If you are among the top students in your field, and you are interested in acquiring research skills at a very high level, the three-year PhD programme at CBS may be for to you. The programme allows you to conduct research within a topic of your own choice under the supervision of CBS professors, and supported by research training courses. The programme is highly international, and you are expected to participate in international research conferences and spend time abroad as a visiting PhD student.
See the CBS homepage for more information about the PhD programme.
CBS PhD graduates are held in high esteem not only in academia and research institutions but also in government and business where their research qualifications are increasingly demanded. Two thirds of CBS PhD graduates go on to employment outside universities and public research institutions. CBS now invites applications for PhD scholarships. The scholarships are fully salaried positions, according to the national Danish collective agreement.
The scholarship includes the tuition fees, office space, travel grants plus a salary, currently starting with per month app. DKK 22.345 up to DKK 27.280 depending on seniority plus a pension contribution totalling 17,1 % on 80 per cent of the base salary (further details below).
Your application should include a research proposal that addresses a topic within the CBS research profile. CBS covers all of the classic fields within business economics and business languages connected with the management and operation of public and private organizations - for example, marketing, finance, accounting, organization and translation. In addition, research is carried out in a number of subjects important for the understanding of the challenges firms face in the global knowledge society. These include not only business law, informatics, innovation, international economics, inter-cultural understanding and media research, but also business oriented research in such fields as philosophy, political science, design, art, anthropology, and history. Please consult the CBS homepage for further information about the research topics of CBS.
Closing date: Monday 1 September 2008 at 12.00 noon
Further information can be obtained from Vice Dean for PhD Education Mr. Peter Lotz, e-mail pl.ino@cbs.dk or administrative officer Afrodita Jeftic, aj.research@cbs.dk. Potential applicants are encouraged to contact a relevant Department/Center well in advance of the closing date in order to develop a project proposal. (Please note that Danish holidays are genereally taken in July).
General information: To be awarded the scholarship, you must be enrolled as a PhD student. To be considered for enrolment, the candidate should have a basic training at the Masters level (according to the 3 + 2 Bologna process). Fur- thermore the applicant must have successfully completed the Masters degree before commencing PhD at CBS. The applicants must also be fluent in Danish and/or English. Enrolment in the PhD programme fur- thermore depends on the acceptance of the application (see link below), which must include a short project description, usually prepared in co-operation with the relevant Department/Center. This research proposal should contain a presentation of the intended research question, including the theory and methodology ex- pected to be used.
In addition to the research proposal, the application must include a completed compulsory form, copies of a Master's degree certificate or other certificates of a corresponding level, brief curriculum vitae (CV), a list of papers and publications, and one copy of a selected written work (e.g. Master's thesis).
All parts of the application must be submitted in four copies, except the selected written work, which may be submitted in only one copy. Electronic submissions are not accepted.
A PhD scholarship runs for a period of 3 years, and includes teaching obligations equivalent to ½ year's work (840 work hours).
The salary level and appointment is determined by the Ministry of Finance's collective agreement with the Central Academic Organisation.
A committee of experts will assess the applications. The assessment of the applicants will be based on the quality and relevance of the project, including an evaluation of the applicant's ability to accomplish it. Follow- ing this assessment, the Dean will select the winners of the scholarships.
Please find the guidelines and compulsory application form at http://uk.cbs.dk/forskning_viden/forskeruddannelser/ans_gning
The application must be submitted to:
Copenhagen Business School
The Dean's Office
Solbjerg Plads 3
DK-2000 Frederiksberg
Denmark
Marked PhD - 33-3204
Applications received by e-mail or discs will not be taken into consideration. All interested researchers irrespective of age, sex, race, religion, or nationality are invited to apply for the position.
CBS focuses on innovation, partnership with the business community and internationalisation. As a Learning University CBS demands high quality in teaching, research and staff. CBS has around 15.000 students dis- tributed among a wide range of degrees in social science and humanities including a very dynamic environ- ment for executive programmes. CBS has around 400 full-time researchers and around 500 administrative employees.
