Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 48 months
Start dates & application deadlines
You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
The Department of Theology have an open application term once a year, welcoming applications between December and mid February, with admittance 1 September.
Language
English
TOEFL iBT: 90
PTE Academic: 62
IELTS: 6.5
Credits
240 ECTS
Delivered
On Campus
Campus Location
- Visby, Sweden
Disciplines
- Ethics
Overview
Research
We understand morality as a social institution and ethics as a critical study of conventional morality. Hence, researchers in Ethics have the important task of developing theoretical tools that help us cast light on and challenge various forms of marginalisation, dominance and oppression.
Ethicists at Uppsala University work in particular with various theological and religious traditions. Philosophical analysis of morality is related to tangible contexts and worldviews. This creates a unique disciplinary profile in relation to the ethical research pursued at faculties of philosophy.
We believe that theological ethics makes a significant contribution to a critique of morality. Knowledge of traditions deepens our understanding of morality in various ways. However, morality within different traditions also needs to be scrutinized and knowledge of various conventions and cultural contexts is a crucial condition of such a scrutiny.
Programme Structure
Research topics:
- Ethical theory
- The relationship between reason and revelation as sources for moral insight
- Political ethics and human rights
- The meaning of social justice
- Particular social ethical theories within Judaism, Christianity and Islam
- Practical ethics
Admission requirements
Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
TOEFL iBT: 90
PTE Academic: 62
IELTS: 6.5
General requirements
A person meets the general entry requirements for PhD Programmes if he or she:
- has been awarded a second-cycle qualification;
- has satisfied the requirements for courses comprising at least 240 credits, of which at least 60 credits were awarded in the second-cycle; or
- has acquired substantially equivalent knowledge in some other way in Sweden or abroad.
Tuition Fees
International
International tuition fees apply to students who are not citizens or permanent residents of the study country. In some regions, like the EU/EEA, or under certain agreements, students from partner countries may also pay domestic fees. Non-residents: Free
EU/EEA
European Economic Area tuition fee is applicable to the students from EU countries, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. EU/EEA Nationals: Free
Additional Details
PhD programmes are free of charge in Sweden, regardless of citizenship.