PhD studies at the Department of Telematics, NTNU

PhD studies at the department takes place within the Programme for PhD studies in information and communication technologies. The programme is a 3 year full-time study (180 ECTS credits), comprising:

A half year of courses (30 ECTS credits)
With the standard NTNU courses of 7.5 ECTS credits, this means 4 courses. At least 3 of them must be from the PhD course plan and are typically chosen among those given by the department. Courses from other departments, e.g., mathematics or computer science, can to a certain extent be chosen.
A two and a half year research effort (150 ECTS credits).
The topic for the dissertation will normally be related to the research activity at the department

The plan for the study is established in co-operation between the the candidate, the responsible professor, the department, eventually the funding party and where the candidates preferences are taken into account. The duration of the study may be extended with up to one year, i.e. 4 years in total, if the student undertake teaching assistance, operation of labs. or similar.

Progress report procedure for PhD students at ITEM
Thesis proposal guidelines

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PhD courses