Supervision and support

At the Faculty of Science, Technology and Media, doctoral students must have at least two supervisors. The principal supervisor must be permanently employed by the faculty and have been appointed as associate professor or professor. The assistant supervisor must have a PhD. Under certain circumstances, assistant supervisors from other higher education institutions may be allowed. At least one appointed supervisor employed at Mid Sweden University must have completed supervisor training.

The Higher Education Ordinance states that for each doctoral student, at least two supervisors must be appointed.
One of them shall be appointed as the principal supervisor. A doctoral student who so requests may change supervisor.

In connection with admission, the Council for Doctoral Education appoints a principal supervisor and at least one assistant supervisor for the doctoral student. After admission, the Council for Third-Cycle Education is responsible for deciding on any replacement/supplementation of supervisors.

You can find the form here.

The Coordinator for Third-cycle Education provides support and guidance on matters related to doctoral education, contributes to the introduction of new doctoral students, and serves as a point of contact to help doctoral students find the appropriate support or responsible function when questions or issues arise. You can contact the coordinator if you need advice or support, or if you wish to discuss matters that you do not want to raise directly with your supervisor.

The Coordinators for Third-cycle Education at the Faculty of Science, Technology and Media are:

DET: Börje Norlin

KKI: Kristen Snyder

IMD: Christina Dahlström

NDH: Per-Olof Hedvall