Informations to PhD supervisors
1) Application for admission to the PhD program
• New PhD students need to apply to be admitted to the PhD program within the first month of their project – Admission requirements at the Faculty of Medicine | Faculty of Medicine | UiB.
• The application is now online – Welcome to UiB’s application form for admission to the PhD programme.
Supervisors must provide these attachments:
1) Project description (6-8 pages)
– in order for the admission application to be approved, make sure the project description is according to rules.
Please read this:
1) Programme description: PhD programme at the Faculty of Medicine | Faculty of Medicine | UiB
2) Assessment of admissions applications
2) Supervisor statement
PhD must provide these attachments:
3) CV
4) Documentation of education (diploma)
5) Proof of financing/employment agreement
2) Follow-up during the PhD period
• Follow-up during the PhD period | Faculty of Medicine | UiB
• Programme description: PhD programme at the Faculty of Medicine | Faculty of Medicine | UiB
• Regulations and guidelines | Faculty of Medicine | UiB
3) The dissertation, submission and public defence – The dissertation, submission and public defence | Faculty of Medicine | UiB
• How should the dissertation be written? – Guidance on Doctoral Theses at the Faculty of Medicine | Faculty of Medicine | UiB
• Rules about the assessment committee (5 years rule and gender balance) and suggestion form – Suggestion for PhD thesis assessment committee (uib.no)
• A co-authorship statement must be included where the candidate has collaborated with others on the individual papers – Coauthorship statement (PDF – to be attached to Assessment committee proposal)
• Limited use of digital public defence – Directions for use of digital element in the PhD defense at The Faculty of Medicine (in Norwegian only)