Third-cycle (doctoral) programme in Statistics

At the School of Business and Economics, Linnaeus University, we conduct active research and doctoral education in statistics. The research in statistics includes the development and evaluation of methodologies for statistical analysis, primarily focusing on economic applications. The research spans a broad spectrum from applications and evaluations to pure theoretical method development.

About Doctoral Education in Statistics

Doctoral education in statistics at the School of Business and Economics leads to two possible degrees.

A Doctoral degree requires four years of full-time study and is achieved after completing 240 credits (ECTS), including 90 credits of coursework and an approved scientific dissertation (doctoral thesis) of 150 credits.

A Licentiate degree normally requires two years of full-time study and is achieved after completing at least 120 credits, including 60 credits of coursework and an approved scientific thesis of 60 credits. The Licentiate degree can also be an intermediate goal of education that will be completed with a Doctoral degree.

Application, Eligibility, and Admission

Applications for doctoral education must be made within the time and in the manner determined by the faculty. When the School of Business and Economics has the opportunity to admit a doctoral student, the position is advertised on Linnaeus University’s job vacancies page  https://lnu.se/en/meet-linnaeus-university/work-at-the-university/. We do not accept applications via email or otherwise.

The requirenments for admission to third-cycle courses and study programs are that the applicant 

• meets the general and specific entry requirements that the higher education institution may have laid down, and
• is considered in other respects to have the ability required to benefit from the course or study program.

General Eligibility

• has been awarded a second-cycle qualification
• has satisfied the requirements for courses comprising at least 240 credits of which at least 60 credits were awarded in the second-cycle, or
• has acquired substantially equivalent knowledge in some other way in Sweden or abroad.

Specific Eligibility for the Subject of Statistics

• a minimum of 90 credits in statistics or subjects that are linked to the third-cycle programme in statistics or equivalent acquired otherwise, in Sweden or abroad
• good skills in both spoken and written English.

For more information about the doctoral education in statistics, please read below about the course structure and feel free to read the general study plan.