ISP - Individual Study Plan

The ISP is a tool for doctoral education, written by the doctoral student together with their main supervisor.
The ISP must be submitted within 1 month and established within 3 months after admission, and updated annually irrespective of study rate.

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News

New features in the ISP system 2026-03-25:

Removal of the field for the doctoral student's residential address in the study plan
As a step to reduce the number of personal data in the ISP system (and the study plan), the residential address field is being removed. In previously established PDF versions of study plans, the field will remain.

New field: Course credits required according to the general study syllabus
A free text field under 3. Courses and conferences is added to be able to enter the total number of course credits required for the degree, according to the current general study syllabus. In the field, in addition to the total number, you can specify, if necessary, how large a proportion are compulsory and elective courses. The field is not mandatory to fill in.
 

To our pilot study departments Fyfa and KBH - login to Ladok ISP:

You can find login and more information as well as user guides for ISP in Ladok here

 

The current ISP system will be replaced by the ISP module in Ladok, the national study administrative system, during 2026. 

More information can be found on our webpage for the ISP Ladok Project. Please note that only your latest established ISP will be moved to Ladok. If you have a study plan in any other stage of completion, it will not be moved. 

 

Instruction for main supervisors when your doctoral student has changed research subjects.  

UKÄ (Swedish Higher Education Authority) has decided to create a new division of the research subjects used for reporting doctoral education. Please go to this webpage for instructions on how to handle this in the ISP system the next time your doctoral student is up for yearly follow-up or half-time review. 

For doctoral students & supervisors: