• Duration of Study: At our university, as is the common practice in Turkey, undergraduate programs are 4 years. However, you may shorten this time by taking courses in summer school.
• Language of Instruction: The medium of instruction at our university is English. Students whose English level is not sufficient will go through one year of English Preparatory Program.
• Structure of Education: Undergraduate programs are 4 years. All undergraduate programs will follow a common core curriculum in the first year of study. Upon successful completion of first year, students will be given the option to change their departments.
• Double Major and Minor Opportunities: Under the Double Major Program you may follow two undergraduate programs and receive two diplomas. With our Minor Programs, you will be able to receive a certificate that supports your major.
• Scholarships: It has been decided that the entire quota of international students entering our university in the 2010-2011 academic year will be given a full scholarship (including tuition fees, accommodation and health insurance).
• Accommodation: International students entering our university for the 2010-2011 academic year will be provided rooms in our dormitories free of charge.
• Health Services and Insurance: Our university will provide health insurance for all international students in the 2010-2011 academic year.

GENERAL APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

All international students* must be either graduates or in their final year of schools equivalent to Turkish High Schools. The requirements explained below must also be met.

* Applicants who fit the descriptions listed below will not be considered to have international student status:
Citizens of Turkey and the T.R.N.C., citizens of either Turkey or the TRNC with dual-citizenship, those with dual-citizenship who revoke their Turkish or TRNC citizenship after 2011 and complete all of their high school in Turkey or the TRNC, Turkish citizens who complete their high school education in the TRNC, anyone expelled for a disciplinary measure from a higher education instution in Turkey.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Applicants may apply online or via mail between the dates specified below by the Rectorate to the Student Affairs Office. Explanations and updates regarding the applications will be announced on the university’s website.

Istanbul Şehir University 2010-2011 Academic Year
Undergraduate Student Quotas

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FOR APPLICATION

1. Undergraduate Application Form for international students (for the form, please click here),
2. Certified English or Turkish translation of your diploma (if available) (your original diploma and a certificate showing equivalency to the Turkish high school diploma will be requested at registration),
3. Certified English or Turkish translation of your transcript (the document, approved by the school administration showing high school courses taken and grades received by the applicant),
4. Certified English or Turkish translation of your national ID card or passport,
5. A copy of your exam results (if available) indicating English proficiency (TOEFL, IELTS, etc),
6. One passport size photo (4.5cm x 6 cm),
7. Certified English or Turkish translation of one of the test results (if any) listed below
   7.1. Gold, silver and bronze medals taken from International Science Olympiads recognized and participated in by TÜBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey),
   7.2. YÖS (Examination for Foreign Students) Basic Learning Skills test score of at least 50 out of 80 standard points,
   7.3. TCS (Turkish Republics with Turks and Related Communities Test) score of at least 50 points,
   7.4. SAT I (Scholastic Assessment Test) score of at least 1000 total points and a Math score of at least 500,
   7.5. ACT (American College Test) Math, Science Reasoning and Composite score of at least 21 points,
   7.6. GCE (General Certificate Education) test with at least 3 subjects related to the department to which you are applying at the A level,
   7.7. International Baccalaureate diploma grade of at least 30,
   7.8. German ABITUR test score of at least 4 points,
   7.9. French Baccalaureate diploma grade of at least 10,
   7.10. Matura diploma grade of at least 2,
   7.11. Tawjihi of Jordan and Palestine test score average of at least 70 for all classes in the Scientific Stream,
   7.12. Lebanese Baccalaureate (Baccalauréat Libanais) diploma grade of at least 60 out of 100 or 13 out of 20 for tests in the Scientific Stream.
   7.13. Al-Shahada al-Thanawiyya (Baccalaureate) of Syria test score average of at least 170 out of 240 in the Scientific Stream, 165 in the Literary Stream, and 25 in the Language Stream,
   7.14. High School Diploma of Iran (Diploma Debirestan) average of at least 15/20 and Pishdaneshgahi score of at least 15/20,
   7.15. National University Test of Kazakhstan score of at least 90 out of 120,
   7.16. Gaokaonda-University Entrance Exam of the People’s Republic of China score of at least 500 out of 750,
   7.17. Besides the above listed exams, applicants may be evaluated by Istanbul Şehir University based on their high school diploma grade and university entrance exam results from their countries.The validity period of exams taken upon completion of high school (Abitur, International Baccalaureate, GCE, Tawjihi, etc.) is unlimited. However, the results of other university entrance exams (SAT I and ACT) and YÖS are valid for only two years.

APPLICATION EVALUATIONS

The evaluation of applications and the placement of applicants will be carried out by the Istanbul Şehir University Admissions Committee. The Admissions Committee may accept some applicants who have fulfilled the requirements after preliminary consideration. Applicants without any test results, if considered appropriate, will be called to take the International Students Entrance Exam.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS

The names of accepted candidates will be announced on the university’s web site and applicants will be notified online. Students who confirm the notification will be sent a letter of acceptance via mail and online. Applicants must then present their acceptance letter, together with all other required forms, to the Turkish Embassy or Consulate in their countries to receive a student visa.

REGISTRATION

Students admitted to our university must register in person at the date specified below by the Student Affairs Office. Registration cannot be done via mail.

You must bring the following documents with you for registration:

1. Original copy of your high school diploma and its translated English or Turkish copy certified by the Turkish Embassy or Consulate in your country,
2. A Certificate of Equivalency for your high school diploma: a certificate issued either by the Ministry of National Education of Turkey or the Turkish Embassy or Consulate in your country indicating that your high school diploma is equivalent to Turkish high school diploma,
3. Original copy of test results submitted in application and its English or Turkish translation certified by the Turkish Embassy or Consulate in your country,
4. A certified Turkish translation of your passport,
5. Six (6) passport size (4.5 cm x 6cm) photos,
6. A photocopy of your student visa obtained from the Turkish Embassy or Consulate in your country.

To complete the registration, international students must obtain their Residence Permit from the Foreign Branch of the Istanbul Police Department and submit photocopies of the relevant pages to the Student Affairs Office.

APPLICATION, EVALUATION AND REGISTRATION DATES:

• Application dates: June 28 – August 2 (Monday), 2010.
• Preliminary evaluation: August 3 – August 6, 2010.
• Exam: August 12 (Thursday) 2010.
• Announcement of the Exam Results: August 16 (Monday), 2010.
• Registration dates: August 31 – September 3, 2010.

FOR APPLICATION and MORE INFORMATION:

Mailing address: Istanbul Şehir University, Student Affairs Office, Ahmet Bayman Cad. No. 2, Seyrantepe-Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey
Tel: + 90 212 444 40 34,
Fax: 90 212 282 66 27;
Email: admissions@sehir.edu.tr

Istanbul Şehir University does not discriminate against any individual or group of individuals on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race and religion.

Source:
http://www.sehir.edu.tr/uluslararasi.asp

Selection will be based on the postgraduate application form and supporting documentation such as academic transcripts and references; no additional scholarship applications are required

Programmes of study:

• MSc Computer Vision Engineering
• MSc Semiconductor Photonics and Engineering
• MSc Avionics

Award title and amount:

• £2,000 academic merit scholarships

Deadlines:

• All overseas applicants who have submitted their Masters programme application by 1 June will be considered for the awards. Successful candidates will be notified of the selection outcome on (or soon after) 1 July 2010

Other terms and conditions:

• Only self-funding applicants will be considered for the awards. The awards will take the form of a tuition fee reduction. The awards can be combined with other University of Sheffield scholarships.

Source:
http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/eee/post/scholarships.html

• Vestas scholarship worth dkk 40.000 p.a. for two years to support living expenses in Denmark during the active study period (Vestas-2010-01)
• Vestas scholarship worth dkk 40.000 p.a. for two years to support living expenses in Denmark during the actice study period (Vestas-2010-02)
• Vestas scholarship worth dkk 40.000 p.a. for two years to support living expenses in Denmark during the active study period (Vestas-2010-03)
• Vestas scholarship worth dkk 40.000 p.a. for two years to support living expenses in Denmark during the active study period (Vestas-2010-04)
• Vestas scholarship worth dkk 40.000 p.a. for two years to support living expenses in Denmark during the active study period (Vestas-2010-05)

M.Sc. students starting their 9th semester of Power Electronics and Drives (PED), Wind Power Systems (WPS) or Electrical Power Systems and High Voltage Engineering (EPSH), under the Energy Study Board in September 2010 may apply for:

• Vestas scholarship worth dkk 40,000 for one year to support living expenses in Denmark during the active study period. The scholarship is granted from September-June. (Vestas-2010-06)
• Vestas scholarship worth dkk 40,000 for one year to support living expenses in Denmark during the active study period. The scholarship is granted from September-June. (Vestas-2010-07)

It is a condition for payment of the scholarship that the student is registered and active on either Power Electronics and Drive (PED), Wind Power Systems (WPS) or Electrical Power Systems and High Voltage (EPSH), under the Energy Study Board, as a minimum carries out his final project in collaboration with Vestas.

The award of scholarships will be determined by representatives of Vestas and the Department of Energy Technology. Complaints or questions about the decision will not be adressed.

Applications

Before you send your application, please read the guide for application of scholarships.

Applications, with the single word ’scholarship’ in the subject, should be sent by e-mail to Susanne K. Hansen, skh@iet.aau.dk. Applications schould contain a justification for the award of a sholarship, your Curriculum Vitae, copies of transcripts of your examination results and certificates from your home university, and if possible a copy of the letter of acceptance from Aalborg University.

The deadline for applications is 1st June 2010.

Source

http://www.iet.aau.dk/jobs/scholarships/4720099

The INTRO project (INTeractive RObotics Research Network) is offering 10 research positions (8 PhD student positions starting in 2010 and 2 post-doctoral positions starting in 2011) in the interdisciplinary areas of Interactive Robotics; Cooperative Robot Learning, Cognitive Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) and Intelligent Interface Design.

INTRO aims to create a new generation of robotic researchers with a broad understanding of the research and technologies needed to build intelligent robots that function in close interaction with humans in unstructured, changing “real word” conditions. The training has a strong multidisciplinary approach complemented by specialized domain knowledge. Young researchers will work closely with industries, endowing them with insight and understanding of the industrial product life-cycle and valuable hands-on experience of top-level industrial robot development. By blending complementary skills, INTRO will improve the career perspectives of young researchers, in both academic and industrial sectors. This will be achieved through a transnational network of universities and robot companies, with senior researchers from different disciplines (robotics, artificial intelligence, cognitive sciences, human factors) coming from different `schools-of-thought’ (computer sciences, industrial engineering, psychology).

INTRO is funded by the European Commission as part of the FP7 program and involves 6 partners. Each PhD student will be stationed at one of the universities and will also undergo a secondment and visit other partners. The post-doctoral researchers will be stationed at one of the partner companies, with several visits to the other partners’ institutions. The following positions are offered:

Umea University, Sweden

• PhD2: Learning from Demonstration and Imitation
• PhD5: Emotional interaction

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

• PhD1: Learning inspired by cognitive psychology
• PhD8: Intelligent interface design

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

• PhD3: Behaviour and intention recognition for human-robot learning
• PhD4: Dynamic gesture analysis

University of the West of England, UK

• PhD6: Robot safety and interaction
• PhD7: Failure detection and recovery

An applicant for any of the positions must not be a citizen of the country in which the associated university/company is located.

Each recruited researcher will join a training program comprising the following major components: An individual research project conducted in close cooperation with researchers from the partner universities and industries; A network-wide training program that includes regular courses and courses in complementary skills (such as project management and proposal writing); Seminars and workshops.

For general information on INTRO and the open positions, please visit www.introbotics.eu or contact the program coordinator Dr. Thomas Hellström at Umeå University: thomash@cs.umu.se

The INTRO partners recognize the importance of gender equality and are committed to it in all aspects of the project.

Each position has to be applied for separately.

Common closing date for all applications: 15th of April 2010.

Anticipated start date: 1st of September 2010 or earlier.

Web Link
http://introbotics.eu

• Chemical Engineering at De La Salle University (DLSU)
• Civil Engineering at Chulalongkorn University (CU)
• Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Chulalongkorn University (CU)
• Environmental Engineering at University of Philippines-Diliman (UP)
• Geological Engineering at Gadjah Mada University (UGM)
• Information and Communication Technology at King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology, Ladkrabang (KMITL)
• Manufacturing Engineering at University of Malaya (UM)
• Materials Engineering at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
• Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB).

In order for AUN/SEED-Net students to produce high quality thesis research of international standard and to ensure the completion of the master’s degree within two years, AUN/SEEDNet provides vital support, in terms of financial and academic, through joint thesis research supervision, to AUN/SEED-Net Master’s students at all Host Institutions. The joint thesis research supervision will be carried out through the Collaborative Research Program, which has been created by each Host Institution for a few well-defined research themes (or research umbrellas) in consultation with Japanese Field Coordinating University, each of which is a collection of interrelated and progressively conducted thesis research topics. Each AUN/SEED-Net student (including doctoral sandwich student) shall conduct thesis research under one of these research themes.

Besides, according to AUN/SEED-Net Students’ Mobility scheme which is promoted to enable students to benefit educationally and culturally from the experience of learning at other Member Institution(s), Master’s students may be supported to take a course(s) or conduct research at other Member Institution(s) for a short period. Students are advised to consult with their advisors and Host Institution on the necessity, possibility and procedures of their mobility.

Those who complete this Master’s Degree Program with outstanding thesis research are encouraged to pursue a doctoral degree in one of the above nine fields either at Japanese Supporting Universities under the “Doctoral Degree Program in Japan”, or at Host Institutions (in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand) under the “Doctoral Degree Sandwich Program” with co-supervision by Japanese professors, or at the two Singaporean universities (NTU & NUS) under “Doctoral Degree Program in Singapore”.

The upgrading scheme is expected to be implemented at some host institutions for master’s students who prove outstanding performance and wish to get upgraded to doctoral level. The details will be finalized by all concerned and announced in due course.

2. Objectives

1. To increase the number of high quality Master’s degree holders in engineering at Member Institutions which would be necessary to contribute to a sustainable industrial development of ASEAN countries.
2. To strengthen the Master’s degree programs at the Host Institutions so that the production of high quality Master’s degree holders in engineering needed for the region is materialized within the region in collaboration with the Member Institutions and Japanese Supporting Universities.
3. To strengthen human networking among teaching staff of Member Institutions and Japanese Supporting Universities.

3. Eligibility of Applicants

• (a) Applicants must hold a Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate discipline of engineering, or to be awarded the Bachelor’s degree before starting the Master’s degree program.
• (b) Applicants should be ranked within top 10% of the class, or have the grade point average of 3.0 or higher from the grade point system of 4.0 in their undergraduate study.
• (c) Applicants must be young faculty staff of Member Institutions, or graduating students, or young graduates of Member Institutions who are strongly motivated to pursue a professional career as faculty staff at Member Institutions.
• (d) Applicants should be under the age of 30 at the time of application and capable of carrying out independent research.
• (e) Applicants who have already received another equivalent major award, scholarship or a salary to undertake a proposed course are not eligible for scholarships.

4. Selection of Host Institution(s)

• (a) Each Host Institution is assigned to host one or two Engineering fields. Applicants must choose to apply to the Host Institution(s) that offer(s) their proposed field of study.
  (Please see list of Host Institutions and their host fields in Attachment 1, and visit our website at http://www.seed-net.org/application_form.html for application forms.)

• (b) Each Host Institution has drawn up research umbrellas or themes under Collaborative Research Program. It is advised that all applicants should be well aware of research areas that each Host Institution can offer to AUN/SEED-Net students before selecting Host Institution(s), by carefully studying Collaborative Research umbrellas and choose their tentative thesis research topics accordingly. (For details on Collaborative Research umbrellas of each field, please visit our website at http://www.seednet.org/research_umbrella.php )

• (c) In addition, possible research areas of study will also be expanded to cover five interdisciplinary areas, namely Biotechnology, Disaster Mitigation, Global Environment, Natural Resources/Materials, and New/Renewable Energy. In case an applicant proposes a research topic under these research areas, one is still expected to choose one of the Host Institutions, depending on the focus of the research topic (e.g., if the topic is Mechanical Engineering related renewable energy, applicants should choose ITB. If the topic is Manufacturing Engineering related disaster mitigation, applicants should choose UM. If the topic is Electrical and Electronic Engineering related biotechnology, then the applicants should choose CU)

• (d) Applicants can apply to the maximum of two Host Institutions, but cannot apply to any institution within their own country.

• (e) Applicants should be aware that some Host Institutions strictly require their applicants to obtain a TOEFL and/or GRE score as an admission requirement. (Please contact each Host Institution for more details.)

5. Target Number of Scholarships

Around 45 scholarships for the Japanese Fiscal Year 2010 will be supported (approximately five scholarships for each host field at Host Institutions in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand).

6. Coverage of Scholarships

The scholarships cover tuition fees, living expenses, health insurance, visa fee and airport tax, and a round-trip air ticket, in accordance with the AUN/SEED-Net Project regulations. There may be partial support(s) from concerned Host and Sending Institution.

7. Commencement and Duration of Scholarships

The commencement of scholarship should be within the Japanese Fiscal Year 2010; that is, awarded students should commence their study within April 2010 – March 2011.

The duration of the scholarship is strictly two years, counting from the day of arrival at a Host Institution. Students who need more than two years to acquire a degree will be expected to self-finance during period of extension.

Note: The AUN/SEED-Net Project, in consultation with the Host Institution, will terminate the award of any student who fails to maintain satisfactory progress at the Host Institution.

8. Application and Screening Procedure

It is advisable for applicants to study and follow the application procedure below. (Please see Attachment 2 for a flow chart of the procedure.)

1. Applicants submit one set of AUN/SEED-Net’s Application Form (for scholarship) and two sets of Host Institution(s)’ Application Form(s) (for university admission), along with other required documents to the contact person at Member Institutions (as Sending Institutions) to which the applicants belong. The list of names of contact persons at Member Institutions (or Sending Institutions) is given in Attachment 3.
2. The contact person of each Sending Institution sends a collection of Application Forms to AUN/SEED-Net, together with an endorsement letter from the Dean or designated person endorsing the applications. Please note that sending application directly to AUN/SEEDNet without the endorsement letter will not be accepted. (Sending Institutions may submit the collection of application forms more than once within the deadline.)
3. AUN/SEED-Net will check all required documents and request missing documents from applicants through Sending Institution, if necessary.
4. AUN/SEED-Net forwards the collection of Host Applications to respective Host Institutions for admission screening.
5. Host Institutions screen applicants for admission and identify potential advisor(s), then inform the admission result to AUN/SEED-Net.
6. AUN/SEED-Net starts its screening for scholarships and informs the result to respective Sending Institutions.Note: At the time of admission and scholarship screening, Host Institutions and AUN/SEED-Net may contact Sending Institutions and/or applicants for missing documents or further information.
7. Sending Institutions inform their successful applicants to confirm their acceptance of scholarships via Reply Form and submit missing documents, if any, to AUN/SEED-Net.
   Contractual matters between Host Institutions and AUN/SEED-Net begins.

9. Submission Deadline of the Application Form

Applications for the Master’s Degree Program should be submitted, in printed forms, to the AUN/SEED-Net Project by January 31, 2010.

10. Scholarship Allocation

The scholarships, in principle, should be distributed across fields and across Sending Institutions.

Application to be submitted to:

AUN/SEED-Net Project
(Master’s Degree Program)
Faculty of Engineering Building 2, Room 109-110
Chulalongkorn University
Bangkok 10330, THAILAND

Applications are currently being accepted for admission in Spring 2010. Interested students should apply directly to either National Chiao Tung University or National Tsing Hua University. University will take responsibility for student’s application, evaluation and related matters. In your application letter, please specify your interest in the ITRI Outstanding International Graduate Scholarship Program. Application deadlines are in October.

Why Join this Program?

• Pursue your doctoral degree at either NCTU or NTHU, two world-class science and engineering universities.
• Participate in the grand challenge research programs at ITRI, most prominently in interdisciplinary areas.
• Work and learn with some of the most outstanding researchers in the world.
• Connect with the top-notch high-tech companies and R&D institutes in Taiwan for employment opportunities.

What does this Program Offer?

• Monthly scholarship of NT$30,000(~US$900).
• Tuition waiver contingent on academic performance.
• Additional research stipend when participating in dissertation research projects at ITRI.
• Employment opportunity at ITRI after graduation.

This program extends the scholarship and tuition offer to eligible students up to 4 years depending on annual review of academic performance.
Students failing to meet academic standards as required by partner universities will lose eligibility for this offer.

Focus Areas of this Program

• Information and Communication Technologies
• Optoelectronics and Photonics.
• Material and Chemical Engineering

Eligibility for Application

• Proof of foreign citizenship
• Proof of a Master’s degree or equivalent
• Must meet all criteria for admission as established by partner university (NCTU or NTHU)

Application Procedure

Applications are currently being accepted for admission in Spring 2010. Interested students should apply directly to either National Chiao Tung University or National Tsing Hua University. University will take responsibility for student’s application, evaluation and related matters. In your application letter, please specify your interest in the ITRI Outstanding International Graduate Scholarship Program. Application deadlines are in October, as established by each university.

Open the webpage below for further details of this program:
http://www.itri.org.tw/eng/Careers/Scholarship.asp?RootNodeId=060&NodeId=0606

• Open to all nationalities
• MSc in Electronic Engineering or a related area. A solid mathematical background and some experience in audio technologies (multi-channel recording and surround sound systems) preferred.
• Applicable subjects: Electronic engineering

Application details

• Applications may be submitted from 01-Jul-2008 until 01-Oct-2009
• Studentship is a part of an EPSRC grant.
• The awards provide home/EU level tuition fees and maintenance expenses.

Application procedure

Apply for a PhD in Electronic Engineering and write in the application that you are applying for the EPSRC studentship for “Perceptual Sound Field Reconstruction and Coherent Emulation” project and that you want to do your PhD under supervision of Dr Cvetkovic. The studentship is available immediately.

Contact details

Contact at King’s
Zoran Cvetkovic, zoran.cvetkovic@kcl.ac.uk

Funding provider

EPSRC
http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/

Source:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/graduate/funding/database/index.php?action=view&id=231

Optimization-based predictive control (or nonlinear model predictive control) has reached a fairly mature stage as far as basic theory and numerical algorithms are concerned. However, there is still progress to be made when it comes to how to combine good control performance with economic performance, particularly during large load changes, product grade changes, etc. The successful candidate will improve state-of-the-art by developing new formulations with analysis of closed-loop properties. The work will take place in an active research group with industrial and international interactions.

Applicants must have a MSc (or siv.ing.) degree in control systems or similar. Solid scientific qualifications, relevant MSc research topics and personal qualities are important. Foreign applicants must document a TOEFL score of 600 or higher. The goal of the announced position is to obtain a PhD degree, hence the successful applicant must be enrolled as a PhD student at NTNU, please see http://www.ime.ntnu.no/english/research/phd for information about PhD education at NTNU.

The applicants are encouraged to contact Professor Lars Imsland (Lars.Imsland@itk.ntnu.no) for more information.

Applications are to be sent to the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway, or by e-mail to: application@ime.ntnu.no (This address is for complete applications only. Enquiries to this address will not be answered).

Applications should be marked: IME 051-2009.
Closing date: September 30th 2009.

For more information, please see attachment.
Further Scholarship Information and Application
2009 10586 stip ITK.pdf

The project will investigate the use of thermo electric generators in hostile environments, such as those experienced by space probes to the inner solar system. Recent developments suggest that efficiencies close to the theoretical Carnot limit may be possible, but this has not been achieved, with reports in the literature around 10%. The project will investigate the use of a variety of methods including thermogenerators and thermo-tunneling devices and how these perform in regions of high and low temperatures and under simulated solar flares.

This project is due to start in September 2009.

Eligibility and Value of the Award
In line with the DHPA scheme you must be a national from one of the eligible countries listed on the OECD webpage (http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/35/9/2488552.pdf). For more information on eligibility, please also see the Research Council UK’s website at http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/hodgkin/stufaq.htm

The award covers tuition fees and maintenance of approximately £13,290 per year.

Person Specification
You must have, or expect to achieve, a first-class Honours degree (or equivalent) in electronic engineering or physics.

How to Apply
You should complete the University’s online postgraduate application form (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply/applicationforms/index.htm), quoting the code EE008 and selecting ‘PhD School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering – Electrical and Electronic Engineering’. A CV including contact details of two referees and a personal statement stating why you are suitable for this studentship should be attached to the application form.

You should also send a copy of your CV and personal statement, quoting the code EE008, to Mrs Gill Webber, gill.webber@ncl.ac.uk, (School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, Merz Court, Newcastle University, Newcastle, NE1 7RU).

Closing date for applications: 31st August

Reference Code: EE008
Supervisors: Dr Alton Horsfall and Professor Nick Wright
School: School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/eece/
Sponsor: Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Awards Scheme (DHPA)
Duration: 3 years

Further Information
For more details, please contact Dr Alton Horsfall, a.b.horsfall@ncl.ac.uk

• Deadline: End of September 2009
• Open to: Master degree in Science and Applied Science (Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, or comparable qualification)
• Funding: Net salary of about 1040 Euro per month
• Nationality: Any nationality is accepted
• Languages: Fluency in English is required.
• Topic: Electronic Engineering / Computer Science

The Information Engineering Department is ranked among the first ones as for research activities of medium-size Italian Universities. It raises funds from different European and Industrial projects.

PhD research topics include:
Active noise and vibration control, microwave diffraction tomography, non-linear electronic circuits, distributed optical fiber sensors, modeling of reliable distributed systems, robust coding and routing for reliable communications over lossy networks, wireless broadband communications.

General information:
Aversa is a relatively small and enjoyable city, only 15 km far from Naples. The cost of living is quite affordable, f.i. a single room can be rent starting from the 100?200? range. The average cost for food is 300? per month. There are good job opportunities with technological industries in the area.

For more information, please contact
Prof. Aldo Minardo, e-mail: aldo.minardo@unina2.it
or
Prof. Pierluigi Salvo Rossi, e-mail: pierluigi.salvorossi@unina2.it

Pierluigi SALVO ROSSI, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor (Telecommunications )
Department of Information Engineering
Second University of Naples
Via Roma 29, 81031 Aversa (CE), Italy

Room: ICT Lab
Phone: +39 081 5010371
Fax: +39 081 5037042
Email: pierluigi.salvorossi@unina2.it
Webpage: http://wpage.unina.it/salvoros