Apply to the PhD programme

Here you will find information on the admission to Hankens PhD programme 2025.

Application to our Supplementary admission is open March 17th–April 7th 2025. Sign up to the PhD newsletter here.

PhD admission round

  • Application period: 9.12–9.1.2025 at 3:00 PM (UTC+2). Application has ended.
  • Supplementary application period: 17.3–7.4.2025 at 3:00 PM (UTC+3). Studies begin in August 2025.
  • You can apply only to one subject per round.

Admission requirements

  1. Master's degree
  2. GPA or GMAT/GRE
  3. Subject-specific requirements
  4. Statement of purpose
  5. Research proposal
  6. Academic text in Swedish or English
  7. Language requirement
  8. CV
  9. Two reference persons

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Selection criteria

  • Everyone who meets the requirements for subject eligibility goes on to academic assessment.
  • The academic assessment is completed by the programme, that scores the candidates and makes an admission proposal regarding the applicants for the subject.
  • Applicants will be ranked based on the academic assessment in the first stage, after which the most qualified and highest-ranked candidates will be invited for an interview in the second assessment stage.
  • In the academic assessment, the candidates are ranked based on the following assessment elements:
    1. Academic assessment (pass/fail)
    2. Interview (pass/fail)
  • The candidates invited to the interview are assessed by a statement from the programme.
  • The proposed candidates proceed to the Doctoral Admissions Committee, after which the Rector makes a decision on admission based on the committee's proposal.
Application 17.3–7.4.2025