Doctoral degrees

A scientific study that is based on independent research and is deemed to increase knowledge in the field in question (a monograph) can be approved as a doctoral dissertation. A doctoral dissertation can also consist of a sufficient number, as determined by the university, of scientific publications or manuscripts accepted/intended for publication that discuss the same research problem and a summary prepared of them (an article-based dissertation).

Within the faculty, the structure of an article-based doctoral dissertation is as follows:

• An article-based dissertation typically comprises three (3) articles, of which at least two (2) (in mathematics, one) have been published or approved for publication in international scientific peer-review series. If one of the articles is a manuscript, it must have been submitted for evaluation to an international scientific peer-review series.
• In special cases, a doctoral dissertation of two articles that meet the criteria can be accepted, in which case both articles must have been approved for publication.
• The doctoral candidate must be the main author in at least two of the articles, and the doctoral dissertation must specify the share of the doctoral candidate’s work in the co-authored publications.

The scope of postgraduate studies in the LUMETO doctoral programme is 30 ECTS, and the structure is as follows:

• 5-10 ECTS Transferable skills studies, including compulsory Research Ethics (1 ECTS) or a corresponding course, as well as a compulsory course in scientific writing.
• 20–25 ECTS Studies in the discipline and the field of research, including a compulsory research seminar (1-5 ECTS).

More details about the can be found on the LUMETO website

In the FILOTO doctoral programme, an eligible doctoral dissertation may be a monograph or a collection of research articles. A collection of research articles refers to an entity consisting of the following parts: 1) a sufficient number of scientific publications or manuscripts, which examine the same set of problems. The number of articles required is determined by the Philosophical Faculty. 2) An independently compiled summary based on them. An article-based dissertation contains at least three peer-reviewed articles, two of which must have been accepted for publication, and the third accepted for the review process.

In the Philosophical Faculty, in addition to the licentiate thesis or doctoral dissertation, the degree requires a total of 30 credits of postgraduate studies:

• transferable skills studies (5–10 credits), including courses in the philosophy and ethics of science, scientific writing, academic and other professional life skills
• Studies in the discipline and field of research (20–25 credits), including methodological studies, seminars and other studies in the discipline.