Recommended plan of education
| 3rd year |
Research seminar in Economics 6 ECTS | Presentation of your own work in one of the Department research seminars |
Working with the Dissertation | |
| 2nd year | Optional PhD courses | ECON9050 | ||
| 1st year | 6-18 ECTS | 10 ECTS | ||
3 ECTS | ||||
- Course of study for those who were admitted in 2020-2025
- Course of study for those who were admitted in 2018-2019
- Course of study for those who were admitted in 2017
Programme structure
The required Faculty courses
10 ECTS
All doctoral candidates must attend an introduction seminar and pass mandatory courses in philosophy of science, research ethics and researcher skills, read more about the required Faculty courses here.
Obligatory courses
Up to 18 ECTS
All doctoral candidates must pass three obligatory courses:
- Microeconomics (ECON9207)
- Macroeconomics (ECON9307)
- Econometrics (ECON9107)
Candidates who have passed one or more of these obligatory courses before admission, should replace the credits with optional PhD-courses.
ECON9030 - Research Seminar in Economics
6 ECTS
During the PhD, all doctoral candidates have to attend at least 16 times and present at least twice for one hour on this obligatory research seminar.
ECON9050 - Mid-term evaluation/PhD-workshop
To facilitate an early start on the dissertation, each candidate must present a paper at a mid-term evaluation (PhD-workshop), usually held in the third semester of the admission period. A written draft must be made available. The supervisors are expected to be present, and external opponents are invited. The presentations must be approved by the doctoral committee.
ECON9165 – Advanced Mathematics
3 ECTS
This course is optional, but it is recommended for anyone who does not have a particularly strong background in mathematics.
Optional courses
All doctoral candidates must pass optional courses that may be of particular interest for the dissertation. These credits can be achieved through PhD courses at the Department of Economics or at other educational institutions in Norway or abroad. All external courses must be approved by the supervisor and the doctoral committee at the department.
Presentation
At least six months before expected submission, all candidates must present a paper within a topic related to his/her dissertation at one of the research seminars at the Department of Economics.
Communication of research
All candidates are required to submit a contribution on research communication. Examples of activities that may count as communication are:
- Teaching at bachelor or master level
- Lectures
- Feature articles
- Popular science works
- Presentation of papers at conferences, research seminars etc.