Funding a PhD
Together with their supervisors, all applicants must document satisfactory financing for the whole doctoral study period, both for living expenses and for costs relating to the research.
UiB expects all PhD candidates accepted for doctoral training to have competed for their funding from sources that have been openly advertised. In practice, admission is thus only open to those with a research fellowship, RCN scholarship or quota scholarship or to applicants who have been appointed to a recruitment position. Applicants employed at a higher educational institution other than UiB or a research institute, are included here.
The university recruits a few foreign PhD candidates through the admission of quota scholarship PhD candidates. The deadline for applications is 1 December, and admission primarily takes place through first being admitted to a Master's Programme before transferring to PhD studies after one year (for particularly skilled candidates who demonstrate that they are of PhD level).
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Research fellowships at UiB
With a research fellowship at UiB you are employed as an early stage researcher for a period of 3 or 4 years in order to complete doctoral education and achieve a PhD degree
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Quota scholarship scheme
The university recruits a few foreign PhD candidates through the admission of quota scholarship PhD candidates.
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Research fellowship at UiB partner institution
UiB collaborates with several national partner institutions which offer employment possibilities for early stage researchers, thus it is possible to work at one of these institutions and apply for admission to doctoral education at UiB and be supervised by research staff both from UiB and the partner institution.