The European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD) was founded in 2005 on the initiative of the European Association for Population Studies (EAPS). It currently receives the support of 6 universities (Lund, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Groningen, Roma, Rostock) and 4 research organisms (INED, NIDI, MPIDR, VID). The EDSD is open to students of all nationalities with a master's degree and enrolled in the first year of a European PhD programme.

The EDSD admits a new cohort of about 20 students every year. The EDSD does not charge fees, and makes available a number of scholarships to enable students to attend the School's course program. The language of the school is English.

The EDSD is an eleven-month program (from September to July). For school years 2007-8 and 2008-09, the School has been located and operated at INED in Paris (France). For school years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011, the School will be hosted at the Center for Economic Demography at Lund University (Sweden). The preparatory courses (from September to mid-October) will be offered at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock (Germany).
From September 2011, the core courses of the EDSD will be located in Barcelona, hosted by the Centre d'Estudis Demografics of the University of Barcelona.

More information at: http://www.ed.lu.se/edsd/default.asp