Graduate schools

<h2>Graduate schools sorted by department</h2>

Architecture

Do you have an interest in design, the built environment, or urban planning? Do you want to participate and affect future housing? Then you should apply for a doctoral position after your master’s degree. 

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Do you want to be involved and contribute to creating an understanding of a resource-efficient and sustainable society?

Applied Acoustics

Sound and vibration are a fundamental part of our daily lives. Sight and hearing deliver our mainstream of information from the outer world. The discipline of acoustics has primarily developed over the past 150 years and is today a research subject with numerous subdisciplines. These are grouped around the fundamentals of acoustics, which include wave generation and wave propagation in different media, but also have connections to Earth sciences, Life sciences, Art and Engineering.

Research

The department represents a broad field of knowledge theory ranging from engineering science to social science to the humanities and design-based, artistic research. These different perspectives enable strong interdisciplinary development and a broader discussion of different aspects of sustainability. Together, we are well equipped to take on challenges in the pursuit of a sustainable society.

Research at Architecture and Civil Engineering

Chemistry

Do you want to research a substance that deals with the structure and reactions of molecules? As a doctoral student in chemistry, you get the opportunity to develop knowledge that is central to understanding the composition, structure, and properties of substances.

Chemical Engineering

Do you want to do research concerning renewable fuels, energy efficiency, product and process optimization, sustainable processes/system, virtual process design, reduction of waste/pollution, and much more? 

Materials Science

Do you have an interest in an interdisciplinary subject area that describes the relationships between a solid material's composition, structure, properties and performance, and how these relationships may be controlled through different parameters in the fabrication process? Then you may apply to a doctoral student position within the graduate school in of Materials Science when you have received your master's degree.

Our research activities reach from fundamental chemistry, chemistry at the interface of biology and medicine, materials science, renewable energy, to chemical engineering processing, material recycling, nuclear chemistry, as well as theory and modelling. We have projects and competence that are in the top front in certain areas, and present results that are met with a lot of interest from the surrounding world.

Communication and Learning in STEM

Are you interested in deepening the understanding of learning processes, interaction, and communication within higher education and the knowledge and information society, specifically regarding Engineering and natural sciences ? Then you should apply to the graduate school of communication and learning within STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering &amp; Mathematics).

At CLS we conduct research on learning and communication, on knowledge sharing and knowledge organisation. Put simply, we are interested in how researchers communicate their research, how teachers teach, how students learn and how teaching and learning can be developed and improved.

Interdisciplinary research environment

Computer Science and Engineering

Computers and digitalization have a huge impact on everyone and on society as a whole. Are you interested in participating in research that drives and directs the course of this evolution? Consider applying for a doctoral studentship in Computer Science and Engineering after your master's degree!

Computer Science and Engineering.

Human-Computer Interaction

Computers and digitalization have a huge impact on everyone and on society as a whole. Are you interested in participating in research that drives and directs the course of this evolution? Consider applying for a doctoral studentship in Human-Computer Interaction after your master's degree!

Our research

We do research for the future and create social benefits that are brought to life and implemented in close cooperation with business and industry

Electrical Engineering

In the graduate school of Electrical Engineering, you will be part of the major changes that the whole society is facing - the rapidly growing automation, digitalization and electrification. To manage these challenges, it is important to constantly update and develop knowledge in the area.

At the department of Electrical Engineering research and education are performed in the areas of Communications, Antennas and Optical Networks, Systems and Control, Signal processing and Biomedical engineering, and Electric Power Engineering.

Human-technology-design

Technological progress is important for our world, but ensuring that it is translated into products and services that benefit humanity is at least as important.

Human-technology-design 

Product and production development

Do you want to study at a graduate school that deals with methods for product development? As a doctoral student in the graduate school of Product and production development, you get to learn methods and working procedures all the way from idea to finished products.

Solid and Structural Mechanics

The scientific basis for doctoral studies in Solid and Structural Mechanics spans mechanics, strength of materials, and structural mechanics. Your research project may be of theoretical and/or applied nature.

Solid and Structural Mechanics 

The main competencies at the Department of Industrial and Materials Science (IMS) are found in the areas of: Human-Technology Interaction | Form and Function | Modeling and Simulation | Product Development | Material | Production and in the interaction between these areas.

Research at Industrial and Materials Science

Bioscience

Do you want to develop methods for a better strategy for our health and environment? Then you should apply for a doctoral degree in Biosciences after your Master's degree. 

Research and innovation at LIFE is performed in close collaboration with academia, industry, and society at large. We regard the training of new generations of young scientists to be future leaders as one of our most important contributions to society. 

Research at Life Sciences

Mathematics

Mathematics is an abstract and general science of problem-solving and method development.

 Mathematics

Mathematical Statistics

Are you interested in developing a statistical mathematical mindset? Do you want to participate in research and development work on the subject? Then the graduate school in Mathematical statistics suits you as an aspiring doctoral student.

Applied Mathematics and Statistics

Within the graduate school of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, you as a doctoral student can develop new methods and approaches. These you can apply to both classical and new problems in the new application areas that are central to applied mathematics.   

Our fields of expertise are wide and diversified. Some of the specialties within mathematics are spectral theory and harmonic analysis, complex analysis, kinetics, partial differential equations, algebraic geometry, number theory, optimization, combinatorics, probability, biomathematics and financial mathematics. In computational mathematics the work is mainly directed towards the numerical solution of partial differential equations and development of the finite element method.

Machine and Vehicle Systems

Graduate School Machine and Vehicle systems are both basic science and applied. As a doctoral student, you will learn technical problem solving through quantitative and qualitative thinking.

Shipping and Marine Technology

If you are interested to study scientific areas related to shipping, ranging from naval architecture and ocean engineering, climate and environmental impact, to maritime operations, on and below the water, you should apply to the graduate school Shipping and Marine Technology.

Thermo- and Fluid Dynamics

In the graduate school of Thermo- and Fluid Dynamics, you as a doctoral student develop your knowledge both through theory and applications in the field.

Thermo- and Fluid Dynamics 

Nearly all research projects conducted at the Department of Mechanics and Maritime Sciences share one and the same goal – to contribute to the transition to a sustainable transportation system. Our broad research portfolio is unique and covers all forms of transport - cars, planes, trains, trucks, ships and trains - and contributes to environmentally friendly process technology and sustainable energy supply.

Research at the Department of Mechanics and Maritime Sciences

Microtechnology and nanoscience

Are you interested in learning more about materials, components, and subsystems for the electronics of the future? Do you want to contribute to the development of tomorrow’s photonics, quantum technology, and micro-and nano-systems?

Microtechnology and nanoscience 

The Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience - MC2 - has gathered several research areas together with competent and talented researchers to form a unique environment. 

Research at MC2

Physics

Physics is a broad subject that is based on both experimental, theoretical, and computational physics. The various scientific subjects various from subatomic physics to astrophysics.

Nuclear Engineering

The graduate school in Nuclear Engineering aims to provide basic knowledge about the operation of nuclear energy-producing systems. The education is based on research with high relevance for both industry and academia.

The Department of Physics' core activities take place within the framework of six divisions. Our research profiles include basic research, biological physics, materials for energy applications, disordered systems, complex oxides, surface and nanophysics, and subatomic and plasma physics.
We provide a competitive advantage by linking top-level international and interdisciplinary academic performance in the areas of materials science, nanotechnology, life science and energy research with world-leading industrial research and development projects.

Research at Physics

Energy, Environment and Systems

Do you have an interest in sustainable development? Then you should apply for a doctoral program in Energy, Environment, and Systems.

Radio and space science

Are you interested in different measurements and methods for studying the earth's environment? Do you want to develop your knowledge in radio astronomical observations? Then you can apply to the graduate school in Radio and space science after your master's degree.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Radio and space science 

We observe the universe, the earth, the climate and energy systems to drive sustainable development on a global scale as well as in small and complex systems. Our focus is on experimental and theoretical research as well as on development, implementation, and evaluation of methods and tools for analysis of theoretical and technical systems and models. We also develop new sensitive instruments for research about space, earth and the environment.

Research at Space, Earth and Environment

Technology Management and Economics

Do you want to study a doctoral program that is interdisciplinary and where you as a doctoral student address issues that are relevant to both academia and industry? Then you should apply to the graduate school Technology management and economics which includes both economic, organizational and social aspects of technology and technology use.

The department conducts outstanding research within three broad areas: Innovation &amp; entrepreneurship, Supply chain &amp; operations management, and Sustainability &amp; society studies. The department hosts two research centres and our research is related to most of Chalmers’s Areas of Advance.

Research at Technology Management and Economics 

<h2>Graduate schools in collaboration</h2>

Gothenburg Research School of Health Engineering

The Gothenburg Research School of Health Engineering (GRSHE) is a joint graduate school for PhD students at Chalmers University of Technology, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, and Sahlgrenska University Hospital.

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