Questions? Please contact the PhD coordinator at your faculty, or send an e-mail to the Research Support Office.
Index
- Forms for PhD candidates:
- 1. Application and admission
- 2. PhD contract and education plan
- 3. Collaboration supervisor and candidate
- 4. Data Management Plan
- 5. Progress reporting
- 6. Changes to the contract period, the supervisory team or the required coursework
- 7. The required coursework
- 8. Writing the thesis
- 9. Finalization of thesis
- 10. Doctoral degree examination
- Forms for staff:
- 1. Collaboration supervisor and candidate
- 2. Compulsory seminars (start, midway- and final seminar)
- 3. The required coursework
- 4. Appointment of evaluation committee
- 5. Evaluation of the thesis
- 6. Evaluation of trial lecture and public defence
Forms for PhD candidates:
1. Application and admission
PhD fellow at NMBU
Admission to one of NMBU's PhD programmes will be handled in connection with employment in a PhD fellow position. The faculty may, when necessary, request the NMBU 1.1 Application for admission to be completed and sent to the faculty.
External PhD candidates
If you are employed at an external institution/ establishment you must apply to the relevant faculty for admission into a PhD programme. You must send the NMBU 1.1 Application for admission to the faculty, at the latest within two months after the start date for the PhD education. More information on this web page.
2. PhD contract and education plan
- NMBU 1.2 PhD Contract (word document)
- NMBU 1.3 Education plan (word document)
- NMBU 1.4 Cotutelle agreement (word document)
3. Collaboration supervisor and candidate
- Establishing a good relationship (between supervisor and candidate) (pdf)
4. Data Management Plan
- Data Management Plan (DMP) (web page)
5. Progress reporting
Use your faculty’s form:- NMBU 2.1 Progress report for PhD candidate - BIOVIT
- NMBU 2.1 Progress report for PhD candidate - HH
- NMBU 2.1 Progress report for PhD candidate - KBM
- NMBU 2.1 Progress report for PhD candidate - LANDSAM
- NMBU 2.1 Progress report for PhD candidate - MINA
- NMBU 2.1 Progress report for PhD candidate - REALTEK
- NMBU 2.1 Progress report for PhD candidate - VET
6. Changes to the contract period, the supervisory team or the required coursework
If you need to make changes to the contract period (for example due to delays), the supervisory team or the education plan/ required coursework, please fill in the form 2.2 PhD changes. More information is to be found on this web page Research work, courses and seminars.
- NMBU 2.2.1 Changes contract period (word document)
- NMBU 2.2.2 Changes required coursework component (word document)
- NMBU 2.2.3 Changes supervisory team (word document)
7. The required coursework
- NMBU 3.1 Agreement for special syllabus (word document)
- NMBU 3.2 Application for approval of completed coursework (word document)
8. Writing the thesis
- PhD thesis template (word document)
- Tittelblad NMBU (word document, Norwegian)
- Thesis title page (word document, English)
9. Finalization of thesis
- NMBU 4.2 Submission of thesis (word document)
- NMBU 4.3 Co-authorship declaration (word document)
- NMBU 4.6 Errata (word document)
10. Doctoral degree examination
- Press release form (word document)
Forms for staff:
1. Collaboration supervisor and candidate
- Establishing a good relationship (between supervisor and candidate) (pdf)
2. Compulsory seminars (start, midway- and final seminar)
Assessment of the midway seminar. Use your faculty’s digital form:- NMBU 2.4 Midway assessment - BIOVIT
- NMBU 2.4 Midway assessment - HH
- NMBU 2.4 Midway assessment - KBM
- NMBU 2.4 Midway assessment - LANDSAM
- NMBU 2.4 Midway assessment - MINA
- NMBU 2.4 Midway assessment - REALTEK
- NMBU 2.4 Midway assessment - VET
3. The required coursework
- External Examiner Agreement (word document)
- Assessment protocol for special syllabus (word document)
4. Appointment of evaluation committee
- NMBU 4.1 Proposal for evaluation committee (word document)
5. Evaluation of the thesis
The evaluation committee must submit its recommendation to the faculty no later than 25 working days before the planned date of the public defence. The faculty decides on the basis of the assessment committee's recommendation.
NMBU 4.4 Assessment of the thesis (word document applicable for all NMBU faculties)
Alternatively you may select the digital form at your faculty to submit the recommendation:- NMBU 4.4 Assessment of the thesis - BIOVIT
- NMBU 4.4 Assessment of the thesis - HH
- NMBU 4.4 Assessment of the thesis - KBM
- NMBU 4.4 Assessment of the thesis - LANDSAM
- NMBU 4.4 Assessment of the thesis - MINA
- NMBU 4.4 Assessment of the thesis - REALTEK
- NMBU 4.4 Assessment of the thesis - VET
- At the BIOVIT faculty
- At the HH faculty
- At the KBM faculty
- At the LANDSAM faculty
- At the REALTEK faculty
- At the VET faculty (in Norwegian, English to come)
6. Evaluation of trial lecture and public defence
The 3 forms are developed to accommodate whether the trial lecture is held in connection with (the day before or on the same day as) the public defence, or at an earlier time.
If the trial lecture is held separately from the public defence:
- NMBU 4.5a Evaluation of the trial lecture (word document)
- NMBU 4.5b Evaluation of the public defence (word document)
If the trial lecture is held in connection with the public defence:
- NMBU 4.5c Evaluation of the trial lecture and public defence (word document)