FOR043F Project management 4,5 hp

COURSE SYLLABUS

Course name: Project management

ECTS/HP: 4,5

Course code: FOR043F

Educational level: Third-cycle course

Entry requirements: Admitted to third-cycle studies at LTU.
If there is room for more participants on the course, the course examiner can decide whether the course is open for application by doctoral students admitted to other universities than LTU.

Course content: The course comprises project management theory and concepts, with a specific focus on project planning. The participants in the course will use their own research studies as a case, i.e., to learn about project management by planning the studies from a project perspective.

Learning outcomes:

Competence and skills

After completing the course, the doctoral student should have obtained the competence and skills to:

• apply concepts, methods, and principles regarding project planning and management, including a gender and equality perspective
• apply principles and methods in project planning create a project plan with the aim of carrying out doctoral studies in an effective and appropriate way (in the course called a doctoral project)

Judgement and approach

After completing the course, the doctoral student should be able to demonstrate the ability to:

• critically reflect on how different activities in a doctoral project need to be planned structured and prioritized, with the aim of achieving an independent researcher
• critically reflect on project management from different perspectives, for example, leadership, organizational, gender and equality perspectives

The above learning outcomes implies that this course targets the following national criteria for a doctoral degree, as numbered in Appendix B to the individual study plan: 2.2, 2.6 and 3.1.

Course methods: To obtain the learning outcomes, problem-based and active learning is the overall method used. During most of the course, the participants apply and discuss different concepts, methods and principles based on their own doctoral project in the development of their own doctoral project plan.

Examination form: Oral examination is at the end of the course, where concepts, methods and principles are discussed, based on different perspectives on a doctoral project, the

student’s project plan. Finally, the examination process ends with a written individual reflection of the participant’s learning process.

Grading scale: Pass/Fail

Course literature: Course literature will be available in the course room

Education cycle: Study period 1, 2026

Course is given periodically: Yes - Next time: 2028

Send application to: The application is made via the form below

• Application to FOR043F autumn 2026

In the application, the doctoral student states: name, social security number, email address, division and department affiliation

Deadline for application: 2026-06-31

Course open for application by doctoral students admitted to other universities than LTU: Yes

Limited number of students: No

Tuition: No tuition for LTU doctoral students. For non-LTU doctoral students 500 Euro.

Contact person: Fredrik Backlund, fredrik.backlund@ltu.se, +46 72 58 66 244

Examiner: Fredrik Backlund, PhD, Associate Professor

Course syllabus decided by: Helena Ranängen

Date of decision: 2025-10-13