Post #2734921
2026-03-24 21:25 UTC
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@OrvarLog@mathstodon.xyz 2026-03-24 22:13
@foxy@blahaj.zone Correct, No teaching required in my program. And to clarify: it is not possible to increase the monthly salary by teaching, only to prolong your employment. It is thus compensated in 'hours' rather than money. The salary as a PhD student in Sweden is a bit complicated to explain as it depends on faculty intended to correspond to your labour market viability. This is somewhat arbitrary as me being a logician at a philosophy department in the humanities faculty would have 10% higher wage doing exactly the same research at a math or computer science dep. , but I digress... However, even my lower end PhD salary is good enough to live on (+- housing crisis in some cities) but don’t expect collecting too much for any future down-payments or other long term economic security.
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@ahltorp@mastodon.nu 2026-03-24 22:32
@foxy@blahaj.zone @OrvarLog@mathstodon.xyz In Sweden, since about 20-30 years, a university accepting a PhD student has to ensure that the student has adequate means of support during the nominal period of study (4 years). This is normally ensured through employment at the university, but can be e.g. employment at a company or by showing that the student has the means themselves. This was mainly to increase the percentage of PhD students that completed their studies, but has also made the number of PhD positions fewer.