All PhD programmes at INN have a taught/training component.
Overview of how this component is organised, and which courses and seminars are mandatory and optional, can be found on the various programme pages.
Please note: courses with a Norwegian name are taught in Norwegian.
Autumn 2026
Title: Innovation in privat and public sector services
Ph.d.-program: Innovation in private and public sector services
Place: INN, Lillehammer
Course dates:
- Part 1: 27-29. October 2026
- Part 2: 24-26. November 2026
Registration via EVU-web. Deadline 16.10.2026
Title: Research on Quality of Life, Health and Care (5 ECTS)
PhD program: Health and Welfare
Place: Campus Elverum
Teaching plan:
Week 41: October 5 - 9
Own preparations, which includes participants individually writing a short note (one page) on how they understand the content of the terms health, care and quality of life.
Week 42: October 12 - 16. Session based teaching
Title: Health and welfare - approaches and perspectives (5 ECTS)
PhD program: Health and Welfare
Place: Campus Elverum
Teaching plan:
Week 37: September 7 - 11 for own preparations
Week 38: September 14 - 18, session based teaching
Title: Methology, Philosophy of Science and Ethics of Research (10 ECTS)
PhD program: Health and Welfare
Place: Campus Lillehammer and Elverum
Teaching plan:
Week 47: November 17 - 21
Week 48: November 24 - 28
Title: Scientific Communication, Collaboration and Design in Quantitative Research Using R (5 ECTS)
PhD program: Health and Welfare
Place: Campus Lillehammer
Teaching plan:
September 10th and 24th
October 15th and 29th
November 12th
Spring 2026
Title: Philosophy of Science and Ethics of Research
PhD program: Innovation in Services in Public and Private Sectors
Place: INN, Lillehammer
Time: 06.-08. May and 11.-13. May 2026
Link for registration with deadline 23.04.2026
Title: Physical Activity and Public Health (5 ECTS)
PhD program: Health and Welfare
Place: Campus Lillehammer
Application registration deadline: February 15, 2026
Title: Introduction to Rasch Measurement Theory (5 ECTS)
PhD program: Health and Welfare
Place: Campus Elverum
Application registration deadline: January 6, 2026
Title: Children and Young People’s Upbringing and Participation (5 ECTS)
PhD program: Health and Welfare
Place: Campus Lillehammer
Application registration deadline: January 2, 2026
Title: User Involvement and Interdiciplinary Cooperation (5 ECTS)
PhD program: Health and Welfare
Place: Campus Lillehammer
Application registration deadline: December 1, 2025
Title: Statistical Rethinking. A course in Bayesian data analysis using R (7,5 ECTS)
PhD program: Health and Welfare
Place: Campus Lillehammer
Application registration deadline: December 15, 2025
Autumn 2025
Title: Innovation in privat and public sector services
Ph.d.-program: Innovation in private and public sector services
Place: INN, Lillehammer
Course dates:
- Part 1: 28-30. October 2025
- Part 2: 25-27. November 2025
Registration via EVU-web. Deadline 10.10.2025
Title: Research on Quality of Life, Health and Care (5 ECTS)
PhD program: Health and Welfare
Place: Campus Elverum
Teaching plan:
Week 41: October 6 -10
Own preparations, which includes participants individually writing a short note (one page) on how they understand the content of the terms health, care and quality of life.
Week 42: October 13 - 17. Session based teaching
Submission deadline: October 31, 2025
Application registration deadline: September 1, 2025
Title: Health and welfare - approaches and perspectives (5 ECTS)
PhD program: Health and Welfare
Place: Campus Elverum
Teaching plan:
- Week 37: September 8 - September 12. (Own preparations)
- Week 36: September 15 - 19, Session based teaching
You can find more information about the course and how to apply here.
Title: Methology, Philosophy of Science and Ethics of Research (10 ECTS)
PhD program: Health and Welfare
Place: Campus Lillehammer and Elverum
Teaching plan:
Week 47: November 17 - 21
Week 48: November 24 - 28
Application registration deadline: October 15, 2025
Spring 2025
Title: Inclusive and equitable education in light of newer theories from indigenous research
PhD programme: PhD in Teaching and Teacher Education (PROFF)
Place: Online
Registration: If you are interested in participating, please get in touch with Tove Knudsen at tove.knudsen@inn.no. External applicants: If you have a Norwegian ID-number or are affiliated with a Norwegian university, you may also apply through the EVU-portal.
Title: Philosophy of Science and Ethics of Research
PhD program: Innovation in Services in Public and Private Sectors
Campus Lillehammer
Dates teaching plan: May 13-15 and May 20-22, 2025
Application registration via EVU-web - deadline April 30, 2025
Title: Children and young people's upbringing and participation
PhD program: Health and Welfare
Place: Campus Lillehammer
Teaching plan:
- March 3 - 7
Application registration - deadline February 9, 2025
Title: User involvement and interdisiplinary cooperation
PhD program: Health and Welfare
Place: Campus Lillehammer
Teaching plan:
- January 20 - 24
Application registration - deadline January 6, 2025
Title: Introduction to Rasch Measurement Theory
PhD program: Health and Welfare
Place: Campus Elverum
Teaching plan:
- January 28 - 30
- February 18 - 19
Application registration - deadline January 6, 2025
Title: Physical Activity and Public Health
PhD program: Health and Welfare
Place: Campus Lillehammer
Teaching plan:
March 07 - 11, 2025
Application registration - deadline March 3, 2025
Autumn 2024
Title: Innovation in privat and public sector services
Ph.d.-program: Innovation in private and public sector services
Place: HINN, Lillehammer
Time: Part 1, 29-31.10.2024 and part 2, 26-28.11.2024
Link for registration with deadline 11.10.2024
Spring 2024
Title: One Health in Northern Communities and Ecosystems 1
PhD program: Applied ecology and biotechnology
Place: INN, Campus Evenstad
Dates: 17-21 Juni 2024
Application (application deadline 15. march)
Title: Philosophy of Science and Ethics of Research
Ph.d.-program: Innovation in private and public sector services
Place: HINN Lillehammer
Date and time: 2-4. april og 9-11. april
Apply here with deadline 22.03.2024
Title: Introduction to Rasch Measurement Theory
PhD program: Health and Welfare
Place: Campus Elverum
Teaching plan:
- January 30 - 31
- February 1
- February 13 - 14
Application registration - deadline March 18, 2024
Title: Physical Activity and Public Health
PhD program: Health and Welfare
Place: Campus Elverum
Teaching plan: Week 15, April 8 - 12, 2024
Application registration - deadline March 18, 2024
Title: Children and Young People’s Upbringing and Participation
PhD program: Health and Welfare
Place: Campus Lillehammer
Teaching plan: Week 10, March 4 - 8
Application registration - deadline March 18, 2024
Autumn 2024
Title: One Health in Northern Communities and Ecosystems 2
PhD program: Applied ecology and biotechnology
Place: Online
Dates: September until November 2024
Application (application deadline 15. march)
Title: Health and welfare - approaches and perspectives (5 ECTS)
PhD program: Health and Welfare
Place: Campus Elverum
Teaching plan:
- Week 35: August 26 - August 30. (Own preparations)
- Week 36: September 2 - 6, Session based teaching
- Submission deadline: October 7
Application registration deadline: June 21, 2024
Title: Methology, Philosophy of Science and Ethics of Research (10 ECTS)
PhD program: Health and Welfare
Place: Campus Lillehammer and Elverum
Teaching plan:
- Week 41: October 7 - 11
- Week 42: October 14 - 18
- Submission deadline: November 18, 2024
Application registration deadline: September 1, 2024
Title: Research on Quality of Life, Health and Care (5 ECTS)
PhD program: Health and Welfare
Place: Campus Elverum
Teaching plan:
Week 47: November 18 -22
Own preparations, which includes participants individually writing a short note (one page) on how they understand the content of the terms health, care and quality of life.
Week 48: November 25 - November 29. Session based teaching
Submission deadline: January 16, 2025
Application registration deadline: October 28, 2024
Courses 2023
Title: Innovation in privat and public sector services
- Ph.d.-program: Innovation in private and public sector services
- Place: HINN, Lillehammer
- Time: 24-16.10.2023 and 28-30.11.2023
- Registration deadline is 18th September 2023
- Course description
Title: B.24 Digitalization and practices of inclusion (2PRLU20-24). Norwegian title: Digitalisering og inkluderende praksiser (2PRLU20-24)
- PhD programme: Teaching and Teacher Education (PROFF) at the Faculty of Education at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences (INN University)
- Location: Hamar
- Type of seminars: In-person
- Dates and times: 27 - 28 September 2023, 9:00 - 14:00 both days
- ECTS: 2
- Language of instruction: English
- Number of participants: up to 20
- Registration deadline: 1 September 2023. Please register via this form
- You can download the course description as a PDF-file here.
Title: B30. Classroom discourse and professional development (2PRLU20-29)
PhD program: Profesjonsrettede lærerutdanningsfag (PROFF)
Place: Hamar
Dates: 20 - 22 June 2023
ECTS: 4, but it is also possible to audit the course without earning ECTS.
Language: English
Number of participants: up to 10 students (for credit) and up to 30 (auditing without earning credit).
Registration deadline: 13 June 2023. Use this registration form.
More information about the course og study plan
Title: Writing for publication
The course consists of a week of workshops designed to help doctoral students who are interested in developing their academic writing for publication.
- PhD programme: Teaching and Teacher Education (PROFF) at the Faculty of Education at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences (INN University)
- Location: Lillehammer
- Dates: 24 - 28 April 2023
- ECTS: 2 / 4
- Language of instruction: English
- Number of participants: up to 20
- Registration deadline: 17 March 2023. Please register via this form.
Title: Philosophy of Science and Ethics of Research
- Ph.d.-program: Innovation in private and public sector services
- Place: HINN Lillehammer
- Date and time: 2-05.05.2023 + 08.05.2023 + 10-11.05.2023
- Apply here with deadline 20.04.2023
- Information about the course
Courses 2022
Title: B.24 Digitalization and practices of inclusion
- Ph.d.-programme: Ph.d. in Teaching and Teacher Education
- Location: Faculty of Education, Hamar, in collaboration with Østfold University College. All meetings take place on Zoom. The full day conference is also open for in person participation. Language of instruction: English.
- Registration deadline: 12.10.2022
- Course dates: 17.10.2022, 19.10.2022 (full day conference – hybrid), 20.10.2022, 26.10.2022 and 31.10.2022.
- Course description: Digitalization and practices of inclusion
Title: Theory and Practice of Efficiency and Productivity
This is an advanced econometric PhD-course, with focus on efficiency and productivity measurement using an econometric/stochastic frontier approach.
Course dates: December 12th - December 16th 2022 in Lillehammer, Norway
Application date is 4th October 2022
Read full announcement of the course
Title: INTOP4004 Innovation in private and public sectors
- Ph.d.-programme: All
- Course dates 1: October 25th - October 27th and November 29th - December 1st 2022 at INN University at Lillehammer
- Application via EVUweb before September 23rd 2022
- Full course description for INTOP4004 Innovation in private and public sectors