Key information
- Duration: Full-time, 48 months
- Start date: August 2027
- Application deadline not specified
- Language: English
- Credits: 240 ECTS
- Delivered: On Campus
- Campus Location: Linköping, Sweden
- Disciplines: Ethnic Studies, Sociology
Overview
This Ethnic and Migration Studies programme offered by Linköping University focuses on international migration and ethnic relations, supporting research into transnational processes, diversity, and citizenship. It enables the study of social phenomena such as identity formation, migration dynamics, globalisation, political governance, and social inequalities across different contexts.
Key Facts
The academic environment is multidisciplinary, integrating perspectives from social sciences and the humanities. Training combines theoretical and methodological coursework with independent research, seminars, and thesis work, enabling the ability to analyse complex social processes and to conduct and disseminate research within academia and society.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- The Political Economy of International Migration
- Citizenship
- Migration
- Racism
- Theories of Ethnicity and Nationalism
Admission requirements
Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
- TOEFL iBT: 90
- PTE Academic: 62
- IELTS: 6.5
General requirements
The general entry requirements are satisfied by applicants who have at least 240 higher education credits, of which at least 60 must be at advanced level, and by those who have equivalent knowledge in the principal topic of the research education acquired in Sweden or abroad.
Fees and funding
Tuition Fees
No tuition fees for PhD students.
Living costs
Linköping, Sweden: 1,019-1,608 AUD / month.
