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UiB Ferd Career Center for Early Stage Researchers

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The UiB Ferd Career Center supports PhD candidates, postdoctoral researchers, eary stage assistant professors with information and guidance for career opprtunities both within and outside academia.

We offer, among other things:

  • relevant information for further career development
  • courses and events for researcher development and career learning
  • consultations with professional career advisors

Ferd is located at Langesgate 3, but the entrance is from Haakon Sheteligs plass.

Try FERD 100 - a practical, digital CV course developed by the Ferd team. You find the course on “Mitt UiB”.
The course explains the differences between CVs for academic purposes and those for other sectors.

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Career development for PhD candidates

As a PhD candidate, it is important to be aware of your career development and build a plan for what comes after your PhD. This page provides information on the tools, resources and training available at UiB to help you plan your next step.

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Book a career conversation

During a career conversation, we reflect on opportunities and limitations related to work and development. You decide what is important to you and the choices you want to make, but together we explore career paths and aspirations. Welcome to career guidance!

Early stage researchers
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Development opportunities for early stage researchers

UiB offers a wide range of bespoke training and development opportunities to support early stage researchers.

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"UiB Ferd supports early stage researchers in their career development"

UiB Ferd Career Centre supports doctoral candidates, postdoctoral fellows, researchers and associate professors. We offer a range of services designed to help you develop your career within or beyond the university.