Overview

The Ecology and Natural Resource Management programme of the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) is a doctoral programme that will educate independent researchers of international calibre in conjunction with national and international research communities.

Job opportunities

The PhD programme in Ecology and Natural Resource Management shall qualify candidates for research of international standard within all subject areas at the Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management and for other work in society where there are high demands on scientific insight and analytical thinking, in accordance with recognized principles of academic and research ethics.

Programme Structure

INA has a particularly broad subject profile and performs comprehensive research and teaching activities in many biological disciplines and in the management of natural resources. Examples of subject areas (also mentioned above in point 11 Societal relevance) include:

Behavioural ecology

Biodiversity

Evolution genetics

Conservation biology

Bioeconomics

Botany

Zoology

Forest management

Fish and wildlife management

Renewable energy

Environmental impacts of land use and habitat change

Market and natural resource economics and planning

Nature-based tourism, population and community ecology

Mapping of resources

Wood technology

Ecophysiology and ecotoxicology

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

You can apply for and start this programme anytime.

Language

English

IELTS

7

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TOEFL^® IBT

92

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Credits

180 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Natural Resource Management Ecology Environmental Sciences

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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7

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92

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Other requirements

General requirements

A master's degree with a scope of at least 120 credits (ECTS) that is based on a bachelor’s degree of minimum 180 credits (ECTS), or a cand.med.vet. degree, or an integrated master’s degree with a scope of minimum 300 credits (ECTS).

English language skills.

You must be able to document provision of full funding for the entire contract period (i.e. 3 years full-time study). The most common form of financing is the appointment of a PhD fellowship position.

Tuition Fee

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International

Free

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 0 EUR per year during 36 months.
EU/EEA

Free

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 0 EUR per year during 36 months.

Since NMBU is a publicly funded state university, there are no tuition fees. However, most students must pay a small semester fee.

Living costs for Ås

9420 - 15000 NOK /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.