PhD courses in Health Sciences

The application process is different for internal and external applicants.

Internal applicants

If you are already admitted to one of the faculty's doctoral programmes (Behaviour Analysis or Health Sciences), choose courses and register your participation through the Studentweb (student.oslomet.no).

External applicants

If you are admitted to a PhD programme at another institution or have completed your master's degree, this is the application process for external applicants.

Changes may occur, please check the course schedule after 1 December.

Current course dates: spring 2025.

PHVIT9000 Health sciences I: Health and illness

• Course dates: week 3
• Course coordinator is Ellen Karine Grov

PHVIT9100 Health sciences II: Philosophy of science, research ethics and research methodology

• Course dates: weeks 7 and 10.
• Course coordinator is Elisabeth Krefting Bjelland.

PHVIT9300 Quantitative methods

Course dates:

• 28 to 30 April
• 5 to 9 May

Course coordinator is Milada Cvancarova Småstuen.

PHVIT9580 Theories and Models for Midwifery

This course is offered every other year: next time spring 2025.

Course dates:

• 10 to 12 March
• 31 March 
• 1 April

Please contact course coordinator Ellen Blix by e-mail if you want to sign up for this course. You cannot sign up via Studentweb nor Søknadsweb.

PHVIT9520 Intervention design in health sciences

• This course is offered: spring 2026.
• Course coordinator is Vibeke Telle-Hansen.

Changes may occur. Check the time schedule.

Current course dates: autumn 2024.

PHVIT9200 Qualitative Methods

• Course dates: week 41.
• This course is offered: autumn 2025.
• Course coordinator is Anne Langaas.

PHVIT9550 Systematic reviews and metaanalyses

• Course dates: week 37, 41 and 46.
• This course is offered: autumn 2025.
• Course coordinator is Atle Fretheim.

PHVIT9560 Bioinformatics with emphasis on analysis of high throughput sequencing data

• This course is offered: autumn 2025.
• Course coordinator is Rune Andreassen.

PHVIT9530 Assessment and Methods of Measurement

• This course is offered: autumn 2026.
• Course coordinator is Cecilie Ullstrøm Johannessen Landmark.

PHVIT9510 Concept and Theory Development in Health Sciences

• Course dates: week 47.
• This course is not offered in 2025 and 2026.
• This is a hybrid course: you can attend classes on campus or online.
• Course coordinator is Daniela Lillekroken.

PHVIT9540 Participation and Cooperation

• Course dates: week 48.
• This course is not offered in 2025 and 2026.
• Course coordinator is Per Koren Solvang.

Use the course code to search for the course schedule (tp.uio.no). 

The time schedule for the autumn semester is published by June. Time schedule for the spring semester is published by December.

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There are no tuition fees for the courses.