Courses, research seminars and conferences

In addition to work on your thesis, your doctoral programme consists of courses, seminars, conferences, workshops and suchlike. This page provides information about courses and credit transfers, participation in seminars and conferences.

Doctoral courses

The general syllabus for your subject states which courses you must take during your period of study. The university’s research areas for doctoral studies and the Baltic and East European Graduate School offer courses at doctoral level.

You must always check with your principal supervisor before you take a course. The course must correspond to the course requirements in your subject’s general syllabus and be documented in your individual study plan. You may need to transfer the credits if you study a course with equivalent content at another university. Credits may also need to be transferred for courses that you study at Södertörn University if they replace a compulsory course in your general syllabus.

Research seminars/higher seminars

The subject’s seminar series is an important element of the research environment, so it is important that everyone, researchers and doctoral students, contributes to the seminar culture and helps it thrive through their presence.

If you are a doctoral student at BEEGS, you are also expected to participate in CBEES’ seminar series, particularly during your first year. You can get more information from the director of studies at BEEGS. If you are a doctoral student at another higher education institution, you should also participate in the seminar series there.

Conferences and workshops

Participation in conferences and workshops is done in consultation with your supervisor and must be planned and documented in your individual study plan, so that the purpose of your participation is linked to the intended outcome of your studies. As with other aspects of your studies, participation in conferences must correspond to the targets and intended outcomes of doctoral education.

Funding for your participation must also be settled, coming primarily from your own funding for expenses. More information about potential funding opportunities is provided on the page for Expenses, purchasing and travel.

Administration for a conference or workshop

Helping to organise a workshop or conference can also provide valuable experience. If you work with conference administration as part of your departmental duties, you must ensure that the conference organiser has applied for finding for its administration, so you can have all your worked hours as an extension to your period of employment. See the page on Departmental duties for more information regarding extension of your employment.

Event support

On the Event Support page, you can find information about what you should consider when working with conference administration. There you will find information about suitable venues, logistics, and contracted suppliers, among other things. There is also planning assistance available in the form of checklists in the project plan.