PhD education at Swedish universities requires at least 120 university credits linked to the research area, as well as professional experience and capacity. Students complete a licentiate degree after 2 years and a thesis of 40 credits, and a PhD degree after 4 years including an 80 credit thesis, courses, and 20% departmental work such as teaching. Salaries range from 16,500-22,300 SEK per month depending on the university and progress in the program. Major research profiles include artificial intelligence, databases, software systems, computer networks, and robotics.

1. PhD education at Swedish
Universities

2. Requirements for admission
• At least 120 university points
– Linked towards the research area
• Professional experience
• The capacity of the applicant

3. Awards
• Licentiate degree
– 2 years (80p)
– 40p has to be a paper
• PhD degree
– 4 years (160p)
– 80p thesis, 40-60p courses
– It is the highest academic degree

4. Duties
• 20% work at the department
– Teaching undergraduate students
– Laboratory supervisor
– Calculating exercise supervisor
– Other duties

5. Personal Curriculum
• Timetable for the education
– Courses to take
– Preliminary dates for articles/dissertation
chapters
• Obligations
– by the PhD student and by the faculty board

6. PhD students
• More than 18 000 active PhD students
– 20% from foreign countries
• PhD doing 50% of the research
• The median age for admission is 29
• The median age for PhD is 35
• 2166 PhDs was awarded in year 2000

7. Chalmers
• Salary as a PhD student (Skr/month)
– First year 18 650
– After lic 21 400
– After 80 % 22 150
• Research profiles
– Real-time systems, Dependable computing, Dependable
software systems
– Parallel and distributed architectures, High-performance
computer architectures
– Digital communication, Security, Security in computer networks
– Efficient algorithms for generation of Virtual Reality pictures.

8. Linköpings University
• Salary as a PhD student (Skr/month)
– First year 18 750
– After 30% up to 22 750
– After 60% up to 24 250
• Research profiles
– Artificial Intelligence and Integrated Computer
Systems
– Databases and Information Technique
– Human-Centered Systems
– Information Systems and Management
– Software and Systems

9. Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
• Salary as a PhD student (Skr/month)
– First year 18 300
– After 30% 19 000
– After 50% 21 200
– After 80% 22 300
• Research profiles
– Computational Vision and Active Perception
Laboratory
– Autonomous Systems
– Studies of Artificial Neural Systems
– Theoretical Computer Science

10. Örebro University
• Salary as a PhD student (Skr/month)
– First year 16 500
– Second year 17 500
– Third year 18 700
– Fourth year 20 700
• Research profiles
– The Biologically Inspired Sensing and Control Lab
– The Mobile Robotics Lab
– The Intelligent Control Lab
– The Learning Systems Lab

11. Lund University
• Salary as a PhD student (Skr/month)
– First year 17 000-22 000
– After 80p +1000
– After 120p +1000
• Research profiles
– Algorithms and Data Structures
– Software Development Environments
– Artificial Intelligence
– Embedded Systems Design