Are you looking for PhD stipend?

PhD studies at University of Bergen are based on employment at UiB or a cooperating research institute such as Norce or the Institue of Marine Research. All PhD positions at UiB must be openly advertised. There is thus no reason to contact a TEG researcher to ask for a PhD opportunity. It is possible, however, to contact a researcher to propose a PhD project within one of TEGs research fields, and to work on a joint grant application that can be submitted to the Research Council of Norway (RCN). The deadline for such applications is normally in May, and RCN requires that the supervisor is the formal applicant. The competition within RCN is strong, with more than 90% rejection rate. Suggestions for such proposals must therefore come months before the deadline.

Looking for a Masters project?

The Theoretical Ecology Group welcomes new Masters students in all our research themes. Here are some potential topics:

• Modelling: What determines spawning phenology in Bluefin tuna? (Øyvind Fiksen)
• Modelling: The fitness of hatching times in fish (Øyvind Fiksen, Anders F. Opdal)
• Costs and benefits of a warm core: does the physiology of tuna drive their migration patterns? (Sergey Budaev, Øyvind Fiksen)
• How do larval tuna survive in the oligotrophic waters they are born into? (Øyvind Fiksen, Sergey Budaev)
• What is the potential for larval fish to grow and survive in oligotrophic parts of the ocean around the globe? (OneOcean) (Øyvind Fiksen and maybe others?)
• Light control on spatial distribution of the mesopelagic layers (Eva Garcia Seoane and Thor Klevjer (Institute of Marine Research), Tom J. Langbehn and Christian Jørgensen (TEG))
• Do some mesopelagic fish have eye sensitivity to detect bioluminescent prey? (Eva Garcia Seoane and Thor Klevjer (Institute of Marine Research), Tom J. Langbehn and Christian Jørgensen (TEG))

Some of our colleagues in Bergen and nearby offer projects on related topics. Check their pages for updates:

• Terje Lislevand at the University Museum of Bergen offers field projects on birds.
• Monica Solberg at the Institute of Marine Research offers masters theses on interactions between wild and farmed Atlantic salmon.

You can also check our Research web pages and contact potential supervisors directly to inquire whether they will have an opening for new MSc students in the near future. The best way to make first contact is to present your background and research interests briefly in an email.

Information on application dates, housing and many other practicalities for being a Master of Science (MSc) student at Department of Biology, University of Bergen, can be found here. Most or all MSc education at the Department of Biological Sciences (and the Faculty of Science) is in English, and most MSc theses are written in English.

Past Masters Students