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Scholarships for PhD in Economics, University of Alicante, Spain

The Department of Economics at the University of Alicante (FAE), Spain, is offering Teaching and Research Assistantship to students enrolling in the Graduate Program.

The Graduate Program is a full-time program leading to a doctoral degree (Ph.D.). The program is taught entirely in English and it provides students with a thorough theoretical and practical training to do independent high-level economic research.

The program provides students with a thorough theoretical and practical training in microeconomics, macroeconomics and econometrics as well as specialization in applied fields.

The first two years of the Graduate Program lead to the degree of Master and involve studying courses and writing a Master's thesis. After these two years, students who demonstrate a strong academic performance and a high research potential are admitted to the PhD Program, where they work on their doctoral theses for the degree of Doctor (PhD) in Economics.

The Graduate Program is open to any student with a Bachelor Degree. Candidates with a strong background in economics and/or mathematics are encouraged to apply.

Students have to pre-register online and e-mail ( marilo@merlin.fae.ua.es  ) or post the following documents to the address below.

• Statement of purpose.
•  Official transcripts from each university attended. If the original transcripts are not in English or Spanish, they should be accompanied by a translation.
• Curriculum Vitae.
• Two reference letters.

The reference letters have to be sent directly by the referees.

Marilo Rufete

Departamento de Fundamentos del Analisis Economico

Universidad de Alicante

03080 Alicante, SPAIN

Deadline for applications: April 1St 2009. Early applications are encouraged

All students admitted to the Graduate Program receive financial support. The Department provides financial support mostly in the form of Teaching Assistantships (TA) and Research Assistantships (RA). A TA position requires teaching practice classes with a teaching load of up to four hours per week. An RA position requires a workload of up to six hours per week and may involve some administrative and logistical tasks. Students receive 1,100 Euros per month for 12 months a year.

Most of our students also receive some extra funding to spend a few months visiting leading Departments in Europe or North America.

For more information about the program please click here.