The PhD programme in Political Science is offered entirely in English, and the Institute welcomes applications from both Estonian and international students. The Political Science PhD programme has full accreditation and has received a positive external review in 2011 and 2019. The nominal study time is four years. From the academic year of 2022/2023, PhD students are admitted to the Social Sciences Doctoral Programme of the Faculty of Social Sciences, with a specialization in Political Science.
Currently, around thirty doctoral researchers are enrolled in the Political Science specialization, about fifteen of whom are resident PhD researchers. An increasing number of them are international students, coming from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Georgia, Indonesia, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Russia, Serbia, Sweden, the UK, the USA, and Turkey.
- For general information about doctoral studies at the University of Tartu, guidelines and regulations, as well as funding, please visit the University of Tartu’s website on doctoral studies.
- For detailed information about the curriculum and organisation of studies, please see the Faculty of Social Science’s webpage.
For more information about the research areas, publications and current research projects of the faculty, please visit the institute's employee webpage for an overview of their supervision competencies. You are also encouraged to consult for our academic employees’ individual profiles in the Estonian Research Information System. Additionally, please familiarize yourself with the main research directions of the institute. Acceptance into the PhD programme is conditional upon the institute having the necessary expertise to supervise the proposed project.
