Key information
Duration
Start dates & application deadlines
You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
Prospective doctoral students apply for vacancies.
Language
English
- TOEFL iBT: 90
- PTE Academic: 62
- IELTS: 6.5
Credits
240 ECTS
Delivered
On Campus
Campus Location
Visby, Sweden
Disciplines
Linguistics
Overview
Research areas
In Uppsala University's Indology and Comparative Indo-European Philology programme, research within Indology is mainly concerned with literature in modern Hindi, from the 19th century until today, and, furthermore, classical bhakti texts in Neo-Indo-Aryan languages (especially nirguna bhakti), the history of religion and contemporary cultural history.
Within Comparative Indo-European Philology and the classical Indology, the Vedic language and Vedic literature takes center stage, and, furthermore, Tocharian, one of the Buddhist languages of Central Asia. We attribute great weight to international cooperation within research.
Programme Structure
Research projects:
- Research within Hindi focuses on some contemporary Hindi authors.
- Other lines of research include the publication of a Hindustani-French-Latin dictionary from 1703, and regional literary traditions in the Hindi dialect Garhwali from the state of Uttarakhand.
- Another research project is concerned with contemporary Hindi theatre.
- One project deals with the concept of "liberating knowledge" in Vedanta traditions, with a mixture of sources in Sanskrit, Hindi, and English.
- Within Comparative Indo-European Philology, research is ongoing in questions related to linguistic and cultural contact along the Silk Road in Buddhist Central Asia on the one hand, and on the other hand, about language, literary metaphors on conceptions of nature and landscapes in the oldest Vedic texts.
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
Other requirements
General requirements
A person meets the general entry requirements for PhD Programmes if he or she:
- 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.
Tuition Fees
- International (non-residents): Free
- EU/EEA Nationals: Free
PhD programmes are free of charge in Sweden, regardless of citizenship.
