Overview

The department has a doctoral programme in Information Studies with students with a background in information studies, archival studies and museum and cultural heritage studies.

Features

Doctoral students and teachers at Uppsala University participate in the activities organised under the auspices of the Swedish Network for Doctoral Education in Information Studies and the Nordic Research School in Library and Information Science (NORSLIS) and its successors.
The department is also a member of the research school ReSource: Transforming Reading and Source Criticism in Digital Cultures.
A key actor and recourse for doctoral education at the department is the university-wide Centre for Digital Humanities Uppsala, which coordinates the Swedish national DigitAl HumanitieS Graduate ScHool (DASH).
The department has also a collaboration agreement with the Division of ALM, Lund University on doctoral education with joint seminars, student exchange and cooperation in supervision of doctoral students.

Programme Structure

Research areas include:

Digital Humanities
Learning and Information
Literacies Research
ALM, Book History and Popular Education
Archival Science
Library Research
Museum and Cultural Heritage Studies
Global Cultural Heritage Processes

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

You can apply for and start this programme anytime.

More details

Prospective doctoral students apply for vacancies.

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

90

Credits

240 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Library Science

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

90

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Other requirements

General requirements

A person meets the general entry requirements for PhD Programmes if he or she:

has been awarded a second-cycle qualification;
has satisfied the requirements for courses comprising at least 240 credits, of which at least 60 credits were awarded in the second-cycle; or
has acquired substantially equivalent knowledge in some other way in Sweden or abroad.

Tuition Fee

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International

Free

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 0 SEK per year during 48 months.
EU/EEA

Free

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 0 SEK per year during 48 months.