3-5 PhD Scholarships, Faculty of Information Technology, University of Jyväskylä, Finland (2016)

The University of Jyväskylä is a nationally and internationally significant research university and an expert on education that focuses on human and natural sciences. The University is Finland’s leading expert in teacher education and adult education, as well as the major exporter of education. The Faculty of Sport Sciences is the only one in the country.

3-5 Doctoral Student positions beginning September 1st 2016 or as agreed, contract length maximum of four years

The Doctoral SchooI in the Faculty of Information Technology offers doctoral education in information systems, computer science, cognitive science and mathematical information technology. The doctoral school regularly provides funding for doctoral students. See more information of the funding application in Spring 2016: https://www.jyu.fi/it/hr/open-calls/funding-application-spring-2016

The selected Doctoral Student will be assigned to the department of 1) Computer Science and Information Systems or 2) Mathematical Information Technology. The tasks of a Doctoral Student focus on research concerning doctoral thesis, doctoral studies, assisting teaching tasks and other tasks connected to these tasks.

The duties, qualification requirements and language skills of doctoral student are stipulated by The University of Jyväskylä Regulations and language skills guidelines.The selected person is required to have a command of English language. Also a good command of Finnish language is required, but In certain cases, the University may grant exemption from this requirement.

Doctoral Student must have a Master’s degree and permission for post-graduate studies in the University of Jyväskylä. If the applicant permission for post-graduate studies in the University of Jyväskylä, it must be applied with a separate application procedure from the proper faculty.

Further details:
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