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Research Education

Page reviewed:  23/05/2025

At our department you can do either a doctoral education (4 years) or a licentiate education (2 years).

Our research education is funded mainly by governmental and private research foundations or agencies and partially by international funding from the European Commission as well as industry partners. In addition, we train also doctoral and licentiate students from developing countries with support from SIDA (The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency).  

Look here for open positions at the SLU job list

For more detailed information about research education, such as admission, doctoral courses, doctoral studies, at SLU please visit: https://www.slu.se/en/education/programmes-courses/doctoral-studies/.

Available PhD courses

P000126 – Global policies and legal frameworks for research and innovation with plant genetic resources, 3 credits

PLS0046 – Applied Plant Biotechnology, 7.5 credits

PLS0032 – Advanced Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources, 10 credits

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