According to the prevailing regulations in Sweden, each university must be able to guarantee supervision and financing of students for their whole period of study before admitting them to postgraduate studies. This means that sufficient resources must be available for them to complete their programme after 4 years of full-time or 8 years of part-time studies. The main forms of financing are postgraduate studentships and grants.
Formal admission to graduate studies is preceded by an informal meeting between the interested applicant and one of the researchers at one of the university departments. On this occasion it is important for both student and supervisor to get to know each other through an informal talk. One way of deepening this acquaintance may be by the student carrying out some voluntary in-depth work or a research project for a few months in he summer.
In November 2006 a new admission procedure was introduced to admitt students at the postgraduate level.
Admission to postgraduate level are done in two stages.
1. All PhD project (full-and part-time) shall be decided as well suited as graduate studies before deciding on admissions.
2. All full-time PhD- positions should be advertised and appointed in open competition.
From 1 November 2006, all new PhD project (full-and part-time) is added into a database by the supervisor.
This course is mainly intended for students needing to supplement their previous education so as to reach special eligibility for admission for graduate studies in a subject within the Faculty of Medicine. This course was introduced in the spring of 2001.
Only the number of applicants that can be offered appropriate environment in terms of supervision and conditions for study in general, and are receiving financial assistance as difined below, shall be admitted to graduate studies.
The successful applicant for admission to graduate studies must:
The Faculty Board is permitted to admit only those applicants to postgraduate studies who gain postgraduate studentships or who are awarded study grants for postgraduate students. The Faculty Board is, however, permitted to admit applicants who have some other form of financial assistance for their studies if the Faculty Board judges that this financial assistance can be ensured for the whole period of the postgraduate studies and that the applicant can devote enough time to complete the study programme in 8 years. See further under
From July 1, 2007 a new credit system based on the European Credit Transfer System will be introduced in which 1.5 higher education credits will correspond to each university credit awarded today.
For enrolment to postgraduate programmes applicants must meet the requirements for basic eligibility applicants must have a degree awarded at advanced level or have completed studies for at least 240 higher education credits of which at least 60 higher education credits were awarded at advanced level, or have completed a corresponding programme in some other country or have equivalent qualifications.
Those who met the requirements for general eligibility before July 1st, 2007, i.e. had completed a programme of higher education for at least 120 credits or the equivalent, will continue to do so until the end of 2015.
Special eligibility varies from subject to subject as the faculty board determines. From July 1st, 2007 these requirements must be totally essential for a student to be able to complete the programme. Often these requirements stipulate knowledge acquired in higher education but specific vocational experience may also be required.
Admission and registration
There may occasionally be some doubt about the department and the subject in which the applicant should register. This is quite natural in view of how the research activities in different fields may intertwine. The research student must register at the department at which most of the studies are to be pursued and in the subject in which the degree is to be taken.
To be admitted to research studies, each student must have an individual study plan.
An individual study plan is a contract between the graduate student and the supervisor concerning the content of the research studies and how they are to be pursued. It includes a summary of the scientific project, literature, courses, supervision and other resources that are required for the studies to be completed efficiently within the stated period and the thesis to be written.
Under the terms of the Higher Education Ordinance, the individual study plan must be followed up and updated at least once a year. In the follow-up, the postgraduate student and supervisor present the progress of the studies to date. The Graduate Education Committee has delegated this duty to the department concerned.
There is no special application date for other students applying for admission to graduate studies at the Faculty of Medicine in Lund. These applications are dealt with continously.
An application (signed by the Departmental Chairperson) and the individual study plan and plan for financing the studies (signed by the student, principal supervisor, assistant supervisor if any, and the Departmental Chairperson) is to be sent to the office of the Graduate Education Committee, which will register the candidate. The original of the application form is filed at the office. LADOK excerpts are sent to the postgraduate student and the department concerned.
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