Individual study plan, PhD program in Economics at the Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg

1. Personal information

Name:
Civic registration no.
Research unit/field

2. Advisor(s)

Main:
Assistant:
Assistant on specific chapter(s):

3. Time plan and activities

Date of admission:
First year courses completed (credits)
Second year courses completed (credits)
Percent of education completed (including thesis work)
Fall / Spring
Seminar attendance, number of seminars attended last year
Planned / Completed
Last year’s plan / This year’s plan
Own seminars
Licentiate degree
Higher seminar
Dissertation

Motivation if original time plan has not been followed

What is the planned availability of the supervisor(s), and what are the main planned activities of the supervisor

4. Departmental service

Students accepted to the program in Economics as of 2008 should perform departmental service corresponding to 20% of a full time position. Please specify course and level, and if lecture or tutorial

Year 3 (semester 5-6)
Year 4 (semester 7-8)
Year 5 (semester 9)

All PhD candidates that are teaching at the department have to attend a course offered by the University. Have you attended the training course? Yes No

5. Financing

Year 1 / Year 2 / Year 3 / Year 4 / Year 5 / Year 6
Type of financing

UB = utbildningsbidrag, DT = doktorandtjänst, St = stipend, RG = research grant

6. Thesis project

Title / Authors / Short description / Seminar/
conference / Percent completed

Planned activities for the next academic year

7. Schedule for periodic review and revision of study plan

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Date

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Signature of graduate studentSignature of advisor

Rules and regulations for postgraduate studies at the Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg

The general rules for postgraduate studies at University of Gothenburg are presented in “Rules and regulations for postgraduate studies at the University of Gothenburg” (Ratified by the Vice Chancellor June 2008). In addition to these rules, the following rules apply for students accepted to the PhD program in Economics.

Courses

By the end of the first year (before September 1): at least 50 credits mandatory courses, including 10 credits in microeconomics, for second year financing and thus the right to continue the program.

By the end of the second year (before September 1): at least 90 credits courses, including 60 credits in mandatory courses, for third year financing and thus the right to continue the program.

For all students, all first year courses are mandatory. For students in Economics the second year course in Academic Writing is mandatory. For students in Environmental and Climate Economics there is a set of mandatory courses in environmental and climate economics. In addition the course in Academic Writing is mandatory.

Seminar attendance

The attendance of 12 seminars per year is required. The student should list his/her own attendances.

Degree requirement

A thesis should consist of at least one single-authored paper.

The papers in the thesis must correspond to at least 3 points. Points are calculated by the formula 2/(n+1) where n is the number of authors.

All papers in the thesis are subject to the internal quality control, which means that three senior researchers have to sign off on each paper.

120 credits course work