of Business Studies at Uppsala University conducts research in the following areas: Accounting and Finance, Entrepreneurship, International Business, Marketing, Organisation and Management.

The Philosophy Department at Uppsala University has played a prominent role in the history of Swedish philosophy and in Swedish society generally since the 17th century.

The Gender Studies programme at the Centre for Gender Research at Uppsala University includes courses and an independent research project that should generate new knowledge within an area of scientific interest.

The Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences (IFV) at Uppsala University has postgraduate students who conduct studies, research and teaching within our different research areas.

Research in Semitic Languages at Uppsala University is mainly divided between the fields of Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew and Assyriology.

Computational Linguistics, or Language Technology, is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the computational modeling of natural language. This PhD is offered by the Department of Linguistics and Philology at Uppsala University.

The Department of Musicology at Uppsala University boasts a wide range of research interests and projects. Our education and research on music is based on perspectives on humanistic knowledge, with a focus on cultural, historical and aesthetic issues.

If you want to do research in mathematics, a PhD is a first step in the right direction. As a PhD student in Applied Mathematics and Statistics at Uppsala University, you have the possibility to get in touch with the most distinguished and modern mathematical research in the world.

Assyriology at Uppsala University consists of two main parts: a philological and linguistic study of Akkadian (Assyrian-Babylonian) and Sumerian cuneiform texts from various periods and of a wide range of different types, and partly a study of the archaeology, political and cultural history, and the history of religion in the entire ancient Near East.

Geophysics at Uppsala University is about "looking into" and understanding the Earth's structure, its history and processes - based on measurements of the Earth's physical properties.

The English department at Uppsala University conducts research in the English language and its literatures, North American studies and Celtic languages.

Romance Languages at Uppsala University researches French, Spanish, Italian and comparative Romance linguistics, as well as French, Spanish and Italian literary studies.