{"data":{"id":185014,"slug":"doktorand-i-kryptologi","type":"job","title":"PhD Student in Cryptology","description":"Project Description\nResearch Education Subject: Computer Science\nAt the Center for Cyber Defense and Information Security (CDIS), KTH, the Swedish Armed Forces, and other government agencies collaborate to strengthen and expand research in cyber defense and cybersecurity. This includes research for protecting critical societal functions and improving the capability to deter actors considering attacks on Sweden. Cyber defense and cybersecurity are subjects whose importance has grown rapidly in society with accelerating digitalization and increasing awareness of the vulnerabilities that digitalization entails.\nFor several years, KTH has been conducting cutting-edge research within the CDIS framework and in close collaboration with the Crypto and IT Security Division at Must (which is part of the Swedish Armed Forces), aimed at addressing challenges arising from quantum computer development. KTH is now seeking a PhD student in cryptology who can contribute to this research.\nThe position will comprise 80% doctoral studies at KTH and 20% placement at Must, where you will have the opportunity to work with some of Sweden's leading cryptologists. The result for the PhD student will be a unique combination of theory and practice in the field of cryptology.\nSupervision: Johan H\u00e5stad and Martin Eker\u00e5 are proposed as supervisors for the PhD student. The decision will be made upon admission.\nEligibility for Admission\nTo be admitted to doctoral education (Chapter 7, Section 39 of the Higher Education Ordinance), the applicant must have basic eligibility:\n- completed a degree at advanced level, or\n- completed course requirements of at least 240 higher education credits, of which at least 60 higher education credits at advanced level, or\n- in some other way within or outside the country acquired essentially equivalent knowledge.\n\nFor this position, Swedish citizenship is required.\n(Swedish citizenship is required for this position)\nThe candidate must be able to handle Swedish in both speech and writing, as this is required in daily work.\nIn addition to the above, there is also a mandatory requirement for English corresponding to English B\/6.\nSelection\nTo succeed with your doctoral studies at KTH, you need to be goal-oriented and persistent in your work. In the selection of applicants, the ability to:\n- independently drive your work forward,\n- collaborate with others,\n- demonstrate a professional approach, and\n- analyze and work with complex issues.\n\nFollowing the eligibility requirements, great weight will be placed on personal qualities.\nTarget Degree: Doctor of Philosophy\nInformation about Admission and Employment\nOnly those admitted to doctoral education may be employed as PhD students. The total employment period may not exceed what corresponds to full-time education at the research level for four years. An employed PhD student may, to a limited extent (maximum 20%), perform certain work tasks within, for example, education and administration. A new employment as a PhD student is valid for at most one year; the employment may thereafter be renewed for at most two years at a time. For studies to be completed with a Licentiate degree, the total employment period may not exceed what corresponds to full-time education at the research level for two years.\nAs a PhD student, you will receive KTH's employment benefits and have a monthly salary according to KTH's collective agreement for PhD student salaries. Read more about Doctoral Education at KTH | KTH | Sweden.\nTrade Union Representatives\nContact information for trade union representatives.\nPhD Student Section (Royal Institute of Technology Student Union)\nContact information for the PhD student section.\nApplication\nYou apply via KTH's recruitment system. As an applicant, you are responsible for ensuring that your application is complete when submitted.\nApplication Content Requirements\nCopies of diplomas and transcripts from previous university studies and proof of fulfilled language requirements (see above). Translations to English or Swedish if the original document is not issued in one of these languages. Copies of originals must be certified.\nCV with relevant professional experience and competencies.\nApplication letter with a brief account of why you want to pursue doctoral studies, your academic interests, and how they relate to your previous studies and future goals. (Max 2 pages)\nRepresentative publications or technical reports. For longer documents, please attach a summary (abstract) and a web link to the full text.\n\nThe application must be received by KTH no later than the final application deadline at midnight, CET\/CEST (Central European Time\/Central European Summer Time).\nOther Information\nFor information about the processing of personal data in connection with recruitment.\nIt is possible that employment at KTH may be placed in a security classification. If this is the case for this particular position, a security clearance of the applicant will be conducted in accordance with the Security Protection Act (2018:585) with consent. In these cases, a condition for employment is that the applicant is approved following the security clearance.\nWe decline direct contact from staffing and recruitment companies as well as job ad vendors.\nBecome Part of KTH\nKTH shapes the future through education, research, and innovation. As a leading international technical university, we play an active role in driving and contributing to the transition to a sustainable society. Here you are offered the opportunity to grow and develop in a creative and dynamic workplace with good working conditions and benefits. Gender equality, diversity, and equal opportunities are a quality issue and a natural part of KTH's values as a university and public authority.\nRead more about our benefits and what it's like to work and develop at KTH.","language":"sv","is_translated":true,"title_original":"Doktorand i kryptologi","description_original":"Projektbeskrivning\nForskarutbildnings\u00e4mne: Datalogi\nVid Center f\u00f6r cyberf\u00f6rsvar och informationss\u00e4kerhet (CDIS) samarbetar KTH, F\u00f6rsvarsmakten och andra myndigheter i syfte att st\u00e4rka och bredda forskningen inom cyberf\u00f6rsvar och cybers\u00e4kerhet. D\u00e4ri omfattas forskning f\u00f6r skydd av kritiska samh\u00e4llsfunktioner och f\u00f6rb\u00e4ttrad f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga att f\u00f6rsv\u00e5ra f\u00f6r akt\u00f6rer som \u00f6verv\u00e4ger att angripa Sverige. Cyberf\u00f6rsvar och -s\u00e4kerhet \u00e4r \u00e4mnen vars betydelse vuxit snabbt i samh\u00e4llet i takt med den hastiga digitaliseringen och den \u00f6kande insikten om de s\u00e5rbarheter som digitaliseringen medf\u00f6r.\nKTH bedriver sedan ett antal \u00e5r tillbaka inom ramen f\u00f6r CDIS, och i n\u00e4ra samarbete med avdelningen f\u00f6r krypto och IT-s\u00e4kerhet vid Must (som \u00e4r en del av F\u00f6rsvarsmakten), spetsforskning som syftar till att m\u00f6ta de utmaningar som f\u00f6ljer av kvantdatorutvecklingen. KTH s\u00f6ker nu en doktorand i kryptologi som kan bidra till den forskningen.\nTj\u00e4nsten kommer att omfatta 80% doktorandstudier vid KTH och 20% placering vid Must d\u00e4r m\u00f6jlighet ges att arbeta med n\u00e5gra av Sveriges fr\u00e4msta kryptologer. Resultatet f\u00f6r doktoranden blir en unik kombination av teori och praktik inom kryptologiomr\u00e5det.\nHandledning: Johan H\u00e5stad och Martin Eker\u00e5 f\u00f6resl\u00e5s handleda doktoranden. Beslut tas vid antagning.\nBeh\u00f6righet f\u00f6r antagning\nF\u00f6r att bli antagen till forskarutbildning (kap 7 39 \u00a7 h\u00f6gskolef\u00f6rordningen) kr\u00e4vs att den s\u00f6kande har grundl\u00e4ggande beh\u00f6righet:\navlagt en examen p\u00e5 avancerad niv\u00e5, eller\nfullgjort kursfordringar om minst 240 h\u00f6gskolepo\u00e4ng, varav minst 60 h\u00f6gskolepo\u00e4ng p\u00e5 avancerad niv\u00e5, eller\np\u00e5 n\u00e5got annat s\u00e4tt inom eller utom landet f\u00f6rv\u00e4rvat i huvudsak motsvarande kunskaper.\n\nF\u00f6r denna tj\u00e4nst kr\u00e4vs svenskt medborgarskap.\n(Swedish citizenship is required for this position)\nKandidaten ska kunna hantera svenska i b\u00e5de tal och skrift, d\u00e5 detta kr\u00e4vs i det dagliga arbetet.\nUt\u00f6ver ovanst\u00e5ende finns ocks\u00e5 ett obligatoriskt krav p\u00e5 engelska motsvarande Engelska B\/6.\nUrval\nF\u00f6r att lyckas med dina doktorandstudier p\u00e5 KTH beh\u00f6ver du vara m\u00e5linriktad och ih\u00e4rdig i ditt arbete. Vid urval av de s\u00f6kande bed\u00f6ms f\u00f6rm\u00e5gan att:\nsj\u00e4lvst\u00e4ndigt driva sitt arbete fram\u00e5t,\nkunna samarbeta med andra,\nha ett professionellt f\u00f6rh\u00e5llningss\u00e4tt och\nanalysera och arbeta med komplexa fr\u00e5gor.\n\nEfter beh\u00f6righetskraven kommer stor vikt l\u00e4ggas vid personliga egenskaper.\nM\u00e5lexamen: Doktorsexamen\nInformation om antagning och anst\u00e4llning\u00a0\nEndast den som antagits till forskarutbildning f\u00e5r anst\u00e4llas som doktorand. Den sammanlagda anst\u00e4llningstiden f\u00e5r inte vara l\u00e4ngre \u00e4n vad som motsvarar utbildning p\u00e5 forskarniv\u00e5 p\u00e5 heltid under fyra \u00e5r. En anst\u00e4lld doktorand kan i begr\u00e4nsad omfattning (h\u00f6gst 20 %) utf\u00f6ra vissa arbetsuppgifter inom t.ex. utbildning och administration. En ny anst\u00e4llning som doktorand g\u00e4ller f\u00f6r h\u00f6gst ett \u00e5r, anst\u00e4llningen f\u00e5r d\u00e4refter f\u00f6rnyas med h\u00f6gst tv\u00e5 \u00e5r i taget.\u00a0Vid studier som ska avslutas med licentiatexamen f\u00e5r den sammanlagda anst\u00e4llningstiden inte vara l\u00e4ngre \u00e4n vad som motsvarar utbildning p\u00e5 forskarniv\u00e5 p\u00e5 heltid under tv\u00e5 \u00e5r.\nSom doktorand f\u00e5r du del av KTH:s anst\u00e4llningsf\u00f6rm\u00e5ner och har en m\u00e5nadsl\u00f6n enligt KTH:s avtal f\u00f6r doktorandl\u00f6ner. L\u00e4s mer om Forskarstudier vid KTH | KTH | Sweden.\nFackliga representanter\nKontaktuppgifter till\u00a0fackliga representanter.\nDoktorandsektionen (Tekniska h\u00f6gskolans studentk\u00e5r)\nKontaktuppgifter till\u00a0doktorandsektionen.\nAns\u00f6kan\u00a0\nDu ans\u00f6ker via KTH:s rekryteringssystem. Du som s\u00f6kande har huvudansvaret f\u00f6r att din ans\u00f6kan \u00e4r komplett n\u00e4r den skickas in.\nAns\u00f6kan ska ha f\u00f6ljande inneh\u00e5ll\nKopior av examensbevis och betyg fr\u00e5n tidigare universitetsstudier och intyg p\u00e5 uppfyllda spr\u00e5kkrav (se ovan). \u00d6vers\u00e4ttningar till engelska eller svenska om originaldokumentet inte \u00e4r utf\u00e4rdade p\u00e5 ett av dessa spr\u00e5k. Kopior av original ska vidimeras\u00a0\nCV med relevanta professionella erfarenheter och kunskaper.\nAns\u00f6kningsbrev med en kortfattad redog\u00f6relse om varf\u00f6r du vill bedriva forskarstudier, om dina akademiska intressen och hur de relaterar till dina tidigare studier och framtida m\u00e5l. (Max 2 sidor)\nRepresentativa publikationer eller tekniska rapporter. F\u00f6r l\u00e4ngre dokument, bifoga g\u00e4rna en sammanfattning (abstract) och en webbl\u00e4nk till den fullst\u00e4ndiga texten.\n\nAns\u00f6kan ska vara KTH tillhanda senast sista ans\u00f6kningsdagen vid midnatt, CET\/CEST (Central European Time\/Central European Summer Time).\u00a0\n\u00d6vrigt\nF\u00f6r information om behandling av personuppgifter i samband med rekrytering.\nDet kan f\u00f6rekomma att en anst\u00e4llning hos KTH \u00e4r placerad i s\u00e4kerhetsklass. Om s\u00e5 \u00e4r fallet f\u00f6r just denna anst\u00e4llning g\u00f6rs en s\u00e4kerhetspr\u00f6vning av s\u00f6kande i enlighet med s\u00e4kerhetsskyddslagen (2018:585) efter samtycke. I dessa fall \u00e4r en f\u00f6ruts\u00e4ttning f\u00f6r anst\u00e4llning att s\u00f6kande blir godk\u00e4nd efter s\u00e4kerhetspr\u00f6vning.\nVi undanber oss direktkontakt med bemannings- och rekryteringsf\u00f6retag samt f\u00f6rs\u00e4ljare av platsannonser.\nBli en del av KTH \u00a0\nKTH formar framtiden genom utbildning, forskning och innovation. Som ett ledande internationellt tekniskt universitet spelar vi en aktiv roll i att driva och medverka i omst\u00e4llningen till ett h\u00e5llbart samh\u00e4lle. H\u00e4r erbjuds du m\u00f6jligheten att v\u00e4xa och utvecklas p\u00e5 en kreativ och dynamisk arbetsplats med goda arbetsvillkor och f\u00f6rm\u00e5ner. J\u00e4mst\u00e4lldhet, m\u00e5ngfald och lika villkor \u00e4r en kvalitetsfr\u00e5ga och en sj\u00e4lvklar del av KTH:s v\u00e4rdegrund som universitet och statlig myndighet.\nL\u00e4s mer om v\u00e5ra f\u00f6rm\u00e5ner och hur det \u00e4r att arbeta och utvecklas p\u00e5 KTH.","price":null,"currency":"SEK","status":"active","noindex":true,"location":{"address":"Lindstedtsv\u00e4gen 3","full_address":null,"city":"Stockholm","country":"SE","latitude":59.2877928,"longitude":18.0528391},"metadata":{"region":"Stockholms l\u00e4n","duration":"6 m\u00e5nader eller l\u00e4ngre","employer":"Kungliga Tekniska H\u00f6gskolan","postcode":"10044","positions":1,"profession":"Doktorand","salary_type":"Fast m\u00e5nads- vecko- eller timl\u00f6n","employer_url":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/om\/work-at-kth\/lediga-jobb","scope_of_work":"100\u2013100 %","working_hours":"Heltid","contact_person":"Martin Eker\u00e5","employment_type":"full_time","occupation_field":"Pedagogik","employer_workplace":"Kungliga Tekniska h\u00f6gskolan, Skolan f\u00f6r elektroteknik och datavetenskap","employment_type_label":"Vanlig anst\u00e4llning"},"user_id":null,"is_sponsored":false,"views_count":0,"ai_views_count":12,"bot_views_count":1,"ai_vendor_counts":{"meta":5,"other":4,"openai":1,"anthropic":2},"visibility":"public","submission_source":null,"submission_ai_name":null,"has_owner_email":true,"can_contact_owner":true,"phone":null,"owner_email":"ekera@kth.se","images":[],"published_at":"2026-09-03T08:38:10+00:00","expires_at":"2026-09-16T23:59:59+00:00","created_at":"2026-09-04T02:58:41+00:00","updated_at":"2026-09-15T03:09:25+00:00"}}