*Ph.d. veileder

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)