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Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world’s top 100 universities. The University has 40 000 students and more than 8 000 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö. We are united in our efforts to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition.
Lund University School of Economics and Management is one of eight faculties within Lund University. More than 4 000 students and 450 researchers, teachers and other staff are engaged here in training and research in economic history, business administration, business law, informatics, economics, statistics and research policy.
The Department of Statistics employs around 15 researchers, teachers, PhD students, and other staff. We conduct research within a number of areas, such as the analysis of high dimensional data, Bayesian methods, spatial-temporal models, non-Gaussian modelling, applied research in the social sciences, and stochastic models and computational statistics. More information can be found on the department's home page, https://stat.lu.se/en/research .
The Department of Statistics at Lund University is looking for applicants for a doctoral position in statistical modeling of high dimensional data with application towards genetics.
Job assignment
Doctoral students devote their time primarily to completion of course work and the writing of a doctoral thesis. The employment as a PhD student is granted on a yearly basis and the total period of employment may not exceed 4 years of full-time studies. Departmental duties, i.e., teaching, administration or research not directly connected to the dissertation topic, may amount to a maximum of 20% of full time. When such departmental duties are performed, the length of employment is extended accordingly.
The doctoral student project has the two possible, not exclusive, paths, a more mathematical and a more applied path.
Project description:
The aim of the project that the student will be working on is in high dimensional statistics with application towards genetices. For more description see https://stat-lu.github.io/PhDpos/ .
Eligibility/Entry Requirements
A person meets the general admission requirements for third-cycle courses and study programs if he or she has:
(Higher Education Ordinance, Chapter 7, Section 39)
Other requirements
For the two paths we have separate requirements:
Mathematical statistics path
Biostatics path
Basis of Assessment
Admittance of a doctoral student is primarily based on an assessment of the candidate’s ability to benefit from third-cycle studies.
The applicant’s ability to benefit from third-cycle studies and research will be assessed with reference to the selection criteria stated in the relevant general syllabus for third-cycle studies, available at http://staff.lusem.lu.se/phd-studies/phd-programmes .
Applicant’s general competence:
Terms of employment
Fixed-term employment, maximum four years (fulltime studies).
Only those admitted to third-cycle courses and study programs at a higher education may be appointed to doctoral studenship.
For regulations concerning employment of doctoral students etc, see the Higher Education Ordinance, Chapter 5, Sections 1-7.
For regulations concerning admission to third-cycle courses and study programs, see the Higher Education Ordinance, Chapter 5, Sections 34-41.
Application procedure
Please use Lund University job application portal when applying: http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/about/work-at-lund-university
The application must be written in Swedish/English.
The application should contain:
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