Guidelines to application for admission to the PhD program at The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

(Translated from Norwegian)

To fill out the application form, you will also need The Regulations for The PhD Programme at the University of Bergen, see section 4.5.1 in the collection of rules and regulations for the University of Bergen, and The Regulations for Students pursuing a PhD degree at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences.

2. Education

A. Cand.scient.-degree/2 year masters degree or the equivalent

Main subject: If you do not find the correct main subject in List 1, use the closest one and write the correct subject in the note field.

B. Other education

Please enclose certified papers if you have a cand.mag., bachelor or equivalent degree from another university than UiB, if you have an engineering degree or if you are a college candidate.

5. Information about the doctoral study

Start date: This is the date the financing of your projects starts.

Percentage of fulltime: If you have compulsory work included in your scholarship, the percentage is the sum of compulsory work and research (for instance 100% if you are working fulltime as a university fellow). If you are employed and are allowed to use for instance 30% of your work time to follow a PhD -degree, you state 30%.

Place in charge: If your work place is at one of the University of Bergen’s departments you state the name of this department (Note that in this matter NIFES is a UiB department). If your work place is at an external institution, state the administrating department at The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences.

Field of study: Use List 1 to identify the correct discipline, and state both discipline number and name. If you don’t find a covering description use the possibility "(other)...", e.g. 479 (Geology (other)), but state the correct one in the note field. NB! Molecular biology, biochemistry and biotechnology are found under Basic biology in the list.

Research school: State if you are associated with a research school at UiB. If you are not sure about this, please ask the PhD –advisor at your department.

6. Conditions of employment and funding

Employer: The University of Bergen is employer for:

• NFR-scholarships
• UNIFOB scholarships
• University scholarships.

If you have other funding, your funding source is your employer. If you are funding your own PhD-studies, state none.

Main funding and Other funding: It is very important that this part is reported as correctly as possible. If you have an NFR scholarship please state one of the following divisions:

1 Division for Science

2 Division for Strategic Priorities

3 Division for Innovation

If you are funding your own PhD-studies, state private funding. None-Norwegian citizens who finance their own PhD studies must document that they have a minimum of NOK 80.000 in a Norwegian bank account at the time of admission.

7. Academic supervision

This part is to be filled in by your supervisor(s)). If your supervisor is an employee at UiB only “personnummer”, name and supervision period need to be filled in. If you have external supervisors, he/she needs to fill in all the information.

8. Plan for the doctoral degree program (30 credits)

You have to state a training plan for the doctoral program prior to admission. The plan for the doctoral degree program is composed of 30 credits (Norwegian credits equals ECTS credits), in addition there is a compulsory trial lecture on a prescribed topic which is to be held after the submission of the dissertation, but prior to the public defence of the dissertation.

I. Formal part (25-27 credits)

Courses, research courses, special reading list

The formal part consists of courses on 200-level or higher, research courses and/or special reading list(s). This part will include maximum 27 credits, and include compulsory training in theory of science and ethics. National and international research courses lasting for five days give 2 credits. The participating student/those in charge of the course are responsible for providing the documentation for contents and length of the course.

II Training in disseminating academic work (3-5 credits)

3-5 credits are given for training in disseminating academic work. The elements in part II should normally be taken after applying for acceptance to the PhD program or after being employed as research fellow. Activities included in this part are:

- Courses in dissemination

- Presentation of your own research work at international conferences, 2 credit pr. conference, max 2 credits.

- Popular scientific article/work, up to 2 credits per activity.

- Seminar on a chosen topic; duration 1 hour, maximum 1 credit. The lecture is public and must be announced two weeks in advance. The topic is suggested by the candidate/supervisor and must be approved by the department’s doctoral committee. The lecture must be approved by a committee appointed by the department. The same criteria for evaluation as for the trial lecture applies (see point I in the regulations). The committee must send the outcome of the evaluation to the department.

The study plan may be approved by the department even if the sum of I and II exceeds 30 credits.

List 1. Main subjects (disciplines)

For part 2. Education, A. Cand.scient.-degree/masters degree or corresponding - Main subject

For part 5. Information about the doctoral study - Field of study

DISCIPLINE NO.	DISCIPLINE
	Pedagogical subjects
283	Didactics
289	Other pedagogical subjects
	MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL SCIENCES
	Mathematics
411	Logics; set theory
412	Algebra; number theory
413	Mathematical analysis
414	Geometry
415	Mathematical and numerical methods
416	Mechanics
417	Statistics
419	Mathematics (other)
	Informatics
421	Theoretical processing; programming
422	Informatics systematics
423	Mathematical modelling
429	Informatics (other)
	Physics
431	Nuclear physics
432	Particles physics
433	Atomic physics; molecular physics; plasma physics
434	Electromagnetism; acoustics; optics
435	Electronics
436	Solid state physics
437	Biophysics
438	Astrophysics; spacephysics; astronomy
449	Physics (other)
	Geophysics
451	Solid earth physics
452	Oceanography
453	Meteorology
454	Hydrology
459	Geophysics (other)
	Geology
461	Paleontology; historical geology
462	Mineralogy; petrology; geochemistry
463	Tectonics
464	Petroleum geology; sedimentology
465	Quarternary geology; glaciology
466	Marine geology
467	Engineering geology; environmental geology;  hydrogeology
468	Geometrics
479	Geology (other)
	Chemistry
481	Organic chemistry
482	Inorganic chemistry
483	Physical Chemistry
484	Theoretical chemistry; Quantum chemistry
485	Analytical chemistry
486	Environmental chemistry
487	Nuclear chemistry
488	Structural chemistry
499	Chemistry (other)
	Basic biology
501	Cellular biology
502	Microbiology (cp. 615)
503	Molecular biology (cp. 611)
504	Genetics (cp. 614)
505	Toxicology (cp. 630)
506	Biochemistry (cp. 626)
507	Biotechnology (cp. 627)
519	Basic biology (other)
	Zoology
521	Anatomy (cp. 617)
522	Embryology
523	Zoophysiology (cp. 618)
524	Parasitology
525	Ethology
526	Zoogeography
527	Systematic zoology
528	Zoological ecology
539	Zoology (other)
	Botany
541	Anatomy of plants
542	Physiology of plants
543	Systematical botany
544	Ecology of plants
545	Vegetation history
546	Geography of plants
559	Botany (other)
	Marine and freshwater biology
561	Fisheries biology
562	Marine biology
563	Limnology
564	Freshwater biology
579	Other marine and freshwater biology
	HEALTH SCIENCES
611	Molecular medicine (cp. 503)
612	Nutrition
613	Medical and odontological biophysics
614	Genetics (cp. 504)
615	Medical microbiology (cp. 502)
616	Immunology
617	Anatomy; morphology (cp. 521)
618	Human physiology; clinical physiology (cp. 523)
619	General pathology; clinical pathology; pathological anatomy (cp. 521)
625	Clinical chemistry
626	Medical biochemistry (cp. 506)
627	Biotechnology (se 507)
628	Farmacology
629	Clinical farmacology
630	Clinic toxicology; environmental toxicology (cp. 505)
649	Other medical-, odontological- and veterinary medical subjects
	AQUACULTURE
922	Aquaculture
923	Fish health
929	Aquaculture (other)
	SOCIAL SCIENCES
292	Community geography
293	Nature geography
294	Geography of Resources; landscape ecology
299	Geography (other)