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PhD at Utrecht University
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The Akadimeia Holiness of Akademos Plato’s academy Attica: ca. 2650 km2
Prov. Utrecht: 1385 km2
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Reconstruction Athens ca 500-300 BC
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Akademeia
Plato’s school in the Akademeia (mosaic from Pompeï)
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Utrecht University 1634: Athenaeum Illustre (illustere school),
no ius promovendi 26 March 1636: opening Universiteit Utrecht, dies natalis Ca. 1780-1960 development of modern university,
core of academic education: scientific teaching based on scientific research
12 Nobel prizes related to UU, most recently Gerard ‘t Hooft and Martin Veltman, 1999
Ranked nr. 1 in the Netherlands on list by Shanghai Jiao Tong University for Higher Education, UU ranks 13th within Europe and 52nd worldwide
Ca. 30,000 students Ca. 8,000 employees
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Faculty of Science
Departments: Physics Chemistry Biology Pharmacy Mathematics Information and Computing Sciences
Graduate School Life Sciences Graduate School Natural Sciences
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Information and Computing Sciences
Bachelor Computer Science Computer Science Game Technology
Bachelor Information Science
Master Artificial Intelligence Master Computing Science Master Game and Media Technology Master Information Science (for now: Business Informatics)
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Information and Computing Sciences
Four divisions: Artificial Intelligence
Data mining Decision Sypport Systems Intelligent (Agent) Systems
Interaction Technology Media Technolgoy Interaction Technology
Software Systems Software Technology Product Software
Virtual World Geometric Modeling Animation
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Supervisors
Choose two supervisors from the participating chairs in Graduate Program Game Research:
Prof. Sjaak Brinkkemper, Software Production Prof. Linda van der Gaag, Decision Support Systems Prof. Johan Jeuring, Software Technology for Learning and
Teaching Prof. Marc van Kreveld, Computational Geometry Prof. John-Jules Meyer, Intelligent Systems Prof. Joost Raessens, Game Studies Prof. Peter Werkhoven, Multimodal Interaction Prof. Remco Veltkamp, Media Technology
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Pursuing PhD
Prerequisite: master title Usually 4 years Usually small teaching task Usually 4 research results in the thesis Mandatory enrollment in Graduate School
(Natural Sciences or Humanities) Mandatory individual Training and Supervision programme
Job positions, paid by: Basic funding Project from Netherlands Science Foundation (NWO) European framework project Other external fundingFellowships: Personal grants, bursary (e.g. CSC, DIKTI)
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Graduation
After sufficient number of research results (typically 4), compose PhD thesis
After approval by supervisor, manuscript is sent to assessment committee
After approval by assessment committee, defense ceremony: 45 min. questioning by promotion committee
After approval:
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Procedure
Decide upon a topic that intrigues you, and matches one of the UU research themes
Approach the professor with a CV and letter stating your ambition, suggested topic
If supervisors agree, write your own proposal Envisioned timeline:
13 March 2015: call for proposal broadcasted 15 May 2015: deadline for submission 1 June 2015: preselection In June: interviews 1 July 2015: selection 1 September 2015: start of project/job
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Money
4 PhD positions Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
provides 4 X 200.000 €