Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences offers PhD in Socio-technical systems engineering, a doctorate programme in Valmiera, Latvia. The programme runs for 3 years, delivered on campus. It carries 180.0 credits (ECTS). Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is EUR 8,800 per year (EUR 10,085 per year for local students).
This doctoral programme concentrates on system analysis and modelling within information technology. Its purpose is to train early-career researchers who can carry recent modelling results into the economy, raising product and service quality and encouraging healthy competition among academic staff as Latvian universities and research bodies renew their workforce.
Coursework covers engineering topics, simulation of business information systems, how tourism and regional development systems behave, political systems, and the methods used in research and data handling. Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences delivers the programme with eight partner institutions, among them Riga Technical University, Warsaw University of Technology, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Klaipeda University, the University of Genoa and a Fraunhofer institute in Germany.
Study lasts three years and ends with a doctoral degree (Ph.D.) in the engineering and technology field.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Applicants need a master's degree in sociotechnical systems modelling, information technology, computer science or another natural science in which mathematical or simulation modelling was studied. They submit a summary of the planned dissertation of no more than one A4 page, signed by the applicant and the prospective supervisor, whose topic must fit the scientific sub-sector and application environment of the programme. At least one internationally reviewed scientific publication in an internationally accessible indexed database on the research topic is required, together with a copy of the document certifying previous education (original to be presented).
Application Details
Application Deadline:Admission of new students for the 2026/2027 academic year is planned for January 2027
