Guidelines to application for admission to the PhD programme

(Translated from Norwegian)

In addition to these guidelines you’ll need the Regulations for the PhD programme at the University of Bergen, see section 4.5.1 in the collection of rules and regulations for the University of Bergen.

You also need the regulations for the students pursuing their PhD studies at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences.

GOOD LUCK!

2.    Education

A.  Cand.scient.-degree/2 year masters degree or the equivalent

Main subject: If you don’t find the correct main subject in List 1, use the closest one and write the correct one in the note field.

B.  Other education

Please enclose certified papers if you have a cand.mag., bachelor or equivalent degree from another university, an engineering degree or if you are a college candidate.

5.    Information about the doctoral study

Percentage of fulltime: If you have compulsory work included in your scholarship, the percentage is the sum of compulsory work and research (for instance 100% if you are working fulltime as a university fellow). If you are employed and are allowed to use for instance 30% of your work time to take the dr.scient.-degree, you state 30%.

Place in charge:

If your work place is at one of the University’s departments you write the name of this department (in this matter NIFES is one of the university’s departments). If your work place is at an external institution, state the administrating department at The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences.

Field of study: Use list 2 to find the correct discipline, state both discipline number and name. If you don’t find a covering description use the possibility "(other)...", e.g. 479 (Geology (other)), but state the correct one in the note field. NB! Molecular biology, biochemistry and biotechnology are found under Basic biology in the list.

6. Conditions of employment and funding

Employer: The University of Bergen is employer for: NFR-scholarships, UNIFOB scholarships and university scholarships. If other funding, your funding source is your employer. If you are funding your own PhD-studies, state none.

Main funding and other funding: It is very important that this is filled in as correctly as possible. If NFR scholarship please state one of the following divisions:

1   Division for Science
2   Division for Strategic Priorities

3   Division for Innovation

If you are funding your own dr.scient.-studies, state private funding. None-Norwegian citizens who finance their own PhD studies must document that they have a minimum of NOK 80.000,- in a Norwegian bank account.

7.   Academic supervision (to be filled in by supervisor(s)). If supervisor is an employee at UiB only name and supervision period need to be filled in.

8. Plan for the doctoral degree programme

The plan for the doctoral degree programme is composed of 30 credits (Norwegian credits equals ECTS credits), in addition there is a compulsory trial lecture on a prescribed topic which is to be held after the submission of the dissertation, but prior to the public defence in connection with the dissertation.

I Formal part

Courses, research courses, special reading list

The formal part consists of courses on 200-level or higher, resarch courses and/or special reading list(s), alltogether maximum 27 credits, include training in theory of science and ethics. National and international research courses lasting for five days give 2 credits. The participating student/those in charge of the course are responsible for providing the documentation for contents and length of the course.

II Training in disseminating academic work

3-5 credits is given for training in disseminating academic work. The elements in part II should normally be taken after applying for acceptance to the PhD programme or after being employed as research fellow. Activities they may be included, are:

Dissemination of research results: Type, institution/place/journal, course code, course name/conference name/title, term, year, credits.

List 1. Main subjects

Point 2. Education, A. Cand.scient.-degree/masters degree or corresponding – Main subject

List 2. Disciplines

Point 5. Information about the doctoral study - Field of study

Logics; set theory