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 6Type 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 45 credits mandatory courses, including 15 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 Economics the following second year courses are mandatory (given that the courses are offered): Environmental valuation, Environmental Policy Instruments, Natural Resources, Ecology and Climate, Development Economics (Micro), Academic Writing.
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