PhD courses

Here you can find information about PhD courses that are planned or open for application at BTH. You can also find available courses at collaborating universities and partners.

Plan for general courses


Spring

  • Reading and Reviewing Research Papers (3)
  • Introduction to Phd Education (3)
  • Scientific Communication (3)
  • Personal Task Management in Academia (3)

Fall

  • Philosophy and Methodology of Applied Sciences (7,5)
  • Information Retrieval for Phd Students (3)
  • Sustainability (3)
  • Research Funding (3)


Spring

  • Introduction to Phd Education (3)
  • Industry-academia collaboration (3)

Fall

  • Research Ethics (3)
  • Academic Writing (7,5)
  • Information Retrieval for Phd Students (3)

Courses - autumn 2026

Information Retrieval for PhD students, 3 hp

Course start: November
Latest registration: October 31
Contact for information: eva.norling@bth.se

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Scientific Communication, 3 hp

Course start: August 2026
Latest registration: May 1st 2026
Contact for information: darja.smite@bth.se

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Philosophy and Methodology of Applied Sciences, 7,5 hp

Course start: Fall 2026
Latest registration: TBD
Contact for information: wlodek.kulesza@bth.se

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Research Funding, 3 hp

Course start: Fall 2026
Latest registration: TBD
Contact for information: grantsoffice@bth.se

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Courses - spring 2027

Personal Task Management, 3 hp

Course start: May 2027
Latest registration: April 1st 2027
Contact for information: mun@bth.se

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Reading and Reviewing Research Papers, 3 hp

Course start: April 2027
Latest registration: March 1st 2027
Contact for information: krw@bth.se

Read more about the course pdf, 156.9 kB.

Introduction to PhD Education, 3 hp

Course start: Spring 2027
Latest registration: TBD
Contact for information: lars.lundberg@bth.se

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Courses - fall 2027

Academic Writing, 7,5 hp

Course start: August 2027
Latest registration: August 1, 2027
Contact for information: krw@bth.se

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Registration of course results

Examination

For each course there is a course examiner who determines when a student has completed the course and determines the student’s grade on the course. However, it is always the doctoral student’s appointed examiner who formally decides whether a doctoral student can be credited with a certain course in the doctoral education, as well as how many credits the course gives.

Registration

When a course has been completed, it must be registered in Ladok. The registration is made by the research officers at BTH.

For a course to be registered, the research officer needs:

  • Notice from the doctoral student’s examiner that the course should be registered. This can be done via email to fo.adm@bth.se.
  • A course certificate or the equivalent. Attach the necessary documentation of the course.

Quality of PhD courses

Krzysztof Wnuk, deputy Dean for the Faculty of Computing, is assigned to improve the quality of the doctoral education at BTH during his term of office. For questions regarding the planning of general doctoral education courses at BTH, please contact Krzysztof Wnuk.