Competitive PhD Scholarship for MPA graduates

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There will be one competitive PhD scholarship (under the Quota programme) available from January /February 2012 at the Department of Administration and Organization Theory, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Bergen. The candidate will be attached to the research group ’Globalisation and Development’ and take part in its activities.

The total scholarship period is three years and the candidate will be financed through the Quota Scholarship Programme. The monthly allowance will be approximately NOK 8 900.

Applicants should have (i) successfully completed the MPA programme, (ii) made prior arrangements with a potential supervisor at the department, and (iii) been awarded the grade A or B for their MPA thesis.

In addition to a project proposal (about 5-8 pages) the application should contain a letter of application, a CV, and a transcript of exam results from the University of Bergen.

The department will appoint a committee to assess the applications, and based on its recommendations the faculty of Social Sciences will make the final decision regarding entry into the PhD programme.

The application deadline is 10 September, 2011. Please submit/send the application and attachment to the Department of Administration and Organization Theory, Christiesgt 17, 5007 Bergen, Norway. The application and its attachments may be scanned and sent by email as pdf files.

For practical information contact Tom Gundersen or Olga Mjelde (email: Tom.Gundersen@svfa.uib.no, olga.mjelde@sos.uib.no).