You must have a professionally relevant background in solid mechanics, structural engineering, mechanical engineering or similar fields.
Your education must correspond to a five-year Norwegian degree program, where 120 credits are obtained at master's level.
You must have a strong academic background from your previous studies and an average grade from the master's degree program, or equivalent education, which is equal to B or better compared with NTNU's grading scale. If you do not have letter grades from previous studies, you must have an equally good academic basis. If you have a weaker grade background, you may be assessed if you can document that you are particularly suitable for a PhD education.
You must meet the requirements for admission to the doctoral program from the Faculty of Engineering (https://www.ntnu.edu/studies/phiv)
You must be fluent in spoken and written English.

The Department of Structural Engineering has two vacancies for PhD candidates within Modelling Strength and Failure in Recycled Aluminium Alloys funded through the Centre for Research-based Innovation SFI FAST – Future Aluminium Structures. The positions are linked to the research group SIMLab (Structural Impact Laboratory)./nFor a position as a PhD candidate, the goal is a doctoral education leading to a doctoral degree./nLocation: Trondheim, Norway.

PhD in Solid Mechanics

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