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Doctoral handbooks and student unions

General information and handbooks 

Once you have commenced your doctoral studies, there is a wealth of handbooks and information that can be helpful.

At Lund University's staff pages, you can find general information about doctoral education.

Doctoral education - staff.lu.se

On the Faculty of Science's doctoral education pages and on LTH's doctoral student website (PhD website), you can find information relevant to doctoral students within their respective faculties.

Faculty of Science's web pages for admitted doctoral students

LTH's web pages for admitted doctoral students

Studera.nu also has a section on doctoral education.

Studera.nu - information about doctoral education

Student unions 

There are numerous student unions for doctoral students, which can assist you with various matters, such as facilitating connections with other doctoral students.

At the university level, you have Lund Doctoral Student Union, and within the faculties, you can find the Faculty of Science Doctoral Student Council (NDR) and the Doctoral Section (Doktorandsektionen) within the Student Union at LTH (Teknologkåren).

Doctoral Student Union, Lund University

Doctoral Student Union at Lund University's Faculty of Engineering

Lund University also has a Doctoral student representative (Ombudsman). If you have a problem or issue as a doctoral student, you can contact an impartial doctoral student representative, the Doctoral Student Ombudsman, for advice.

Email: domb [at] ldk [dot] lu [dot] se