Application and admission - PhD
There are several ways into the PhD programme. You can apply for admission with a doctoral research fellowship at the faculty, or you can apply with external funding.
Once you have received funding for your PhD project, you must apply for admission regardless of where you are employed, and normally within 3 months of the start of the project.
How to apply for admission to the PhD programme at the Faculty of Medicine (guide)
Doctoral research fellowships at the Faculty of Medicine
Doctoral research fellowships related to subjects, research fields or projects are announced by the Institutes with application deadlines. Vacant positions at the faculty.
If you get a doctoral research fellowship you will be employed by the University while taking your PhD, and you will have the same rights and obligations as other employees. This is regardless of whether the source of funding is UiO, The Research Council of Norway or other funding sources.
External funding
You can apply for admission to the PhD programme and be employed by an institution other than UiO. The project funding may for example come from:
- a position at a college or another university,
- a position at another scientific institution with time to do your own research,
- a position at a university hospital with time to do your own research.
Industrial PhD and Public Sector PhD
Admission to the PhD programme as part of a Industrial PhD and Public Sector PhD requires a cooperation agreement and funding from the Research Council of Norway.
Apply for admission to the PhD programme with a cooperation agreement