By completing the Ph.D. programme you will be qualified for positions where the highest competence is required. The programme will provide you with greater insight and breadth in your field of study. You will be trained in independent research, preparing you for a research position when you have finished the programme. People with Ph.D. degrees are sought by institutes, companies, and organisations where high competence within scientific subjects is required.
The course of study leading to the doctoral degree at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences is organised within a Ph.D. programme. The programme has a duration of 3 years. During the course of the doctoral degree education the candidate will receive supervision and research training, providing him/her with the ability to do his/her own independent research. The programme ends with a scientific dissertation, which should be of international standard and a disputation. When completed, you receive a Ph.D. degree in science.
During the course of study you are expected to fulfil a training component of at least 30 credits (studiepoeng) in addition to giving a trial lecture on a preassigned subject. At least 20 credits must be from courses in mathematics or natural sciences. Up to 10 credits can be from other subjects. The training component is individually designed. The courses comprising the training component can not be older than 2 years at the date of admission. A maximum of 10 credits may be taken before admission to the programme. Normally, the courses should be those offered at the University of Oslo. The content of the training component must be such that, together with the dissertation work, it provides the candidate with the necessary academic breadth and insight. The Ph.D. programme for the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences provides further information about the content of the training component.
The Faculty must evaluate your diplomas/transcripts from abroad to decide if you fulfil the admission requirements. You can find more information about recognition of external educational qualifications together with an application from this Faculty page.
In order to be admitted to the Ph.D.-programme in Science, the following rules apply:
If the Faculty or the academic community in the chosen field of study is of the opinion that the applicant lacks necessary knowledge within the subject field, the Faculty may include additional requirements beyond the obligatory Ph.D. programme.
Admission to the Programme for the Ph.D.-degree in Science is possible at any time during the year. The Faculty is the formal admissions authority but the initial evaluation of applicants is conducted by the relevant department within the Faculty where you want to be attached.
You start by contacting one of the Faculty's departments who can direct you to one of it's scientific staff who works within the subject area you are interested in. You can take a look at the Department's homepages to find out which research areas are represented by our faculty. In order to obtain funding and admission to the programme it is essential that you, in co-operation with a potential supervisor have planned a substantial research project. A general enquiry regarding your interest in our Ph.D. programme will not provide you an admission to the programme.
When you have been in contact with a researcher (potential supervisor), and if he/she is interested in a co-operating with you, an academically reasoned proposal for a research project must be outlined by you and your potential supervisor. This research project will form the basis of your application for admission to the programme.
You can download "The Application form and contract for admission to the organised doctoral education" and fill this out together with you potential supervisor. You are to send the application form to the department you wish to be affiliated with.
When you are admitted to the Ph.D.-programme, you are also admitted to study individual Ph.D.-courses (9000-level) at the MN-faculty. In order to take exams in Ph.D.-level courses you have to be admitted to a Ph.D.-programme.
If you have a residence permit for Norway and would like to take exams in courses on master's level (4000 or 5000- level), please contact the MN student info office for further information.
Normally, you will not get admission to the Ph.D. programme if you do not have provided funding for 3 years fulltime Ph.D. studies.
The most common ways to receive funding are the following:
The admission of applicants who are not fully funded through a research grant system is dependent upon an agreement that the applicant will spend at least 50% of his/her work time on the Ph.D.-Programme, and in addition that a minimum of 1 year will be devoted to full-time study.
All Ph.D. candidates are encouraged to spend a period abroad in connection with their dissertation work. Such plans of residence abroad are to be specified in the contract.
| Faculty: | Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences | ||
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| Visiting address: | Physics Building, East Wing, 2nd floor, Blindern | ||
| Visiting hours: | Monday-Friday 12-15, telephone hours 9-15 | ||
| Postal address: | P.O. Box 1032, Blindern | ||
| Area code and place: | NO-0315 Oslo | ||
| Phone: | About general questions and regulations: +47 22 85 62 75 |
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| Fax: | +47 22 85 43 67 | ||
| E-mail: | phd-info@matnat.uio.no | ||
| Web: | www.matnat.uio.no/english/research/education/ | ||
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