PhD Programme in Transnational Studies and International Relations at the Berlin Graduate School for Transnational Studies

Berlin Graduate School for Transnational Studies

Scholarships: 9 Doctoral Scholarships

Date: 3 year full-time PhDprogramme starting September 2009

Starting date for Applications: 1 December, 2008

Deadline for Applications: 1 February, 2009

Online application

The Berlin Graduate School for Transnational Studies (BTS), a joint endeavour of the Freie Universität Berlin (FUB), the Hertie School of Governance (HSoG) and the Social Science Center Berlin (WZB), announces its next call for applications for its full-time PhD programme. All three are leading institutions in the field of political science and its neighbouring disciplines. The programme draws upon their faculty, research projects, facilities and services.

The three-year English language doctoral programme is designed for exceptionally talented and motivated graduate students. It offers state-of-the-art survey classes, a strong training in research methods and research design, skills courses and individualized supervision. While the courses and training present an important part of the curriculum, the bulk of the workload for the PhD candidates in the programme will be in the form of independent research for their dissertations.

The successful applicants will be informed in the first half of April 2009 in order to enter to the doctoral programme in September of the same year. The three-year programme has a strong focus on social science theories and methods but also welcomes applications from adjacent disciplines like economics, history, law, and area studies. Dissertation topics should refer to one of the following three areas of concentration broadly defined:

* The analysis of national and transnational causes and consequences of political, societal and cultural globalization.
* The challenges to governance in international and transnational settings including issues of politization and legitimacy, as well as in areas of limited statehood.
* The comparative study of regional cooperation, including the EU.

The application requirements for the programme are:

• An exceptionally strong completed university degree qualifying for PhD studies in political science, international relations, sociology, economics, law or adjacent disciplines.

• Proof of C1 level English language skills or the equivalent.

• CV

• A short letter of motivation (600 words maximum)

• A research proposal (5000 words maximum

• Two letters of reference from faculty members

The deadline for applications to the doctoral programme is 1 February 2009. Applicants are required to apply online. The respective website will be available from 1 December 2008 at www.transnationalstudies.eu.

Since 1997, Siemens has awarded scholarships abroad Master Bachelor graduates and enabled them to study in Germany. At the beginning of the 2006/2007 academic year, the Scholarship Program Masters Siemens will continue in cooperation with the best German universities.

Each university is awarded a maximum of five scholarships. In agreement with Siemens, the university awards these grants to excellent candidates supported by the country.
Middle East and Eastern Europe:
Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, the Baltic States, Russia, Bulgaria and Slovenia.
Asia:
China, Vietnam, Thailand, Pakistan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Bangladesh and India.

Academics are eligible to participate in one of the master’s courses jointly identified and to meet the criteria for applying to university.

In addition to financial contributions, we offer seminars and special training (language courses, intercultural seminars), to provide on-the-job assignments, supported by researchers in the creation of their master thesis and offer comprehensive supervision and counselling.

The Siemens master’s program aims to promote highly talented students from abroad, increasing the potential of experts and senior executives of Siemens and help them develop their full potential. In addition, it contributes to the internationalization and competitiveness of the German university and start networking.

Siemens selects candidates on the basis of the following documents:

1. Full CV (curriculum vitae)
2. Detailed explanation of the reasons for participation in the Master’s course favorite (letter),
3. Conditional acceptance letter from PGE,
4. Two reference letters from professors of his country of origin
5. Bachelor’s degree or a diploma certificate (copy of the original or certified translation)
6. High-school certificate or diploma equivalent school certificate (copy of the original and certified translation).

Fellows receive different types of support: It is limited to a maximum of 24 months and paid in the form of a monthly grant of subsistence. The fellowship begins on October 1 of the first academic year. The monthly financial support is EUR 755. In addition, each researcher receives money starting to 600 euros. School fees will not be paid. In addition, researchers will take part in four weeks of intensive German language courses, which takes place before the end of the study. Siemens pays the fee for the course, accommodation and pocket money of 400 euros for each participant. Several weeks after the start of the study, Siemens invites participants to a session opening in Munich. The event allows researchers to better understand the business, make contacts with other researchers and to start network. In addition, each researcher is also invited to a regional meeting students from other programs.

Below is any further information on the international Generation21-Website.
http://w4.siemens.de/generation21/international/pages/university_projects/master_scholarships.php

Send if interested, all the documents needed in a Word file to the e-mail address: info@gpe.tu-berlin.de until the deadline, which is April 30.
We accept only online applications. All documents must be in the correct order as indicated above. Documents to be scanned, you can scan in an appropriate quality and insert them to the Word File. Make sure the size of this file does not extend 9.5 MB.

Siemens Master Scholarship to Foreign Bachelor Graduates and enabled them to study in Germany.