1. WELCOME MEETING for New PhD Students
A short guide through the administrative jungle

2. PhD Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Department of Mathematics
Employed some other place
Employed at the Department
Without the teaching duties (usually 3 years)
With teaching duties (usually 4 years)
Innovation (4 years)
Other departments

3. Timeline (example: 3-year PhD)
3rd semester meeting
Career course #thinkcareer
Sign up for courses
PhD application
1st February
1st Sept.
1st September
1st Sept.
1st Feb.
1st Feb.
disputation
start
1st year
2nd year
3rd year
3rd semester
Apply for getting your thesis asserted
Yearly reports (November/December each year)
Co-author declarations
Change of theoretical curriculum
Change of supervisor(s)
Apply for an extension after the original agreement has expired

4. residence duty PhD Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Department of Mathematics
Employed some other place
Employed at the Department
Without the teaching duties (usually 3 years)
With teaching duties (usually 4 years)
Innovation (4 years)
Other departments
residence duty

5. PhD Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Department of Mathematics
Employed some other place
Employed at the Department
Without the teaching duties (usually 3 years)
With teaching duties (usually 4 years)
Innovation (4 years)
Other departments
teaching each semester (usually include correcting of mandatory assignments) and grading of exam papers in large courses (80 papers yearly)

6. People (resources), duties and expectations
Supervisor(s) - studies
PhD social committee – social and academic
Other colleagues – social and academic
PhD- council at the Dept. of Mathematics (section leaders, PhD-council leader (Hans), PhD-student representative, PhD-studies coordinator (Biljana)) –administrative
Research adviser Elisabeth Seland
Drift office
Teaching duties: (Head of studies for your field: Ida Scheel, Kent-Andre Mardal, Kim Frøyshov)
Employed at Department: (Section leaders – HR responsibility: vacations, leave of absence…)
Not employed at the Dept.: HR at your working place (Remember to inform us of sick leaves, leave of absence…)