Statement of purpose instructions

Applicants must explain their goals for the doctoral program, and why they believe themselves academically qualified to engage in doctoral studies, e.g., because of good performance in studies, including:undergraduate and graduate studiesparticipation in research projectspublished articleschallenging projectsprofessional experienceinteresting researchinterest in specific jobs upon completion of their studies, etc.An applicant must also specify:Whether studies will be full-time or part-time (percentage)The courses planned. Here the student states fields of emphasis she/he deems necessary to strengthen.Financing plan.Here the applicant reports grant applications, loans, own financing, work or other relevant things.Request for a supervisor (if relevant) along with reasons. See information regarding professional requirements for doctoral student's supervisors under the quality standards and requirements for doctoral programmes at the University of Iceland.Standards and Requirements, Quality of Doctoral Programmes.

Research proposal instructions

PhD applicants must hand in:A brief description of the project in Icelandic and English.100 - 150 wordsA description of the planned research project, about 2000-4000 words, in addition to a list of references, in the language in which the dissertation will be written following the faculty's rules.The following shall be stated:goals, the state of knowledge and scientific valuea description of the implementation (procedures)a schedule with information on the main benchmarks and programme completionthe plan for the publication of the results and the site of publicationa list of referencesThe description must be clear, realistic and scheduled (months and quarters). The project name (working title) shall be descriptive of the research. The division of the research into subjects shall be included (a rough summary of the contents), such as division into chapters or division of the dissertation into articles.A description of the method/methods to be applied in answering the project's research questions. It is imperative to relate and explain how the research proposal and the main research questions differ from existing research (domestic and foreign) for the same or similar research fields, and what the novelty of the research is.Finally, the applicant must state why he or she deems the research to be important for the research field’s development in the Icelandic and/or international context.

Where does the programme belong?

Faculty of Political ScienceSchool of Social Sciences

Political Science, Ph.D.

Language skills

required

Programme length

Full time study for three academic years.

Study mode

Face-to-face learning

Application status

International students:

Students with Icelandic or Nordic citizenship:

Master's degree with First Class grades or equivalent qualification

210 ECTS credits have to be completed for the qualification. Ph.D. thesis is 180 ECTS credits and mandatory courses in the research area are 30 ECTS credits. In addition candidates may be required to take up to 60 ECTS credits in courses if it is considered necessary to enhance the student's knowledge in the field of his research project. Courses can both be reading courses or other graduate courses. Candidates who have completed both a BA and a MA degree from a University in Iceland are required to take part of their studies at a University abroad.

Programme structure

Programme in Course Catalogue

Admission requirements

Programme requirements

Where does the programme belong?

Programme structure

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