Persons obtaining the PhD degree:
Knowledge and understanding
- Must possess knowledge at the highest international level within the research field.
- Achieved through intensive and targeted PhD courses, summer schools or workshops.
- And, as something completely essential, a thorough and up to date knowledge of the field's literature central to the area has been acquired.
- Must have made a significant contribution to the development of new knowledge and understanding within the research field based on scientific studies.
- The work with the PhD project generates new knowledge suitable for international level publication and possibly patenting.
Skills
- Must master the scientific methodologies and tools as well as master other skills related to research and development tasks within the field.
- These skills are acquired through the project work. The skills are developed collaborating with other institutions and are strengthened in advanced and targeted courses.
- Must be able to analyse, evaluate and develop new ideas, including design and develop new techniques and skills within the subject area.
- This is achieved while working with the project testing new theories and hypotheses and in working with colleagues globally.
- Must be able to participate in international discussions within the subject area and disseminate scientific findings and progress to a wider audience.
- Project results provide an obvious opportunity to publish in international journals and conferences.
- The type and content of the communication is adapted to the audience with respect to both academic level and pedagogical instruments.
Competences
- Must be able to plan and carry out research and development tasks of limited scope and duration.
- The competence is developed in planning the PhD project, through targeted courses, and in exchange and coordinating with other projects.
- Is also acquired at project meetings in the short- and long-term planning of the PhD project.
- Must be able under supervision to start up and develop national and international collaboration on research and development with businesses and other research institutions.
- The competence is obtained by building networks at conferences, organizing the research stay abroad, and participating and showing interest in other relevant research activities.
- Must be able under supervision to initiate research and development projects and, through these, generate new knowledge and new skills which develop the research field.
- Is achieved by participation not only in one's own project, but also as contributor to the academic supervisor/research group's new project initiatives, and possibly by initiating, for example, final projects during the PhD.