Funding of courses within doctoral programmes

Compensation to departments responsible for courses given within a doctoral programme is based on the standard amounts decided by the Committee for Doctoral Education (KFU).

Table that shows standard amount for 1,5 HEC and 3 HEC courses
Course length	Standard amount
1,5 HEC	75 000 SEK
3 HEC	150 000 SEK

In addition to the standard amount, the programmes may also reimburse extraordinary costs, e.g. external teachers with unique skills, laboratory activities requiring additional resources.

Applying for funding for courses within programmes

Doctoral programmes generally plan their course offerings with a long time horizon and a limited budget. Therefore, if you are planning a course that could fit within one or more programmes, we advise you to contact the programme well in advance (preferably at least one year in advance) to find out the need for the course and the possibility of funding.

There is a form at the end of this page to apply for course funding from the programmes, but please check with the programme in question which application procedure applies.

See overview of planned courses within the doctoral programmes.

Conditions for payment

For the full standard amount to be paid after completion of the course, at least eight (8) KI doctoral students and/or KI postdocs must have participated in the course, including the examination (but without the requirement of a passing grade). The payment is made through the doctoral programme that granted the funding.

The course provider must also submit a course analysis according to instructions.

Principle for reducing granted course funding - from 2026

If the course has had fewer than eight KI doctoral students and/or KI postdocs who have completed the course, a reduction is made from the payment of course funds according to the principle below (which in practice means that full payment is given even for 7 participants). The amounts indicated are in SEK and refer to the standard amounts applicable from 2026.

Table showing how the reduction is calculated according to a descending scale, when the number of participants is less than 8.
Payment (%)	No. of participants	1,5 HEC	3 HEC
100 %	7	75 000	150 000
85 %	6	64 000	128 000
70 %	5	52 500	105 000
60 %	4	45 000	90 000
50 %	3	37 500	75 000
40 %	2	30 000	60 000

Principle for reducing granted course funding - year 2025 compensation level

The table shows how reductions are made if the course has had fewer than eight KI doctoral students and/or KI postdocs who have completed the course.

The amounts shown are in SEK and refer to the standard amounts that apply during 2025.