Deadline:
August 31, 2024
Location(s)
Switzerland
University of Bern, Hallerstrasse 6, 3012 Bern
Overview
Our doctoral programme gives you the opportunity to further your professional and academic career in economics, political science and law.
Details
Welcome to the Graduate School of Economic Globalisation and Integration at the World Trade Institute
As a PhD candidate, you will benefit from a structured programme that is designed to offer you maximum support in writing your thesis. This includes continuous feedback and academic guidance from our extraordinary global faculty – composed of leading scholars and practitioners from the world’s most renowned universities, policy research institutions, law firms and international organisations.
Please note: the WTI is not in the position to fund your PhD. We encourage you to apply for outside funding with governments, foundations and other institutions once you have been academically admitted to the programme. More information in the "Fees and Funding" section below.
Questions or info? Please email phd.applications@wti.org
We take an interdisciplinary approach, continuously exploring the interconnections between economics, political science and law and how such linkages can be developed to enhance scientific theory and practice. In fact, this programme is targeted toward doctoral students who are interested in writing theses that cross the boundaries among the three disciplines.
Applicants must successfully complete two steps. First, they have to apply for supervision by submitting the application form and all specified required documents by email to phd.applications@wti.org.
Second, applicants accepted for supervision must enrol at the University of Bern and register with the Admissions Office of the University of Bern. Accordingly, they need to fulfil the formal requirements established in the regulations of their thesis supervisor’s faculty.
Applicants can only be officially accepted by the WTI Doctoral School if they have successfully completed the process of admission to doctoral studies at the University of Bern.
About the PhD courses
PhD courses at the WTI are aimed at providing PhD students, young postdocs and practitioners with an opportunity to update their training in fields within the range of expertise of the WTI.
At least two one-week summer courses are taught each year, in August and September.
Courses are taught in English, and limited to a maximum enrollment of 35. To derive maximum benefit, we recommend that during the week of the course participants devote themselves exclusively to course work.
For details of courses in the current year as well as past courses, see the section below.
For Economics PhD students:
- Information about the Faculty of Economics at the University of Bern
- Guidelines for PhD students in the Department of Economics
- Regulations on Doctoral Studies at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
For Law PhD students:
- Regulations on Doctoral Studies at the Faculty of Law
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
In order to be admitted to the WTI Doctoral Programme, the PhD applicant must be accepted for supervision by an eligible professor and enrolled at the University of Bern.
Dates
Deadline: August 31, 2024
Cost/funding for participants
The University of Bern determines tuition and semester fees for all programmes. Students who have paid registration fees to the University of Bern are not charged a fee for participation in the doctoral programme.
As the WTI is not in the position to fund your PhD, we encourage you to apply for outside funding with governments, foundations and other institutions once you have been academically admitted to the programme.
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