PhD positions at the Department of Modern Languages

Do you want to attend graduate education with the support of competent and friendly colleagues in an international environment? Are you looking for an employer that invests in sustainable employeeship and offers safe, favourable working conditions? We welcome you to apply for PhD positions at Uppsala University.

The Faculty of Languages at Uppsala University conducts teaching and research in several of the classical and contemporary languages and cultures, as well as linguistics and computational linguistics. This diversity of linguistic, literary and cultural orientations constitutes a core of humanities research and lays a solid foundation for fruitful collaborations within the faculty, but also with other disciplines and society at large.

The Department of Modern Languages has approximately 65 employees who conduct research and teaching in a large number of languages within both linguistics and literary studies.

The department is now announcing two doctoral positions with a focus on linguistics or literary studies within one of the department's subject areas: Finno-Ugric languages, Romance languages, Slavic languages, or German. You can find out more about the department's research areas here. Here you can also find our researchers' profiles. Note that although the researchers specialize in certain areas, they are qualified to supervise doctoral students in related areas as well.

Duties

The doctoral studies correspond to 4 years of full-time work, for which the PhD student receives a salary as an employee at the department. The PhD student is expected to conduct studies and research full-time as well as participate in and contribute to the department's activities. Teaching and/or administrative duties may add up to 20%, whereby the employment is extended by the corresponding time. The exact form of the doctoral project will be finalized in agreement with the supervisor.

General admission requirements

For admission to the PhD Program, the applicant must have completed at least 240 ECTS-credits of coursework (four years of full-time studies), including at least 60 ECTS-credits at the advanced (master) level (one year of full-time studies), or have acquired the equivalent knowledge in some other way in Sweden or abroad. 

Special admission requirements

In addition to the general admission requirements, the applicant must hold a Master’s (second-cycle) degree in languages or linguistics in a relevant subject area, or have acquired the equivalent knowledge in some other way in Sweden or abroad.

Additional information about the Ph. D. programs at the department is found here:

Finno-Ugric languages

https://www.uu.se/download/18.7772cd27191974d3b2e21214/1725368608489/ASP Finsk-ugriska sprÃ¥k 2021.pdf 

Romance languages

https://www.uu.se/download/18.7772cd27191974d3b2e212a7/1725368975032/ASP Romanska språk 2021.pdf

Slavic languages

https://www.uu.se/download/18.7772cd27191974d3b2e212b9/1725369150408/ASP Slaviska språk 2021.pdf

German

https://www.uu.se/download/18.7772cd27191974d3b2e212bd/1725369273503/ASP Tyska 2021.pdf

Selection

The selection is based on an evaluation of the applicants' ability to successfully complete the PhD education. Selection is based on the MSc thesis and other degree projects, previous study results, and the research plan. Consideration will be given to the availability of supervision in specific subject areas. An interview with the applicant may also be considered.

Application procedure

The application should be written in Swedish or English and include:

• Application form : https://www.uu.se/download/18.3639f68418f572f151d707/1715160978111/Ansokan_forskarniva_210304.pdf
• A letter where the applicant briefly describes themselves and their research interest.
• Curriculum Vitae
• Copies of degrees and grades
• MSc thesis and publications (if applicable)
• A research plan for the graduate project, in a maximum of 5 pages
• A brief summary (approx. 300 words) of the research plan written in the language in which the applicant intends to write his thesis.

The applicant is responsible for ensuring that the degrees/certificates are translated into Swedish or English. NOTE! The application and documents must be submitted electronically via the Varbi recruitment system.

Rules governing PhD students are set out in the Higher Education Ordinance chapter 5, §§ 1-7, chapter7 §§ 34-36 and in Uppsala University's rules and guidelines.

For more information please visit Department of Modern Languages - Uppsala University and PhD studies - Uppsala University.

About the employment
The employment is a temporary position according to the Higher Education Ordinance chapter 5 § 7. Scope of employment 100 %. Starting date 2025-09-01 or as agreed. Placement: Uppsala

For further information about the position, please contact: Director of studies third cycle (doctoral) Anastasia Makarova, 018-471 13 08 anastasia.makarova@moderna.uu.se or Deputy Head of department Maria Thomasfolk, 018-471 14 36 maria.thomasfolk@moderna.uu.se

Please submit your application by 3rd March 2025, UFV-PA 2025/61.

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