PhD student in Archaeology, Classical Archaeology and Ancient History or Egyptology

PhD student in Archaeology, Classical Archaeology and Ancient History or Egyptology

The Department of Archaeology, Ancient History and Conservation invites students with an advanced degree in Archaeology, Classical Archaeology and Ancient History or Egyptology to apply for a doctoral position at the Berit Wallenberg Foundation, hosted by the department.

The Department of Archaeology, Ancient History and Conservation is a dynamic and expansive research environment with just under a hundred employees in Uppsala and in Visby. The research environment includes seven disciplines taught at undergraduate and graduate level and the department offers postgraduate education in Archaeology, Classical Archaeology and Ancient History, Egyptology and Conservation. Archaeology is located in both Uppsala and Visby, Classical Archaeology and Ancient History, and Egyptology are located in Uppsala, and Conservation is located in Visby.

The department has an integrated research culture that includes two centres of excellence (WIVA and the Centre for the Human Past) and expertise in a series of interdisciplinary themes that include, among others, ancient religious practices, urban societies, conflict and power studies, historical ecology and critical heritage studies. More information about ongoing research projects can be found on the department’s website.

Duties
Doctoral programmes normally comprise four years of net studies and are financed by employment as a doctoral student. Doctoral students are expected to undertake coursework and thesis work full-time and to actively participate in the department’s seminar activities. For further information, see the general study syllabus that regulate education in each discipline. Teaching or simple administrative duties at the department corresponding to a maximum of 20 per cent may occur by agreement. The employment is extended to a corresponding extent.

Requirements
To meet the entry requirements for doctoral studies, you must:

hold a Master’s (second-cycle) degree in Archaeology, Classical Archaeology and Ancient History, or Egyptology, or have completed at least 240 credits in higher education, with at least 60 credits at Master’s level including an independent project worth at least 15 credits within one of the above listed disciplines, or have acquired substantially equivalent knowledge in some other way.

Other information about the doctoral position
Please note that the doctoral position is only filled on the condition that the applicant proposed for the position receives external funding from the Berit Wallenberg Foundation. The Department Board decides after review which applications the department can host. The Berit Wallenberg Foundation makes the final selection and decides on funding.

Application
The application, which can be written in Swedish or English, must include:

• an introductory letter (max 2 A4 pages) describing yourself, why you want to pursue doctoral studies and why you are suitable for admission to a doctoral programme,
• the applicant’s CV showing the educational background (max 2 A4 pages),
• contact details of two referees,
• Master’s (second cycle) thesis (if one was included in the programme) and any publications,
• research plan (max. 10 A4 pages), including the research question, state or the art, material and methodological issues, and the relevance of the project both to the scientific community in general and to the research funder in particular,
• copies of degree certificates or equivalent documenting eligibility.

Assessment criteria
An admissions committee reviews applications and makes a recommendation to the Departmental Board based on 1) the quality, feasibility and relevance of the research plan; 2) the applicant’s qualifications for the intended research task; 3) the applicant’s ability to benefit from doctoral education in general; 4) the quality of the applicant’s submitted thesis; 5) the applicant’s ability to complete the research task within the set time frames; 6) the department’s ability to offer qualified supervision; 7) other publications and relevant employment. In the admission process, a selection of applicants will be invited for an interview.

About the position
The employment is limited in time, the scope is full-time. Rules governing PhD students are set out in the Higher Education Ordinance chapter 5, §§ 1-7 and in Uppsala University's rules and guidelines. Start date 2026-01-01 or as agreed. Work location: Uppsala or Visby (Archaeology), Uppsala (Classical Archaeology and Ancient History, and Egyptology). Applicants admitted to the doctoral programme will be employed as full-time doctoral students at the department for four years with salary according to a salary scale negotiated with the employee organisations.

For further information about the position, please contact: Head of Department Karl-Johan Lindholm, karl-johan.lindholm@arkeologi.uu.se, 018-471 20 81; Director of PhD Studies Michael Lindblom, michael.lindblom@antiken.uu.se, 018-471 75 53.

Please submit your application by 1 april 2025, UFV-PA 2025/496.

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