Doctoral student in Management Accounting and Control - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Type of employment: Fixed term, four years full-time studies. The initial appointment is for one year, which is then renewed for no more than two years at a time.
Extent: 100%
Location: Department of Business Administration, Lund University School of Economics and Management, Lund

Work tasks

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.

Eligibility/Entry requirements

To be qualified the applicant must hold either a master’s degree or have completed 240 ECTS credits of university studies. Of these at least 90 credits must be accomplished in a subject relevant to the third cycle study programme, including a degree project relevant to the research studies, equivalent to at least 15 credits. A person may also meet the specific entry requirements if he or she has acquired substantially equivalent knowledge in some other way in Sweden or abroad.

Basis of Assessment

Regulations concerning appointment as a doctoral student can be found in the Higher Education Ordinance Chapter 5, 1–7 §§ and SFS 1998:80. For appointment to the position, the applicant is required to be eligible for admission to the doctoral (PhD) programme in Business Administration.

The applicants will be assessed on the basis of their prospects of meeting the requirements for a doctoral degree (PhD) in Business Administration.

Particular emphasis will be based on the following:

• Academic results, particularly on the Master’s level.
• Bachelor’s and master’s theses (with special importance attached to the master’s thesis).
• Relevance and viability of the research plan.
• Other results and distinctions which attest to the applicant’s ability to profit from the doctoral programme.

Type of employment
Limit of tenure, four years according to HF 5 kap 7§.

Application Procedure

Your application is to be written in Swedish or English and contain the following documents:

• A complete application form (http://fek.lu.se/en/phd-studies/prospective-phd-candidates)
• Letter of introduction
• Research plan of no more than 5 pages
• Degree certificates of your Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees
• Copy of your Master’s thesis, and, where appropriate, your Bachelor’s thesis
• Curriculum Vitae
• Copies of certificates and copies of any other documents that you wish to include in your application

All submitted documents must be attested as to their authenticity.