The thesis may be focused towards design of novel chemical processes, scaleup of new chemical processes from laboratory scale to industrial scale, or optimize spesific existing chemical processes.

In other cases it is more interesting to develop methods, experimental as well as mathematical and numerical, as a tool for better characterization, investigation and understanding of the physical and chemical prochesses which determine the performance of the different process units.

The PhD education is a structured degree with a nominal duration of three-year full-time study. Some PhD positions may include a fourth year of required duties, usually in the form of teaching, this will be detailed in your employee contract if applicable.

A PhD degree is the highest level of formalised education in Norway.

A doctoral degree from NTNU qualifies you to a range of positions both in the private and public sector. Academia has traditionally been the main career path for doctors, but now an increasing number of doctors are going into leading positions in the private sector.

To be accepted to a PhD programme at NTNU, you must have:

• a funding plan
• completed at least five years of higher education that includes a master's degree or other equivalent degree.
• a strong academic record and a weighted average for the last two years of your master's degree equivalent to a B or higher in NTNU's grading scale.

Applications for admission to the PhD programme must to be submitted through the Department of your subject area 

Read more about how to apply and admission

Administrative contact

Lise Skorstad
Senior Executive Officer

Academic contact

Jana Poplsteinova Jakobsen 
Professor and Deputy of Research at the Department of Chemical Engineering