How to advertise a predefined PhD project

If a project has been granted money and you as a project owner are looking for a PhD candidate, you can ask the graduate school to advertise the project on our website (at least for 14 days).

Please note, in order for us to start the process please submit:

Grant notification letter (bevillingsbrev) to document that there is funding for a three-year PhD project
The project information form

Please send us all relevant information at least one week before you want us to advertis the project on our website. The project will only be advertised under "predefined PhD projects".

Please find entry requirements and what mandatory attachments we require to an application here: Application guide: predefined PhD projects

After application deadline, applications will be sent to assessment by the programme chairs and project owners. Please allow for a least one week for processing the applications.

When you have found a candidate, the programme chair must approve the candidate for enrolment. When the candiate is approved, he/she will recieve an offer of enrolment.

Offer of enrolment

When an offer of enrolment is sent, the applicant cannot accept the offer and be enrolled before they can provide us with the following mandatory documents:

Financial statement: A financial statement for the entire programme is a condition for enrolment and needs to be submitted when an an offer of enrolment is accepted.
Project description:The project description (5 standard pages) must be completed in collaboration between the candidate and the main supervisor. The final project description needs to be approved by the head of the graduate programme before the enrolment can begin. The project description is approved by signing the confirmation form. Approval of the project description takes place according to the same guidelines as those which apply to project descriptions for applications in open calls.
Intial PhD plan: The initial PhD plan must be filled in be approved by the main supervisor and the head of the graduate programme. The plan describes the candiate's (and the main supervisor's) considerations on how to complete the mandatory study elements of the PhD.
English language skills: If documentation for required proficiency in English was not uploaded at the time of application, the candidate must submit the documenation at the time he/she accepts the offer of enrolment to be enrolled. Please see how to document required proficiency in English.

All the above documents must be submitted when the candidate accepts his/her offer of enrolment.

Timeline for advertising a predefined PhD project

When advertising a predefined PhD project, there are some mandatory steps to go through, before the chosen candidate can begin his/her enrolment.

Please consult the timeline here.

Closing days at GSH

Please note, last day before the summer holidays we can advertise a PhD project is Monday 6 July. It's not possible to process applications from 7 July until the beginning of August due to the summer holidays.

From 11 July to 26 July both days included, the Graduate School of Health is closed.