Overview
The department has a doctoral programme in Information Studies with students with a background in information studies, archival studies and museum and cultural heritage studies.
Features
- Doctoral students and teachers at Uppsala University participate in the activities organised under the auspices of the Swedish Network for Doctoral Education in Information Studies and the Nordic Research School in Library and Information Science (NORSLIS) and its successors.
- The department is also a member of the research school ReSource: Transforming Reading and Source Criticism in Digital Cultures.
- A key actor and recourse for doctoral education at the department is the university-wide Centre for Digital Humanities Uppsala, which coordinates the Swedish national DigitAl HumanitieS Graduate ScHool (DASH).
- The department has also a collaboration agreement with the Division of ALM, Lund University on doctoral education with joint seminars, student exchange and cooperation in supervision of doctoral students.
Programme Structure
Research areas include:
- Digital Humanities
- Learning and Information
- Literacies Research
- ALM, Book History and Popular Education
- Archival Science
- Library Research
- Museum and Cultural Heritage Studies
- Global Cultural Heritage Processes
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
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.
Fees and funding
Tuition Fees
PhD programmes are free of charge in Sweden, regardless of citizenship.