[Sweden] Doctoral Student Position in Business Administration with specialization in International Corporate Finance, Lund University School of Economics and management
Lund University School of Economics and Management invites applications for the following position: “Doctoral student in Business Administration with specialization in International Corporate Finance” with placement at the Department of Business Administration.
The initial appointment is for one year, which is then renewed for no more than two years at a time. The position is limited to a maximum of four years effective time, which is the expected time required to complete the doctoral programme at the Department of Business Administration.
For further information please contact: Kristina Artsberg, Director of PhD programme, +46 46 222 75 01, Kristina.Artsberg@fek.lu.se or Niclas Andrén, associate professor, +46 46 222 46 66, Niclas.Andren@fek.lu.se
More information: www.fek.lu.se
Qualifications and selection criteria
The applicant must hold a master degree or equivalent in Business Administration or Finance. If the applicant holds a master degree in Finance, the applicant must also hold a bachelor degree including at least 90 ECTS credits in business administration, or equivalent education. The applicant must have completed at least 240 ECTS credits of university studies, at least 60 of which should be at the advanced (master) level. The applicant must also have completed a thesis or a longer paper as part of the master degree. The application must include a research plan where the applicant presents his/her own ideas for a research topic. The applicant must also have a good command of spoken and written English.
Assessment of the application is mostly based on the relevance and viability of the research plan and the applicant’s academic results on the bachelor and master levels.
Being a doctoral student at the Department of Business Administration
The PhD programme in Business Administration at Lund University is a four-year programme for a doctoral degree. The doctoral degree consists of two parts, courses (90 ECTS credits) and a thesis (150 ECTS credits). As a doctoral student you will mainly be working with your research project, but you can also be given more general tasks at the department, e.g. teaching, research or administrative work, in accordance with the regulations. Rules for employment as a Doctoral student are stated in “The Higher Education Ordnance (SFS 1998:80), Chapter 5″.
Application
The application should be written in Swedish or English and contain the following documents:
- Letter of introduction
- Research plan
- Degree certificates of your bachelor and master degrees
- Copy of your master thesis
- Curriculum Vitae
- Copies of certificates and copies of any other document that you wish to include in your application.
All submitted documents must be attested as to their authenticity.
The application should be sent in two copies to:
The Department of Business Administration
Att: Fredrik Ekengren
P.O. Box 7080
SE-220 07
LUND
Last day for applying is: 2009-09-15
Related information
Source:
http://www.ehl.lu.se/_media/lediga/doctoral_student_ba_intcorpfinance.pdf?id=en%3Aabout%3Avacant&cache=cache
