PhD programme

The Centre for Research on Bilingualism offers a full PhD programme in bilingualism. The duration of the program is four years, which corresponds to eight semesters of full-time studies. The program is dedicated to graduate course reading and dissertation work.

Obligatory and optional courses

The course component accounts for 75 hp / 75 ECTS. There are both obligatory and optional courses. The obligatory courses account for 45 hp / 45 ECTS. The obligatory courses are listed below:

Bilingualism from an educational perspective, 7.5 credits
Bilingualism from a field/subject and historical perspective, 7.5 credits
Bilingualism from a learning perspective, 7.5 credits
Bilingualism from a psycho/neurolinguistic perspective, 7.5 credits
Bilingualism from a societal perspective, 7.5 credits
Statistics and statistical research methods, 7.5 credits

The optional courses account for 30 hp / 30 ECTS. These courses are chosen in agreement with the thesis supervisor.

Higher seminars

In addition, doctoral students are required to actively participate in higher seminars organized at the Centre for Research on Bilingualism.
Higher seminars/Högre seminariet

General study plan in Bilingualism

Please see the Faculty of Humanities' site (only in Swedish), at the bottom of the page: Institutionen för svenska och flerspråkighet (Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism) > Tvåspråkighet (Bilingualism).

Supervision

Students accepted into the PhD-programme have the right to supervision for the duration of their dissertation work. The supervisors are appointed at the beginning of the program.

There is more information about it on the Swedish site: Handledning

Our PhD students and ongoing dissertations

Yvonne Carlsson

Administration PhD studies for accepted Phd students

E-post: yvonne.carlsson@su.se
Tel: +46 8 16 37 48

Caroline Kerfoot. Foto: Ingmarie Andersson

Professor Caroline Kerfoot

Director of PhD studies

Email: caroline.kerfoot@biling.su.se