School of Business Business Administration, Doctoral, 180 ECTS Faculty of Economic Economics, Doctorate, 180 ECTS Faculty of Law Law, Doctoral, 180 ECTS Faculty of Political Science Gender Studies, Doctoral, 210 ECTS Political Science, Doctoral, 210 ECTS Public Administration, Ph.D., 210 ECTS Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics Anthropology, Doctoral, 210 ECTS Career Counselling and Guidance, Doctoral, 210 ECTS Development Studies, Doctoral, 210 ECTS Disability Studies, Doctoral, 210 ECTS Folkloristics, Doctoral, 210 ECTS Global Studies, Doctoral, 210 ECTS Information Science, Doctoral, 210 ECTS Museum Studies, Doctoral, 210 ECTS Sociology, Doctoral, 210 ECTS Faculty of Social Work Social Work, Doctoral, 210 ECTS

Application instructions

When applying for a doctoral programme, it is important to prepare the application carefully and take care that all necessary documents accompany the application. If you need further information please send inquiry to: doktorsnamFVS@hi.is

The student's curriculum vitae along with certified copies of the academic degrees (BA/BS/B.Ed.) and/or MA/MS or a comparable degree. If the student has completed a degree at a school other than the University of Iceland, a transcript of the grades must be included. An applicant must also mail or deliver to the Registrar certified copies (hard copies) of diplomas with course transcripts (information about courses, grades and units) from all university studies, no later than two weeks from the application deadline. The relevant school issues a certified copy. A photocopy of an original may also be sent that a competent party (e.g., a district commissioner's office) confirms with a stamp and signature. If necessary, original certificates can be brought to the Service Desk in the University Centre – Háskólatorg to obtain certified copies of them. NOTE: It is only necessary to bring certificates if the studies were at schools other than UI.

Report on professional premises and execution

Applicants must explain their goals for the doctoral program, and why they believe themselves academically qualified to engage in doctoral studies, e.g., because of good performance in studies, including undergraduate and graduate studies, participation in research projects, published articles, challenging projects, professional experience, interesting research, interest in specific jobs upon completion of their studies, etc. An applicant must also specify: Whether studies will be full-time or part-time (percentage) The courses planned. Here the student states fields of emphasis she/he deems necessary to strengthen. Financing plan. Here the applicant reports grant applications, loans, own financing, work or other relevant things. Request for a supervisor (if relevant) along with reasons. See information regarding professional requirements for doctoral student's supervisors under the quality standards and requirements for doctoral programmes at the University of Iceland.

Description of project

PhD applicants must hand in: A brief description of the project in Icelandic and English. 100 - 150 words A description of the planned research project, about 2000-4000 words, in addition to a list of references, in the language in which the dissertation will be written following the faculty's rules. The following shall be stated: goals, the state of knowledge and scientific value, a description of the implementation (procedures), a schedule with information on the main benchmarks and programme completion, the plan for the publication of the results and the site of publication, a list of references. The description must be clear, realistic and scheduled (months and quarters). The project name (working title) shall be descriptive of the research. The division of the research into subjects shall be included (a rough summary of the contents), such as division into chapters or division of the dissertation into articles. A description of the method/methods to be applied in answering the project's research questions. It is imperative to relate and explain how the research proposal and the main research questions differ from existing research (domestic and foreign) for the same or similar research fields, and what the novelty of the research is. Finally, the applicant must state why he or she deems the research to be important for the research field’s development in the Icelandic and/or international context.

Written recommendations from two parties.

The recommendations shall be in sealed envelopes. The applicant may act as a go-between regarding their delivery. On the other hand, the recommenders can also send them directly to the Student Registration (admission@hi.is). It is important to provide the recommenders' email addresses and phone numbers so that it is possible to contact them and request further information if necessary. With letters of recommendation, recommenders shall include the University of Iceland's form for submitting recommendations. The applicant is responsible for getting the form to recommenders. The form can be downloaded here.

Regulation on doctoral study and doctoral degrees at the School of Social Sciences Standards and Requirements, Quality of Doctoral Programmes

FeDoN – University of Iceland’s Association of PhD students and Postdocs

School of Business Business Administration, Doctoral, 180 ECTS Faculty of Economic Economics, Doctorate, 180 ECTS Faculty of Law Law, Doctoral, 180 ECTS Faculty of Political Science Gender Studies, Doctoral, 210 ECTS Political Science, Doctoral, 210 ECTS Public Administration, Ph.D., 210 ECTS Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics Anthropology, Doctoral, 210 ECTS Career Counselling and Guidance, Doctoral, 210 ECTS Development Studies, Doctoral, 210 ECTS Disability Studies, Doctoral, 210 ECTS Folkloristics, Doctoral, 210 ECTS Global Studies, Doctoral, 210 ECTS Information Science, Doctoral, 210 ECTS Museum Studies, Doctoral, 210 ECTS Sociology, Doctoral, 210 ECTS Faculty of Social Work Social Work, Doctoral, 210 ECTS

Doctoral studies School of Social Sciences

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The School of Social Sciences offers a range of doctoral programs across all its faculties.
The goal of this programme is to provide doctoral students with academic training and prepare them for scholarly work, including teaching at university or holding specialist positions at research institutions, as well as other demanding responsible positions in society.

The duration of a doctoral program at the School of Social Sciences spans a minimum of three years of full-time study. Doctoral dissertations within the school can take the form of either a single comprehensive work (monograph) or a collection of articles.

The programme concludes with a public doctoral defence, where the doctoral candidate earns the academic title Philosophiae Doctor, PhD from the University of Iceland.

Application for students outside of Nordic countries is 1 February.

Those who have Icelandic Social Security or Nordic citizenship have to 15 April to apply for autumn semester and 15 October to apply for spring semester.

Studies Coordinators
Kolbrún Eggertsdóttir, Head of Quality Administration
Sigrún Daníelsdóttir Flóvenz, Project manager