The FMI International PhD Program
The FMI International PhD Program provides advanced, interdisciplinary training inepigenetics, neurobiology and mechanisms of cancer. PhD students admitted to the program receive theoretical and practical training, and conduct a research project under the supervision of an FMI group leader, monitored by a Thesis Committee of university professors and experts chosen by the student.
The Friedrich Miescher Institute has excellent technical resources. PhD students learn highly advanced techniques from specialists and are introduced into experimental analysis at multiple levels of biological organization.
PhD students at the FMI are enrolled at the University of Basel. After successful completion of the research project, submission of a written thesis and a thesis defense, the candidate receives a PhD from the University of Basel.
As part of their education, PhD students are required to attend courses from the graduate teaching program at the University Basel.
For more information, please contact Elida Keller.
Application for the FMI PhD Program
General requirements To be accepted for graduate studies at the Friedrich Miescher Institute, applicants must hold a university degree that would formally qualify them to enter a PhD or equivalent program in their home country (MSc., Diploma, DEA etc.). US applicants with only a Bachelor must have successfully completed courses in Biophysics and must have laboratory experience leading to a research thesis.
There are two deadlines each year in May and November. All applications are reviewed by the PhD Program Committee. A shortlist of candidates will be invited for interviews in June and January, respectively.
The application Please fill in the online application form . Please note that this information and relevant documents will be distributed within the FMI for assessment.
Contact
In case of questions, please contact the FMI PhD Program office:
Elida Keller, fmiphdprogram@fmi.ch
Important dates
Application deadline: November 30, 2014
More Info: www.fmi.ch/training/phd/
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