Sweden : Ten doctoral student positions

Uppsala University hereby declares the following position to be open for application:

Ten doctoral student positions

at the Department of Law from 1 September 2012.

An employed doctoral student shall, foremost, be devoted to his or her own postgraduate research. Other duties at the faculty which relate to teaching and administrative work may be included within the scope of the employment (to a maximum of 20%).

A requirement for employment as doctoral student is that the applicant must be admitted to postgraduate studies. To this extent, the applicant’s ability to successfully complete the doctoral studies will be decisive. The regulations governing the employment of doctoral students may be found in Chapter 5, §§ 1-7 of the Higher Education Ordinance.

Local guidelines are established for setting the salary.

A person may be employed as a doctoral student for a maximum of eight years, but no longer than the equivalent of four years of full-time postgraduate research study.

All applications must be in writing and should include the following:

• completed application forms for admission to postgraduate studies, and employment as doctoral student (forms available on the faculty website http://www.jur.uu.se/ under “Research education”),

• a signed and witnessed curriculum vitae,
• certified copies of degrees obtained and other relevant documents,
• a description of the doctoral project with a time schedule for the entire period of study, and
• a substantial piece of written work e.g. undergraduate degree final essay (or similar),
• all documents attached to the application should be translated into English or Swedish.

Rules and regulations for the PhD study programme is found in the Act of Higher Education (Högskoleförordningen 5 kap §§1-7) and in the university rules and regulations (http://regler.uu.se).

Further information may be obtained from Anna-Sara Lind, Director of Studies, phone: +46 18 471 7650, e-mail: anna-sara.lind@jur.uu.se or Marie Ols, phone: +46 18 471 2054, e-mail: marie.ols@jur.uu.se. Union representatives are: Anders Grundström, Saco Council, phone: +46 18 471 5380, Carin Söderhäll, TCO/ST, phone: +46 18 471 1996, and Stefan Djurström +46 18 471 3315.

You are welcome to submit your application no later than 1st March, 2012, UFV-PA 2011/2936. Use the link below to access the application form.

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Application Deadline : 1 March 2012

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