You
are qualified for admission to doctoral
studies in Physics and Theoretical Physics
at the Department of Physics, Stockholm
University if you fulfil the following
four eligibility requirements:
1. You have a degree on advanced
level (master or 4-year degree) or
have studied courses of at least 240
credits (4 year studies in Sweden)
2. You have a Bachelor of Science
Degree in Physics or equivalent.
3. You have done a degree project
in Physics on advanced level (not a
BcS degree project) of at least 15
credits.
4. You have studied courses on advanced
level in physics of at least 60 credits.
The degree project on advanced level
may be included to fulfil this requirement.
You are qualified for admission to doctoral
studies in Chemical Physics at the Department
of Physics, Stockholm University if you
fulfil the above four eligible requirements,
but these requirements can, totally or
partly, be fulfilled also if you have
studied chemistry instead of physics.
You are qualified for admission to doctoral
studies in Medical Radiation Physics at the Department
of Physics, Stockholm University if you
fulfil the above eligible requirements 1,2 and 4 and have done an advanced degree project of at least 30 credits in the area of medical radiation physics.
Before
admission a judgement of the applicant's
ability to carry out the program will
be done. Therefore a project work
of at least 15/30 credits is mandatory before
admission is considered. Students who
are not known from undergraduate studies
at Fysikum, normally will have to show
their qualifications by taking one or
two of our undergraduate courses at advanced
level, or by carrying out a suitable
project work. Good knowledge in English
is required. At least is needed something
eqvivalent to the Swedish high-school
course English B or:
Previously completed University degree taught in English
IELTS
score (Academic) of 6.0 or more (with
none of the sections scoring less than
5.0)
TOEFL
score of 550 or more (computer based
test 213, internet based 79)
Cambridge/Oxford
- Advanced or Proficiency level
Application
Contact
the
director of postgraduate
studies for more information
about the program. Application
can be done within four
time periods during the
year, depending on the
availability of study
grants. These will be
announced at Fysikums
home page. Announcments
are made about 8 february
(with last application
date about 28 february),
2 april (2 may), 7 september
(28 september) and 20
october (20 november).
Admission
The
applications will be considered
at one of Fysikum's board
meetings, which normally
will take place once a month
every term. The qualifications
and type of funding will
be evaluated and a supervisor
appointed for the student.
Financing
the studies
A
condition for admission, apart
from the required educational
qualifications, is that the
student will have sufficient
economic support during the
whole period of study, normally
4 years full time study.
The
types of funding can be scholarships,
study grants ("utbildningsbidrag"),
doctoral positions, or a combination
of these. It is possible to
combine assistantship with
a study grant or include such
duties in a doctoral position.
If you teach as a 20% assistant,
the total time of economic
support will be prolonged
from four to five years.
Supervision
A
supervision group consisting
of a supervisor (sometimes
also an assistant supervisor)
and a mentor is appointed
for each student in connection
with admission. A mentor
is chosen by the student.
This person should hold
a PhD, and not be involved
in the same research
project as the student.
Apart from being a support
for the student, the
mentor should take part
in development discussions
and follow up the individual
curriculum. In every
research group there
is also a group leader,
who is the contact person
in all issues concerning
the group.
Courses
The Course
part at Fysikum consists
of a block of courses
at advanced level. Some
of the courses are chosen
within a list of recommende
courses other more specialized
courses are more freely
chosen. All courses are
chosen together with the
supervisor. Courses that
will be given during the
academic year are shown
in a block
schedule.
Thesis
The
Licentiate thesis should be
based on at least 60 credits
(out of 120 credits required
for the degree) and the Ph
D thesis on at least 180 credits
(out of 240 credits required
for the degree). The licentiate
as well as the PhD thesis
can be based either on a unified
theme or as a collection
of separate articles with
a summary. In the latter
case the thesis consists of
a summary and referenced articles
published in scientific magazines.
In Medical Radiation Physics the Licentiate thesis is 75 credits and the PhD thesis is 165 credits. Read more about dissertations
in
HSV's doctoral handbook.
Doktoral handbook
HSV's Doctoral Handbook contains
information about:
Admission
Supervision
Student
unions
Eligibility
Exams
Trade
unions
Study
funding
Gender
equality
Legislation
Scholarships
Research
Ethics
