Program Overview

About the PhD programme

The Faculty of Humanities is the largest humanities faculty in Norway, offering a PhD programme that allows students to work with some of Europe’s best researchers within the field of humanities and participate in exciting research projects.

Programme Details

• 3 years full-time studies and research
• Presupposes funding and admission
• 30 credits coursework
• A thesis, trial lecture and public defence
• The Faculty has around 180 PhD Candidates and approximately 120 are employed as Doctoral Research Fellows.

Resources and tools

• New on the programme
• Programme plan (HF)
• Regulations (UiO)
• Library Resources
• Research Computing services
• Researcher careers (Vitae)
• Literature, references and publishing (PhD on track)
• Guidelines for research ethics (NESH)

PhD candidates employed at HF

Information about topics such as salary, leaves of absence and extensions.

Dr. philos. degree

Another route to a doctoral degree, without formal supervision.