PhDEducational Sciences (Junior Research Fellow position)
| Study location | Estonia, Tallinn |
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| Type | Doctoral, full-time |
| Study language | English |
| Awards | PhD |
| Application fee | €100 one-time |
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| Entry qualification | Postgraduate diploma (or higher)
Doctoral level (PhD) applicants must have a Master’s degree or corresponding qualifications and experience. At least 60% of the possible maximum results from your Bachelor’s as well as Master’s studies is expected in order to qualify for studies in Tallinn University. Please see a list of required documents here. For country-specific requirements please see here. Step-by-step application guides can be found here. We advise you to apply as soon as possible so that the admission specialists can give you feedback before the application deadline and a chance for you to update your application, if necessary. Tallinn University does not accept applications submitted by third parties. Applicants must complete and sign the application form themselves. The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English / Estonian. You must take the original entry qualification documents along with you when you finally go to the university. All required documents must be uploaded with the application by the application deadline. Applicants who have successfully passed their entrance exam, may be asked to send their educational documents to Tallinn University by post. Specific instructions will be given by the admission specialists to each applicant individually. Please do not send any documents by post until you have personally been asked to do so. Whether any documents are required by post can also be determined by examining Tallinn University’s country-specific requirements. which may state, for example, that the applicant’s Transcript of Records must be sent to Tallinn University by the awarding institution or that a document needs to be certified in a particular way. |
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| Language requirements | English Only applicants who have completed their previous levels of education or their previous studies fully in English in the United States, Canada, the Commonwealth of Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Switzerland or the EU/EEA countries (attested proof from the previous educational institution required), will be exempted from submitting an international language test as a proof of their English proficiency. The following tests with scores outlined are accepted:
Tallinn University only accepts English language test scores which have been taken no more than 2 years before the beginning of studies. More information is available here. |
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| Other requirements | In addition to other required documents, applicants are required to upload their CV and thesis proposal signed by the prospective supervisor. You can apply with your own preferred topic after getting approval from one of our supervisors. Supervisors can be found under the Study Areas of the School of Educational Sciences. Contact person: study counsellor Elina van der Toorn More information is available here: www.tlu.ee/en/hti/educational-sciences#admission |
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Overview
Objectives of the Programme:
- creating conditions for achieving professionalism in the field of Educational Sciences and
- conducting independent research on an internationally recognized level;
supporting doctoral students in becoming highly qualified university teachers, scientists, and experts in the field of education.
The graduate:
- is able to ground the solutions to problems in educational sciences from the broader point of view of social sciences;
- is familiar with the modern approaches to the methodology of research;
- is able to plan a study and use research methods and data analysis methods;
- is able to effectively work with scientific texts and to create these themselves;
- is ready for scientific communication and cooperation with other researchers
