21 PhD programmes in Linguistics in Sweden
Linguistics
Doctoral Linguistics education at Umea University involves four years of full-time study, which includes a number of courses and a thesis.
Iranian Languages
Our research inn Iranian Languages at Uppsala University primarily focuses on a few main areas: linguistics, sociolinguistics, literary studies, oral tradition, text edition, translation and translation theory.
English
The objective of doctoral education in English at the University of Gothenburg is partly to provide in-depth knowledge within the respective language area and partly to provide the skills in research methodology that are required in order to carry out a major research task and report the results in a thesis.
Indology and Comparative Indo-European Philology
Indology and Comparative Indo-European Philology as a subject at Uppsala University covers Indology (classical and modern) and Comparative Indo-European philology. The main weight is attributed to Sanskrit (including Vedic) and Hindi, the modern language which unites the Indian federation.
Sinology (Chinese)
Chinese language and literature as a research discipline is called Sinology. It emerged as a philological discipline but has in recent times expanded to encompass China-related research in the humanities and social sciences. This Sinology (Chinese) programme is offered at Uppsala University.
Computational Linguistics
Computational Linguistics at the University of Gothenburg is the application of computational methods to the representation and processing of natural language.
Linguistics
The Linguistics group at Uppsala University has a broad research profile. It studies phonetics, morphology, syntax, semantics and discourse in relation to a variety of languages.
Language Technology
Language Technology is a research field of growing importance to modern society. The subject encompasses many different areas of inquiry and numerous specialisations at the University of Gothenburg, and common to all is a focus on the development and use of linguistic resources, in particular corpora and lexical resources, as well as the associated language technology tools.
Multilingualism
The primary objective of this programme at the University of Gothenburg is to provide a comprehensive understanding of linguistic theories and methodologies, as well as ample experience in exploring and analyzing linguistic areas of inquiry related to Multilingualism.
Linguistics
Linguistics at the University of Gothenburg focuses on the human language ability, human languages and language communication.
Turkic Languages
Our research on Turkic Languages at Uppsala University focuses on philological and linguistic investigations of historical and modern Turkic languages with the broadest possible coverage.
Linguistics
The Department of Linguistics at Stockholm University offers a dynamic and interdisciplinary research environment. Our research is conducted within two main areas: Linguistics and Sign Language.
English
The doctoral programme at the Department of English at Stockholm University is divided into two sections, specialising in English Linguistics or in English-language Literature.
Assyriology
Assyriology at Uppsala University consists of two main parts: a philological and linguistic study of Akkadian (Assyrian-Babylonian) and Sumerian cuneiform texts from various periods and of a wide range of different types, and partly a study of the archaeology, political and cultural history, and the history of religion in the entire ancient Near East.
Romance Languages
Romance Languages at Uppsala University researches French, Spanish, Italian and comparative Romance linguistics, as well as French, Spanish and Italian literary studies.
English
The English department at Uppsala University conducts research in the English language and its literatures, North American studies and Celtic languages.
Computational Linguistics
Computational Linguistics, or Language Technology, is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the computational modeling of natural language. This PhD is offered by the Department of Linguistics and Philology at Uppsala University.
Swedish Language and Multilingualism
At the Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism at Stockholm University, you can get a doctoral degree in Bilingualism, Scandinavian Languages or Translation Studies.
Semitic Languages
Research in Semitic Languages at Uppsala University is mainly divided between the fields of Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew and Assyriology.
English
PhD studies in English at Karlstad University may be pursued with a specialisation in linguistics or literature, and admitted PhD candidates have the opportunity to design their dissertation projects within either of these subject areas.