How to apply

  • Complete all the required fields
  • Print and sign the declaration on this form
  • Scan the signed form
  • Send your full application by email to ensuring that it meets the published deadline for receipt of applications and that it includes the following:
  • Completed, signed and scanned application form (please use the filename: APPFORM_YOURNAME.pdf)
  • Curriculum Vitae (Please use the filename: CV_YOURNAME.pdf/doc – file extension as applicable).

Please note: All fields must be completed before submitting this application. Enter “N/A” (“Not Applicable/Available”) when no other answer is valid.

Family name(s)/Surmane(s)
Given name(s)
Date of birth – dd/mm/yyyy
Birth place – specify town/city and country
Nationality – specify country
Gender – specify male/female
Contact details
Address line 1
Address line 2
Town/city
Region/county/province
Country
Post code/Zip code
Email
Daytime phone number / country code / area code / phone number
Fax / country code / area code / phone number
Cell/mobile phone / country code / phone number
Skypename
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Undergraduate degree
Degree title
Dates / From year / To year
Academic institution / Name / Address
Degree subject (e.g. Computer Science)

Grade: Select grade that corresponds to your final relative position in graduation class:

Grade / Relative position in your graduation class
Grade A / Top 10%
Grade B / Next 25%
Grade C / Next 30%
Grade D / Next 25%
Grade E / Bottom 10%
Masters degree
Degree title
Dates / From year / To year
Academic institution / Name / Address
Degree subject (e.g. Computer Science)

Grade: Select grade that corresponds to your final relative position in graduation class:

Grade / Relative position in your graduation class
Grade A / Top 10%
Grade B / Next 25%
Grade C / Next 30%
Grade D / Next 25%
Grade E / Bottom 10%
Other degrees, honours and distinctions
RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Please give details of your two most recent employers:

Company/Centre/Institution
Country
Address
Job title
Dates / From year / To year
Company/Centre/Institution
Country
Address
Job title
Dates / From year / To year
STANDARDIZED SCORES
English level
Native Speaker / Excellent / Average / Poor / N/A
Spanish level
Native Speaker / Excellent / Average / Poor / N/A
TOELF
Yes / No / If yes, please select modality / iBT / PBT
Total score
Cambridge ESOL
Yes / No / If yes, please select modality / Pass with Merit / Pass / Council of Europe A1
GRE
Yes / No / If yes, please specify results / Math score / Verbal score / Analytical score
Other qualifications

Please note we may ask to see copies of exam certificates at a later stage of the selection process.

RESEARCH DATA
Research interests

List three areas of relevant research that most interest you:

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2.
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Ph.D. research

If you are already familiar with the work of one or more ofourresearchers, and would like them to supervise your Ph.D., please state their name and your reasons for wanting to work with them (500 characters maximum):

Brief Statement of Purpose

In your Statement of Purpose please describe your background, what has influenced your career path so far and your professional interests. Explain broadly what you want to research. This is an essential part of the application. More significantly, it is an opportunity to ask yourself important questions regarding your commitment to such a demanding challenge (2200 characters maximum):

FINANCIAL SUPPORT
Are you applying for a scholarship or other financial support from any other source in parallel with this application? / YES / NO
If yes, please describe the type of financial support and the organization offering the support (500 characters maximum):
REFERENCES

Please provide the contact details of at least two professors or specialists in a relevant academic field who we may contact for personal references:

Reference 1
Name
Address
E-mail
Position held
Phone / country code / area code / phone number
Reference 2
Name
Address
E-mail
Position held
Phone / country code / area code / phone number
OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

Please include below any other information that you consider relevant to your application, or that you have been unable to fill in any part of this form (2200 characters maximum):

How did you first hear about research opportunities at NETCOM? Please select appropriate option.

NETCOM-UC3M website
IMDEA Networks website
Other websites
Internet search
E-mail from NETCOM Research Group
Scientific event
Word of mouth
Other – please specify
SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION
Documents

In order to complete the application process, please attach your Curriculum Vitae in “pdf” or “.doc” format (maximum size 8 MB). (Please use the filename: CV_YOURNAME.pdf/doc – file extension as applicable).

Other documents we may require:

  1. Scanned documents

If you are successful in your initial application and are selected for the next stage of the recruitment process, we will require you to send us scanned copies of your passport, national identity card and/or photocard driving license, as well as your academic transcripts in English. Scans must be legible and in ".pdf" format.

We may also require an English language proficiency certificate in case English is not your first language.

  1. Sworn translation

At a later stage in our selection process we may require you to provide a sworn translation into Spanish of your academic transcripts.

Declaration

Submission of this application confirms your agreement to the following declaration:

I certify that the statements I have made in this application and in the attached Curriculum Vitae are correct. I understand that NETCOM-UC3M reserves the right to verify that the information provided in this application is correct and that NETCOM-UC3M may withdraw any offer should any statement in my application prove to be false or misleading. This may lead to legal action being taken by NETCOM-UC3M.

I hereby agree to the above statement and submit my application:

SIGNED

DATE

We inform you that in accordance with Spanish legislation, Organic Law 15/1999 onPersonal Data Protection, your data shall be treated confidentially and shall form part of an automatic record file for which the NETCOM-UC3M shall be responsible. The purpose of this measure is to be able study the information provided and keep you informed about those aspects that we consider might be of interest to you, e.g. quality research, creation of specialized work groups and activities.