IT University of Copenhagen (ITU) invites applications for a number of PhD scholarships starting in February 2010 in any of the faculty groups represented at ITU.
FIRST Research School: theoretical computer science and fundamental software technologies, sensornets, databases, algorithms for large amounts of data, automated reasoning, business processes, category theory, complexity, concurrency, domain theory, distributed and mobile computing, model checking, planning, software engineering, scheduling, verification, test, and configuration; efficient computation, electronic health records and electronic voting, logical frameworks, software architectures, objectoriented methodology and notations, functional and object-oriented programming languages, proof assistants, semantics, ubiquitous computing, user interfaces , workflow languages. http://www.first.dk
Center for Computer Games Research: Game aesthetics, game ontology, games and narratives, game culture, game play, player communities, games and human computer interfaces/game testing, game artificial intelligence, player (cognitive and affective) modeling, computational intelligence and games. http://game.itu.dk/
Design of Organizational IT Group: Computer supported cooperative work, science and technology studies, health care IT, organizations and IT, globalization and technology, mutual shaping of culture, organizations, people, and technologies, through practices of design and use. http://www.itu.dk/research/doit/ Innovative Communication Group: Advanced and innovative communication trends, historical and rhetorical methods of innovation, theories and applications of new media, design and development of interactive technologies in the contexts of prior and emerging cultures of information. http://www.itu.dk/research/inc/
Scholarships: Applicants accepted will be employed and enrolled at the IT University for a period of 3 or 4 years. Appointment and salary will be in accordance with theagreement between the Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC). For example, the basic salary of a 3 year PhD student amounts to DKK 24,117.18 per month.
General information: A successful applicant will be an excellent student capable of conducting research under supervision by the IT University’s faculty members at the highest international level.
The PhD scholarships run for a period of 3- or 4-years depending on the university degree level of the applicant. The following qualifications are accepted:
- A Master’s degree (5 years of University Studies) qualifies for a 3-year PhD program.
- A Bachelor degree (3 years of University Studies) + one year (60ECTS) qualifies for the 4-year PhD program. The 60 ECTS should be transferable to one of the Master programs at the IT University.
One year of full time studies consists of 1680 hours and equals 60 ECTS points. Applications must be written in English. All other documents, such as transcripts must be accompanied by a translation in English if not already written in English or Danish. Transcripts that are not issued by a country of the European Union must be accompanied by a grade key or an explanation of your local grading scale (in English).
Guidelines and Application form are available at http://www1.itu.dk/sw117103.asp
Please read the Guidelines for Applicants carefully and use the ITU application form when applying.
Your application must include items 1 -4. Items 5 & 6 are optional:
- Completed application form
- Statement of purpose (max. 5 pages)
- Documentation of previous studies; transcripts, diplomas etc.
- Curriculum vitae
Optional enclosures
- Either an abstract of your thesis or a selected publication
- Letters of recommendation are optional as academic records and work will be considered more important.
The statement of purpose must be authored by the applicant and include a research question and main goals.For PhD-applicants working with interdisciplinary approaches that include social science and humanities perspectives the statement of purpose should also include a motivated choice of theory and method, and empirical basis of the research.
Applicants should specifically address whether or not they have needed disciplinary/methodological training.
The statement of purpose will be used to determine the applicants’ abilities of critical thinking, analytical reasoning, and scientific writing. All application material, including enclosures, must be submitted.
If electronically, one merged file per applicant will be accepted in PDF format only.Submit to e-mail: journalen@itu.dk Subject should be: 2009-225-0007
Applications that arrive after the deadline will be dismissed, as well as applications sent to other email addresses, than journalen@itu.dk You may also submit your application in one A4-format, compiled and not stapled copy including enclosures to:
IT-Universitetet i Křbenhavn
Att.: Journalen
Rued Langgaards Vej 7
2300 KBH. S.
Denmark
Marked: 2009-225-0007
Application deadline: October 7, 2009 at 12.00 noon (local time).
The deadline is firm.
Applications and enclosures received at ITU after the application deadline will not be taken intoconsideration. Questions regarding this call may be directed to individual faculty members, or the ITU PhD Administration, phdadm@itu.dk, phone: +45 7218 5065
The IT University invites all qualified candidates irrespective of age, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation or ethnic background to apply for the scholarships.
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