PhD Research Fellowship in Informatics at University of Oslo in Norway, 2015

Scholarship Description

1-2 positions as PhD Reserach Fellows is available at the Department of Informatics, University of Oslo

The Department of Informatics (IFI) is one of nine departments belonging to the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Oslo. IFI is Norway's largest university department for general education and research in Computer Science and related topics. You can read more about the department here: http://www.ifi.uio.no. The department has close to 800 students on the Bachelor level, nearly 300 Master-level students, and nearly 200 PhD students. The total staff of the Department is about 250 employees, of which about 150 are full-time scientific positions, of these about 60 professors and associate professors.

Scholarship Provider

University of Oslo

Scholarship open for:

International Students

Scholarship Level

PHD, Research

Eligibility

• The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences has a strategic ambition of being a leading research faculty. Candidate for this fellowship will be selected in accordance with this, and expected to be in the upper segment of their class with respect to academic credentials.
• Applicants for a PhD position must hold a Master’s degree or equivalent in the area of computer science.
• The ideal candidate would have a background in (some of) the following areas: formal methods, software verification or validation, software product line engineering, and cloud computing.

Number of awards

2 Positions

Award Duration

3 Years

Coverage

Salary Based

How to Apply

Application can be made via online

The application must include:

• Application letter (this should include a brief statement of why the candidate finds the position to be of special relevance/interest to her/him).
• CV (summarizing education, positions and academic work - scientific publications)
• Copies of educational certificates, transcript of records and letters of recommendation
• Documentation of english proficency
• List of manuscripts, publications or other academic works (no more than 2 in total) that the applicant wishes to be considered by the evaluation committee
• Names and contact details of 2-3 references (name, relation to candidate, e-mail and telephone number)

Foreign applicants are advised to attach an explanation of their University’s grading system. Please remember that all documents should be in English or a Scandinavian language

In accordance with the University of Oslo’s equal opportunities policy, we invite applications from all interested individuals regardless of gender or ethnicity.

Deadline

15th February 2015

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