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Available PhD positions are always advertised on our website for approximately two months prior to the application deadline, which often falls at the beginning of the autumn term.

Welcome to the Swedish Defence University!
What’s it like starting as a new student at the Swedish Defence University? Here, political scientist Elin and military historian Cornelia help answer your questions!

Welcome international master's students!
Congratulations on being admitted to an International Master's Programme. Here is everything you need to know.

Discover our research
Detecting disinformation without losing trust
Knowledge about disinformation and source criticism helps us become better at identifying false media reporting without undermining trust in reliable sources. This is demonstrated by two new...

How AI can improve military decision support
By developing and testing two AI models, Lieutenant Colonel and doctoral candidate Peter Bovet Emanuel demonstrates how AI can support military decision-makers in challenging situations.
The rise of sperm freezing before military service
In a recently published article in the journal International Political Sociology , researchers from the Swedish Defence University analyse the growing practice of freezing sperm prior to m...

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