Doctoral Education at the Department of Dental Medicine

Education on doctoral level at the Department of Dental Medicine is an interdisciplinary education and research leading to a doctoral or licentiate degree.

Doctoral studies may be pursued on a full- or halftime basis. Every doctoral student writes an individual study plan together with a supervisor. The needs and interests of the PhD-student should thus be included in the research plan of the future supervisor.

Course requirements and elements are outlined in the general syllabus for medical science.

In accordance with the objectives of Karolinska Institutet, we strive to produce a high quality research education. After graduation, our students can pursue a scientific career in academic, clinical and industrial sectors.

Generally, to be awarded a Degree of Doctor takes 4 years full time studies, and to be awarded a Degree of Licentiate takes two years of full time studies. The doctoral progress is reviewed continuously through half time reviews, annual follow ups based on presentations of research projects and state-of-the-art literature within the field. The doctoral student is expected to start with practical research already during the first year.

Contact

Kåre Buhlin, study director for the doctoral education

Our main research fields

  • Clinical Odontology and Diagnostics
  • Infection, Immunology and Inflammation
  • Orofacial Neuroscience

Are you interested in doctoral education?

 General eligibility for doctoral education

A person meets the general entry requirements for doctoral education if he or she:

  • has been awarded a degree at the advanced (second-cycle) level,
  • has satisfied the requirements for courses comprising at least 240 credits of which at least 60 credits were awarded at the advanced level, or
  • has acquired substantially equivalent knowledge in some other way in Sweden or abroad.

See also the Higher Education Ordinance, Chapter 7.

Subject representative

For you who wants to become a doctoral student at the Department of Dental Medicine contact the subject representative within the field of research you are interested in to find out whether there are any available doctoral positions or not.

It is important that you have funding for the whole education, i.e. four years. Some of our doctoral projects are financed by an external employer, for example a county council or a foreign university

See available doctoral positions.

For supervisors

Application for green light is sent to study administrator, Kansliet för grund- och forskarutbildning at doctoraleducation-dentmed@ki.se together with a research plan (max 5 pages).

More on the admission procedure at KI.

Committee for doctoral education

Kåre Buhlin, Associate Professor

Chairperson

Rachael Sugars, Associate Professor

Member

Anders Gustafsson, Professor

Member

Elisabeth Boström

Member

Agneta L-A Karsten, Associate Professor

Member

Gunilla Sandborgh Englund, Professor

Member

Georgios Tsilingaridis, Associate Professor

Member

Robert Schibbye

PhD-student representative

Linda Munirji

PhD-student representative

Katy Earle Salmela

Secretary

Committee meetings spring term 2024

  • February 13
  • March 13
  • April 9
  • May 11
  • June 4 

The application for Green Light can be sent to doctoraleducation-dentmed@ki.se at any time during the year however at the latest 4 weeks prior to the meeting.

KB
Content reviewer:
19-01-2024