application procedure

Who can apply?

Any student who has the equivalent of a Master's degree in any subject from Medicine to Chemistry to Biology, including Biochemistry, Micro- or Molecular Biology, Pharmacology or related areas. The criterion for being eligible is that the degree should permit the student to enter PhD education in the country where the degree is obtained (typically his/her home country). Students must be fluent in English (knowlege of German is not a must).

 

Criteria for admission:

This is an excellence program. We try to get the most interested, ambitious and intelligent students to educate them for a career as a scientist on an international level. This is basically the only criterion, we have no quota with regard to sex, ethnicity or nationality.

 

Selection procedure:

There will be a two-step selection procedure. In the first step written applications will be ranked according to scientific merits. In a second step, the top candidates will be invited for a personal hearing. Travel costs will be reimbursed up to a certain limit (details will be sent together with the invitation).

 

If you have decided to apply:

• Fill in the application form completely.
• Ask two people who are familiar with your scientific achievements (e.g. the supervisor of your Diploma thesis) to provide recommendation letters on the relevant forms.
  • The recommendation letters must be signed and contain the stamp of the respective institution.
  • Your referee is supposed to send the scanned document as an e-mail attachment to PhD-brain@medunigraz.at stating in the subject line PhD and the name of the candidate (e.g.'Subject: PhD/Smith').
  • It is your responsibility that the letters of recommendation are received by the Medical University of Graz not later than March 21, 2010!
• Provide scans of the following documents (in English or German translation, if necessary) as pdf:
  • Degree(s) and intermediate certificates (if already optained)
  • Transcripts of marks (academic record)
  • Certificate of English proficiency (if available; e.g. TOEFL)
• Be aware that in case of your positive evaluation and invitation to the hearing you will also have to provide all your documents in original and certified English or German translation.
• Compare your documents to the checklist to make sure your application is complete.
• Applications must be submitted exclusively by e-mail in full and using only the requested forms to PhD-brain@medunigraz.at stating PhD application in the subject line.
  • Send your documents together with the application form.
  • Attachments must not exceed 10 MB as otherwise submission will be blocked by our server.

Please note  that only complete applications will be considered! Your application will not be handled unless all required documents are submitted. It is your responsibility to submit the correct documents completely. Please refrain from any unrequested forms or documents (e.g. CVs) as they will not be considered.

Applications, supplementary documentsor recommendation letters which are submitted after the deadline will not be accepted (not execptions)!

 

Schedule

Deadline for submission	March 21
Invitations to the hearing/Notification of Non-Acceptance	approx. April 30
Hearing in Graz	two days in June
Start of the projects	October 1