76 PhD programmes offered by the university

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.

Egyptological study and research combines modern archaeological methods and practises with sophisticated linguistic and philological investigation of ancient texts. This Egyptology programme is offered at Uppsala University.

Our research is underpinned by a shared belief in the importance of space and place in shaping the world around us. This Human Geography programme is offered at Uppsala University.

The Computerised Image Processing programme offered by Uppsala University develops advanced research expertise in methods for creating, analysing, and extracting information from digital images.

In Slavic Languages at Uppsala University, we conduct research in linguistics, literary studies and culture as well as society. Our research focuses on Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian themes and general Slavic and Church Slavonic. Research in the non-Slavonic language Albanian is also part of the subject.

The research in the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology at Uppsala University is essentially basic, but with relevance and application in health and disease in both animals and humans.

At the division of Astronomy and Space Physics at Uppsala University we are doing research across a range of fields, from space in Earth's direct vicinity to the first stars in the universe found in distant galaxies.

The Department of Economics at Uppsala University particularly strong in labor economics, macroeconomics, political economics and public economics. 

The Department of Pharmacy at Uppsala University centers its research on three areas, namely Drug Delivery, Rational Drug Usage and Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials.

Materials Science and Engineering is an exciting and vibrant interdisciplinary research area. This PhD degree programme is offered at Uppsala University.

The Department of Medical Cell Biology at Uppsala University carries out research and educates PhD students in cell biology and physiology focusing on diabetes, kidney function, inflammation, cancer and neurobiology.

Research at the Immunology, Genetics and Pathology department at Uppsala University is basic, translational and clinical and there is a close collaboration between pre-clinical and clinical scientists.

Biochemistry has a long history at Uppsala University, with roots in the research established by the chemists The Svedberg and Arne Tiselius, both Nobel Laureates and among the internationally most prominent scientists from Sweden.

Staff at the Finno-Ugric Languages section of the Department of Modern Languages at Uppsala University have wide interests covering the whole Finno-Ugric language family, ranging from Scandinavia to Siberia.

The aim of the Economic History programme at Uppsala University is for our PhD students to learn how to critically and independently assess economic-historical research tasks and contribute to the development of research by producing a doctoral thesis.