To be admitted to our PhD courses, you must have completed a master’s degree or equivalent education.

Applicants who do not have an active student status at NTNU must apply for this before they can register for PhD courses/research courses.

On the Admission Office’s website, you will find more information about admission to PhD courses and research courses at NTNU for external candidates.

How to apply

Internal candidates

Students with an active student status at NTNU must register for PhD courses through NTNU’s Studentweb.

External candidates

Applicants who do not have an active student status at NTNU must apply for admission through Søknadsweb (Application Web).

Once you have entered Søknadsweb and filled in your personal information, make the following selections in the menus:

1. Select Single courses.
2. Choose PhD courses for external candidates from the list of options.
3. Select the appropriate application alternative:
   • PhD students who are going to apply for admission to a PhD program or are already in the process of applying for admission, must choose option 9427 Ph.d.-kurs/forskerkurs ved SU.
   • all other applicants who are not PhD students, must choose option 9690 Ph.d.-kurs/forskerkurs for eksterne kandidater.
4. Write the subject code(s) for the course(s) you wish to apply for in the extra information field.
5. Upload all necessary documentation as attachments to the online application (transcripts for completed master’s degrees or equivalent, and any letter of admission to a PhD program or proof of already paid semester fees at another institution).

PhD courses at the Department of Teacher Education are also open to employees in the higher education sector (UH-sektoren). As an employee, you follow the same application procedure as external applicants (Søknadsweb).

Ranking of applicants

There is a maximum of 25 students in each course. We rank the applicants in the following order*:

1. applicants accepted at PhD programs at NTNU
2. applicants who can document admission to PhD program at other institutions
3. applicants who can document that they are employed in a PhD position at NTNU, and in process of applying for admission to a PhD program
4. applicants who can document that they are employed in a PhD position at another institution, and in process of applying for admission to a PhD program
5. applicants who can document they are in the process of qualifying for promotion (as førstelektor)
6. other applicants

* six spots in each course are reserved for students at NorTED institutions.