Courses, seminars and other elements of third‑cycle education

Courses are arranged for third-cycle students in both the Faculty of Human Sciences and the Faculty of Science, Technology and Media. Other universities also arrange courses that may be open to doctoral students at Mid Sweden University. 

Read more here about current courses. 

Faculty-wide courses that are offered on an ongoing basis at the Faculty of Human Sciences, 6 courses per year.

Every year: 

• Theory of Social and Cultural Sciences
• Ethics in Social Science
• Quantitative Method 
• Qualitative Method 
• Optional course

Every two years: 

• Advanced Theoretical and Methodological Studies (odd years)
• Academic Writing (even years)

Doctoral students from the whole faculty meet in various contexts to exchange information and create a sense of community. 

Read more here about current activities. 

There are also courses at third-cycle level in the Mid Sweden University database of syllabi. 

Search for your syllabus here. 

The Faculty has a doctoral student programme aimed at ensuring that all third-cycle courses and study programmes in the Faculty of Human Sciences are of very high quality. 

Decisions on credit transfer for courses at third-cycle level held at other higher education institutions are made by the Research Faculty. After a decision has been made, documentation is sent to the faculty office for entry and registration of results in Ladok. 

Application for credit transfer for a third-cycle course arranged by a higher education institution other than Mid Sweden University 

The decision on individual reading courses is made by the research collegium (FK). After a decision, the minutes and decision documentation syllabus with a reading list and information about the examiner are sent to the faculty office for the establishment of the reading course in Ladok. When the reading course has been completed with a passing grade, this is notified by the examiner to the faculty office for registration of results in Ladok.