PhD Education at the University of Stavanger
The University of Stavanger has five PhD programmes that cover a wide range of disciplines.
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What is a PhD education?
A PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) is the highest level of academic qualification you can achieve. The PhD program is a three-year research education.
The education includes a dissertation or artistic result based on independent work, relevant courses equivalent to six months of study, participation in national and international research environments, academic or artistical dissemination, a trial lecture and a public defence.
The most common way to enrol in a PhD programme is to be employed by the University for a PhD fellowship. It is also possible to apply for admission with other funding.
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Our PhD programmes
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Upcoming courses and events
Shut up & write for PhDs
Thu. 18.04.2024
09:00-11:30
PhD Skills workshop "kappe"
Thu. 18.04.2024
09:30-11:30
Shut up & write for PhDs
Thu. 02.05.2024
09:00-11:30
Shut up & write for PhDs
Thu. 30.05.2024
09:00-11:30
The research of our PhD candidates
Doctoral thesis on how students' mindsets affect learning outcomes
Elin Svensen defended her Ph.D. in sociology, social work, culture, and society at the Faculty of Social Sciences on Dec...
What influences nurses' career choices?
Leaders who support, listen to, and value their staff are extremely important for nurses' ambitions regarding further ca...
Design of autonomous underwater vehicles
Yucong Ma has researched dynamic analysis and design of subsea shuttle tanker systems.
Seismic inversion methods for reservoir characterisation
Nisar Ahmed has developed a workflow for seismic inversion methods to estimate the rock-properties in a reservoir.
Environmental risk assessment of enhanced oil recovery solutions
In his PhD work, Mehul Vora has contributed to new knowledge about the environmental risk related to shortlisted product...
Understanding the initial wettability of reservoirs
Panagiotis Aslanidis defended his thesis on wettability for core analysis. The purpose of his research was to link reser...
Maintenance of ageing structures and mechanical equipment
Fredrik Bjørheim, PhD candidate at the Faculty of Science and Technology, has investigated damage assessment and modelin...
Dissertation on policy instruments for entrepreneurs
Founder and entrepreneur Murshid M. Ali defended his dissertation for the Ph.D. degree in Management, Economics, and Tou...
Integrated solar panels in walls and roofs can be efficient power sources
“Norway’s cold climate is very suitable for building-integrated photovoltaics,” says researcher Hassan Gholami. He compl...
Synthetic polymers for enhanced oil recovery
In her doctoral work, Siv Marie Åsen has taken a closer look at what happens to different types of polymers when they ar...
Doctoral candidates and non-academic careers
Saeed Moghadam-Saman defended his PhD at the University of Stavanger 21 May 2021.
Qualification of new partitioning tracers
Mário Helder Lopes da Silva has developed a method for qualification of new partitioning tracers for use in Partitioning...
Meet ph.d student Ingrid
– You are given the opportunity to study risk analysis in one of the most internationally acknowledged research environm...
Temperature variations i chalk reservoirs
Tijana Voake defended her PhD thesis 22 January, and is now ready for new challenges.
Modelling of CO2 injection in tight shale gas reservoirs
Dhruvit Berawala's PhD project deals with numerical modelling of shale gas production and CO2 injection in shale gas res...
Defended thesis on permeability and stress in compacting rocks
The purpose of Emanuela Kallesten's project is to understand how stress state and pore pressure affect the permeability ...
Jaspreet became Doctor digitally
With around 25 participants PhD candidate Jaspreet Singh Sachdeva defended his thesis in a video conference in Teams Mon...
Study of nano-scale interfacial forces
Shaghayegh Javadi can welcome the Christmas holidays as Doctor Javadi after defending her PhD thesis November 25th, 2019...
Wettability estimation by oil adsorption
Samuel Erzuah defended his PhD thesis 24 September. Now he is moving back to Ghana as Dr. Erzuah.
CO2 mobility control with foam for enhanced oil recovery
With a thesis on a very topical theme, CCUS, Mohan Sharma graduated as the sixth PhD at the Centre.
How to make seawater smarter
In her PhD work, Remya Nair has investigated how "smart" salt water can increase oil recovery. 15 March she defended her...
Modelling of EOR transport mechanisms
Oddbjørn Nødland was the fifth PhD candidate to graduate from The National IOR Centre of Norway.
Completing the «toolbox» for studying IOR/EOR effects
Auditorium E-164 was packed at the public defence of Mona Minde's doctoral degree.
Could Raman spectroscopy be applied to enhanced oil recovery?
On June 6th, Laura Borromeo defended her dissertation. Her thesis evaluates if Raman spectroscopy could be applied to en...
Study of nanomaterials for recovery of heavy crude oil
Kun Guo defended the degree philosophiae doctor 12 April. He is the second PhD student to graduate from The National IOR...
How to manage geological uncertainty with decision analysis
Aojie Hong was defending the degree philosophiae doctor Thursday, December 14th. He is the first PhD student to graduate...
How does the neighborhood affect your quality of life?
Ana Llopis Alvarez defended her thesis December 2nd. She has investigated how living conditions affect how well we are d...
14 recommendations for a successful disputation
A disputation, the public defence of a PhD candidate’s thesis, is a serious matter. How can you prepare as best as possi...
Adjudication of the thesis (PhD Programme in Social Sciences)
The evaluation committee’s mandate is to assess the thesis and issue a written reasoned recommendation to the Faculty wh...
Saving newborn lives through ventilation
Robert Moshiro defended his thesis on making births in low-income countries safer.