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

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

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

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

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)

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…)