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
