25 August: fyi -- multilingual communication (phd funding), Barcelona
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Department of Translation and Philology (DTF)
Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona
Description:
The Department of Translation and Philology at Pompeu Fabra University is
offering THREE graduate assistantships for doctoral study beginning
academic year 2005-2006 (start date: October 1, 2005). Monthly stipend
between EUR 859.00 and EUR 1034.00 gross (before taxes) depending on
qualifications. The assistantships are for one year, renewable for a second
year. Extensions up to four years are possible if certain conditions are met.
Candidates should have very good grade point averages (GPAs). For
assistantships 1 & 2 successful candidates should be able to assist in the
teaching of German and/or German translation. For assistantship 3 the
successful candidate should be able to assist in the teaching of a variety
of Linguistics courses.
The assistantships are for PhD students of DTF, so incoming students must
first pre-register in either of the two doctoral programs offered by DTF
(enrollment fees covered by assistantship; pre-registration is done on-line
on DTF's webpage: http://www.upf.edu/dtf):
- Multilingual Communication: studies in translation, literature and
language. DTF's own PhD program
- Cognitive Science and Language, jointly offered by UPF and four other
Catalan universities. (Note: To be eligible students must enroll through
DTF)
Both programs have received the 'Mención de Calidad', an award for quality
in PhD training, from the Spanish Ministry of Education.
Application deadline: Friday, September 9, 2005
For further information check DTF's website (http://www.upf.edu/dtf), or if
you have problems interacting with the websites, contact DTF's main office
or write to Enric Vallduví (name.lastname@upf.edu) with a clear subject line.
Additional information on funding opportunities:
Students of any nationality may apply for 4-year graduate fellowships to
the Catalan Ministry of Universities (DURSI/AGAUR) and the Spanish Ministry
of Education (MEC) for four-year graduate fellowships. Please see websites for
more information: (MEC) http://www.mec.es/ciencia/rrhh/ and ( DURSI/ AGAUR
site) http://www.gencat.net/agaur/.
Probable deadlinesin late September or in October. The candidates awarded the
three graduate assistantships announced here will be encouraged to apply also to
these programs.
Address for Applications
Servei de Personal
Placa de la Merce 10-12
Barcelona, Catalonia E-08002
Spain
Application Deadline: 09-Sep-2005
Contact Information:
Enric Vallduvi
Email: enric.vallduvi@upf.edu
Phone: +34935422248
Website: http://www.upf.edu/dtf
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