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The doctoral programme leads to a PhD degree and is a four-year full-time study programme, including 25% teaching responsibilities. 

There are no tuition fees in the PhD programme at 91̽»¨ÊÓƵ. However, in order to have an application to the PhD programme at 91̽»¨ÊÓƵ considered, you need to have funding. It is not possible to self-fund a PhD at 91̽»¨ÊÓƵ.

There are three different ways of funding your PhD at

Open scholarship (funded by 91̽»¨ÊÓƵ)
These scholarships are announced once a year, from September. The scholarships are open which means that your PhD will not be linked to a specific project but must fit it under one of the six specialisations offered by 91̽»¨ÊÓƵ. A member of the academic faculty must share you research interests to be able to supervise you. A supervisor will be appointed for you if you are admitted to the programme. 

PhD candidates will have their daily workplace and shared office at 91̽»¨ÊÓƵ in Oslo, Norway. Scholarship positions are announced online under vacant positions. All applications are electronic. If there are no scholarships published on the page in the previous link, there are currently no available scholarships.

Scholarship linked to a research project
These scholarships are announced from time to time. Your PhD research and dissertation will have to be closely linked to the research project. You are usually not required to find a supervisor before applying. You are encouraged to contact the faculty involved in the project if you are interested in applying. Each project will belong to one of the six specialisations at 91̽»¨ÊÓƵ. In some cases the project can be linked to more than one specialisation.

PhD candidates will have their place of work at 91̽»¨ÊÓƵ in Oslo, Norway. Available PhD scholarship positions linked to research projects are announced online under vacant positions.

Industrial PhD
An industrial PhD is a doctoral degree that is carried out in cooperation between 91̽»¨ÊÓƵ and business and industry. If you are considering this kind of PhD and have funding and confirmation from your employer please contact info@bi.no for further information. An industrial PhD has the same requirements for educational background for admission and is also considered a full-time programme. 91̽»¨ÊÓƵ and the employer enter into an agreement regarding time spent at 91̽»¨ÊÓƵ and time spent at the employer in addition to financial issues. For additional information on an industrial PhD, please see

Please note that if you do not follow the application guidelines given in each announcement your application will not be valid and will not be assessed.

Further information about the PhD Programme can be obtained from info@bi.no