PhD
You can pursue a PhD at the museum. Our PhD candidates are employed and supervised by the museum and also affiliated with the PhD programme at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Oslo.
Career Support for Early Career Researchers
As an Early Career Researcher (ECR) at the museum, you have access to wide-ranging career support, both for academic paths and jobs outside academia. Whether you're a PhD candidate, postdoc, or in another early research role, our goal is to help you build the skills and experience needed for a successful career.
International PhD candidates
We welcome applicants from all over the world. Over half of the PhD candidates at the museum are internationally recruited.
Moving to Norway
The University of Oslo’s International Staff Mobility Office (ISMO) supports incoming PhD candidates and their families in transitioning to Oslo, making the move to a new country less overwhelming.
Norwegian classes
Learning Norwegian is an important step towards integration. At the Natural History Museum we encourage our international PhD candidates to learn Norwegian and cover the costs for Norwegian classes offered by the University of Oslo.
Courses we teach
The museum leads ForBio – Research School in Biosystematics that offers many relevant PhD courses, and collaborates with the departments of Biosciences and Geosciences and teaches the following PhD courses:
