Third-cycle courses
Luleå University of Technology offers general third-cycle courses available to doctoral students in the following areas; theory of science, research ethics, research methodology, communication for researchers and leadership. The departments also give other courses with subject-wide or in-depth content.
General courses in 2026-2027
Read more about the courses in the lists below.
- Established offer 2026-2027 pdf, 121.9 kB. (Only in Swedish)
Course syllabus will be published no later than 31 December 2025, in headings below.
Spring 2026
- FOR042F Philosophy of Science 7,5 credits
- FOR048F Structures in Academic English 7,5 credits
- FOR049F Research Ethics 4.5 credits
- FOR054F Multivariate statistical methods 7.5 credits
- FOR055F Branding you for doctoral students 2.0 credits
- FOR061F Advanced presentation and oral communication skills ECTS/HP: 3 ECTS
- FOE060F Practical AI for Doctoral Research ECTS/HP: 3 ECTS
Autumn 2026
- FOR043F Project management 4.5 credits
- FOR044F Academic publishing 4.5 credits
- FOR055F Branding you for doctoral students 2.0 credits
- FOR030F Sustainable Development 7.5 credits
- FOR052F Writing a literature review 2.0 credits
- FOR059F Gender Equality Perspectives in Research 2.0 credits
- FOR063F, Statistical Methods and Simulation (7.5 hp)
- FOR041F Instrumental Analysis - X-ray Diffraction (XRD) 5.0 credits
Spring 2027
- FOR042F Philosophy of Science 7,5 credits
- FOR056F, Applied life cycle assessment 7.5 credits
- FOR058F, Linear Algebra, 7.5 credits
- FOR048F Structures in Academic English 7,5 credits
- FOR049F Research Ethics 4.5 credits
- FOR047F Case study methods 7.5 credits
- FOR057F Reach out with your message—Oral communication for a broader audience 2.0 hp
Autumn 2027
- FOR051F Qualitative research: theory and method 7,5 credits
- FOR045F Experimental Methods and Design of Experiments 7.5 credits
- FOR044F Academic publishing 4.5 credits
- FOR059F Gender Equality Perspectives in Research 2.0 credits
- FOR040 Instrumental Analysis - Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) 5.0 credits
Courses depending on department
Departments third-cycle courses
On the departments websites you can find information about courses with subject-wide and in-depth content given by the departments.
Social Sciences, Technology and Arts
- ETKS010 Introduction to design research 7.5 credits
- ETKS013 Design Theory Immersion 7.5 credits
- ETKS014, History of science 7.5 credits
- ETKS015, Introduction to Artistic Research 7.5 credits
- ETKS016 Introduction to Biometric Research 7.5 ECTS
- ETKS018 Artistic Research: Theory & Method 7.5 ECTS
- ETKS019 Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods 5 ECTS
- ETKS020 Theory Construction and Conceptual Development in Management 6 credits
- FOR030F Sustainable Development 7.5 credits
- FOR043F Project Management 4.5 credits (FOR043F will be implemented in HT 2024) 4.5 credits
- FOR044F Academic publishing 4.5 credits
- FOR045F Experimental methods and design of experiments 7.5 credits
- FOR047F Case study methodology 7.5 credits
- FOR052F Writing a literature review 2.0 credits
- FOR054F, Multivariate statistical methods, 7.5 credits
- FOR055F Branding you for doctoral students 2.0 credits
- FOR057F Reach out with your message - Oral Communication for a Wider Audience 2.0 credits
- FOR059F Gender Equality Perspectives in Research 2.0 credits
Health, Education and Technology
- FOR049F Research ethics 4.5 credits
- FOR051F Qualitative research: theory and method 7.5 credits
- FOR048F Structures in Academic English 7.5 credits
- FOR042F Theory of Science 7.5 credits
- HLT0001 Quantitative research methodology in health sciences ECTS/HP: 5.0
- HLT0002 Qualitative research methodology in health sciences ECTS/HP: 5.0
- HLT0010 Precision health – perspectives and applications ECTS/HP 4.5hp
Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
- FOR041F Instrumental analysis - X-ray diffraction (XRD) 5.0 credits
- FOR040F Instrumentell analysis - scanning electron mikroscopy (SEM) 5.0 hp
- SBN0010, Introduction to Thermal Analysis: Principles, Techniques and Applications
Computer Science, Electrical and Space Engineering
Engineering Sciences and Mathematics
Skills development courses and training
Some of the courses may give credits if the principal supervisor accepts the course as a part of the doctoral students individual study programme.
Courses that the doctoral student´s principal supervisor deems to be included in the doctoral degree are registered in the study documentation system Ladok with the principal supervisor as examiner.
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