The training component at the Faculty of Social Sciences must involve activities equivalent to at least 30 ects credits, i.e. the training component will be equivalent to at least six months’ work. The training component for candidates at the Department of Economics consists of 60 ects credits.

Working on a thesis is the main part of the doctoral education, normally 2.5 years of the standard period of study of three years. The thesis will be assessed by an evaluation committee and will be defended at a public defence.

The purpose of the funding scheme is to provide university research fellows and post-doctoral fellows with the possibility for one extended research stay at foreign institution during the course of their scholarship period.

Links to various resources that can contribute to research stays abroad and increased international cooperation.

Information on rights and obligations when you are employed as a PhD fellow at the faculty. The site also contains useful information for candidates employed by other institutions than UiB.

To be admitted to the doctoral education, the candidate must have enough research funds to complete the doctoral education.

All of UiB’s PhD-candidates must register every semester to confirm that they are active in the doctoral education. The registration takes place through a web-portal, studentweb, where candidates can update and keep track of their individual doctoral education agreement, the training component and general progress in the doctoral training.

The doctoral candidate and main supervisor must submit separate written reports annually outlining the progress of the doctoral education.

All PhD candidates at UiB must go through mid-way evaluation. The evaluation shall be carried out half-way in the course of the doctoral education, and no later than one year before planned submission of the thesis. The department is responsible for the evaluation to take place.

This document provides an overview of the routines and procedures from the point when the doctoral thesis is submitted and until the University’s doctoral award ceremony.