Master Degrees by Distance Learning in Sweden

Below are six courses that you can take for master degrees by distance learning in Sweden.
The advantages of taking the courses among others are
Tuition fee: Free (no tuition fee in Sweden)
Living Cost: Free (no need to live in Sweden)

Key dates
When applying for a Master's programme, it is important to remember certain key dates.

Semester start August or September 2009
Online service opens: 1 December 2008
Application deadline: 15 January 2009
Documents must arrive no later than: 1 February 2009
Selection results/Notification of admission: Early May 2009


Blekinge Tekniska Hogskola
Master in Business Administration (1 year)
http://www.bth.se/mam/internetmba.nsf

Blekinge Tekniska Hogskola
Master in Informatics (1 year)
http://www.bth.se/tek/masters_eng.nsf/pages/6ac896e585ebeb73c12572330038a209!OpenDocument

Lulea Tekniska Universitet
Master in Information Security (2 years)
http://www.ltu.se/edu/program/FMISA?l=en

Lund University
Master´s programme in Geographical Information Systems (2 years)
http://www.lu.se/o.o.i.s?id=10901&lukas_id=NAGIV

Linkoping University
Master in Child Studies (2 years)
http://www.liu.se/en/education/master/programmes/F7MCS

Linkoping University
Master in Adult Learning and Global Change (1 year)
http://www.liu.se/en/education/master/programmes/L7MLG
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Master and PhD positions in Engineering at MIT-Portugal Program

Master and PhD positions in Engineering at MIT-Portugal Program

The MIT Portugal Program announces its call for applications for the 2009-10 academic year. Each program is offered in association by a consortium of Portuguese universities, with the participation of MIT (US) faculty.

The Leaders for Technical Industries program will train a new generation of leaders for companies with a technological profile, and enable a new European paradigm in managing product development and production systems. Students participating in this program will
have the ability to foster the innovative application of new knowledge in successful products and/or processes. LTI includes classroom curriculum, industrial internships, time at MIT, and a
doctoral thesis. Students will have the opportunity to participate in applied research projects developed under the frame of the EDAM agenda in cooperation with MIT Portugal's Industrial Affiliates program.

For more information please consult the following link:
http://www.mitportugal.org/edam/edam-doctoral-program.html

Candidates may simultaneously apply for FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology) scholarships.

Degree in one of the following areas: mechanical, electronical, industrial, chemical or materials/polymers engineering or mathematics or physics (considered upon curricular analysis).

Website

www.mitportugal.org

Job Starting Date
15/09/2009

Application Deadline
28/02/2009

How To Apply
website

Required Education Level
Bachelor/ Masters

Degree Field
Engineering

Required Languages
ENGLISH

Certification
Bachelor/ Masters

Students in their bachelor's final year can apply.

Required Skills
Strong motivation to develop a career in the fields of technological or manufacturing management.

Further Requirements
Formal candidacy materials and the online application form are available at the MIT Portugal Program website.
PhD programs have application deadline of 28 February 2009. Please check www.mitportugal.org for complete information.

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Phd Scholarsip in Medicine and Life Sciences in German

The Graduate School of Computing in Medicine and Life Sciences (funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinsch aft, DFG, and the German Government within the German university excellence program) at Luebeck University is now offering PhD scholarships for the following 16 projects:

1. <http://www.gradschool.uni-luebeck.de/?q=node/13&expand=I1>Correction of Susceptibility caused Distortions in Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

2. <http://www.gradschool.uni-luebeck.de/?q=node/13&expand=I1> Endoscopic Optical Coherence Tomography in the Deep Brain

3. Transcranial sonography (TCS) in monogenic forms of Parkinsonism

4. Stroke Rehabilitation Robot

5. Parallel mode of action control: from human studies to intelligent robotic interfaces

6. Cardiac pacemaker localization

7. Brain Modelling

8. Robot assisted navigation guided OCT operating microscope

9. Definition of cortical networks for the control of eye and hand movements

10. 3-dimensional kinematic principles of eye, head and limb movements

11. Interfaces based on EEG, ECoG and DBS

12. Inhibitor Design

13. Efficient Methods of Exact Solutions of Complex Problems in Molecular Biology

14. Synaptic Plasticity: Regulatory Mechanisms in Receptor Trafficking

15. Computational analysis of RNA structure

16. Analysis of adult stem cells by computer vision

Please visit our website for more detailed descriptions of the projects.

PhD scholarships amount to 1250 Euros per month. The application deadline is January 15, 2009. Students with a master's degree (or its equivalent) in computer science, mathematics or engineering are invited to apply for admission. In certain cases, students must submit, as part of their application, the results of one of the acknowledged language tests to prove their English proficiency.

For further information, please visit our website at www.gradschool.uni-luebeck.de.

Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any further questions via email: management@gradschool.uni-luebeck.de with subject=admission before sending your application.

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Post Doctoral BGG - Bioinformatics for the Melon Project (Melonomics)

/*Post Doctoral position BGG-1*/: Bioinformatics for the melon project (Melonomics)

The BGG is part of the Melonomics project, a project sponsored by Genoma España to sequence the melon genome. Sequencing will be performed using a combination of the traditional BAC based approach, and the new sequencing technologies (454 and solexa).

The main task of the candidate will be to use available tools, as well as to develop appropriate tools for genome assembly and gene annotation.
The candidate should have a very strong background in comparative genomics, and should be familiar with the most common tools for genome assembly and gene finding and annotation. The candidate should also be very skilled with scripting languages. A background in Plant Genomics is
a plus.

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10 La Caixa-CRG fellowships available to carry our PhD studies in the CRG International PhD program Deadline for applications: January 18, 2009Information and application forms available at http://pasteur.crg.es
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(1) Centre de Regulacio Genomica (2) Grup de Recerca en Informatica Biomedica (IMIM and UPF)
Dr. Aiguader, 88 +34 93 3160168
ph +34 93 3160110
ph secretary E-08003 Barcelona +34 93 3969983 fax
email: roderic.guigo@crg.cat http://genome.imim.es

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TOTAL Scholarship

TOTAL Scholarship

Sebagai salah satu wujud tanggung jawab sosial dan komitmen untuk mendukung pengembangan dalam bidang pendidikan, TOTAL memberikan beasiswa bagi para lulusan perguruan tinggi di berbagai Negara dimana TOTAL beroperasi. Salah satu program beasiswa tersebut adalah untuk menempuh pendidikan ke tingkat S2 (program Master) di Perancis.

Program TOTAL Scholarship ini dilaksanakan di Indonesia sejak tahun 2005, dan merupakan hasil kerja sama dengan beberapa perguruan tinggi di Indonesia . Bersama surat ini kami bermaksud membuka kembali kesempatan bagi para lulusan/sarjana lnstitut Teknologi Surabaya untuk mengikuti program Total Scholarship yang kelima, periode tahun ajaran 2009.

Persyaratan bagi para peminat Beasiswa ini adalah:

* Peserta :
Lulusan (Sarjana) atau Mahasiswa yang berada di semester akhir (sudah lulus pada bulan January 2009).
* Jurusan :
Teknik Mesin, Teknik Elektro, Teknik Fisika, Teknik Material1 Metalurgi,Teknik Kimia, Teknik Sipil, Teknik Industri, dan Teknik Kelautan.
* Prestasi Akademik :
Sarjanalmahasiswa terbaik dari masing-masing jurusan, dengan minimum IPK >= 3.00
* Nilai TOEFL min 550 atau mempunyai DELF diploma.
* Aktif dalam berorganisasi

Adapun dokumen yang harus dilengkapi adalah sebagai berikut:

* CV beserta transkrip nilai terakhir.
* Mengisi "Motivation Letter" Download Motivation Letter Disini
* Referensi mengenai kegiatan ataupun pelatihan yang pernah diikuti.

Untuk informasi lebih lanjut silahkan menghubungi Anna Restu Wardhani
(ep-id-hrc.scholarship@total.com)

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