PhDLinguistics (Junior Research Fellow position)
| Õppetöö asukoht | Eesti, Tallinn |
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| Õppetase | Doctoral, full-time |
| Õppekeel | inglise |
| Kraad / diplom / tunnistus | PhD |
| Kandideerimistasu | 100 € one-time |
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| Sisseastumisnõuded | 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: inglise / eesti. 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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| Keelenõuded | inglise
Tallinn University only accepts English language test scores which have been taken no more than 2 years before the beginning of studies. More information about language proficiency requirements is available at |
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| Muud nõuded | Before the final submission on the application database the candidates are recommended to submit the following documents for preview. The documents are to be sent to maris.peters@tlu.ee: 1) A research proposal accepted by the prospective supervisor (length approx. 3 pages / 1500 words without the list of sources), which contains at least the following components:
2) A one page description of candidate’s teaching experience so far and a vision of the possible teaching assignments to be conducted during the PhD studies at Tallinn University. It is highly recommended to find, in collaboration with the prospective supervisor, some links with the present courses and study programmes taught at Tallinn University. 3) CV (including a list of candidate’s publications) During the application period the candidates should upload into DreamApply:
If the research contains fieldwork: the description of the scope, length, and financing (both the projected budget and sources of financing). Candidates should clarify why this research should specifically be carried out at Tallinn University School of Humanities. 2) Expanded vision of the teaching assignments to be carried out during the PhD studies (max. 2 pages). It should give information on courses or course components to be taught, the role of the PhD candidate, and should be accepted by the prospective supervisor. (During the four years of PhD studies the students are expected to assist at least in three courses or seminars and to teach or co-teach at least one course / seminar). 3) CV (including a list of candidate’s publications) Please note that your application will not be processed before the approved research proposal has been uploaded. More information: www.tlu.ee/en/ht/linguistics#admission-requirements |
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Overview
Our programme will be of interest for the candidates who have their MA or equivalent level of education in the field of linguistics or philology, and wish to engage in application of linguistic theories in research. Our fields of expertise include: First language acquisition, Psycholinguistics, Cognitive linguistics, Second language acquisition, Translation studies, Sociolinguistics, Multilingualism and language contacts, Text linguistics, genre and discourse analysis.
