Doctoral student in geodetic surveying with GNSS Full-time

Doctoral Student In Geodetic Surveying With Gnss

Kth Royal Institute Of Technology, School Of Architecture And Built Environment

Project Description

Third-cycle Subject: Geodesy And Geoinformatics

We are looking for a PhD student for the project Efficiency Improvement Of Track Measurements, funded by the Swedish Transport Administration. The main purpose of the project is to design and evaluate GNSS measurement methods that meet the requirements for determining track position. See more detailed project description here.

The PhD student will be placed at the Department of Land Surveying – Property Science and Geodesy and will collaborate with Rise and the Swedish Transport Administration, which are parties to the project. The candidate is expected to have good knowledge in geodesy (GNSS and reference systems), physics (propagation of electromagnetic signals) and mathematics (statistics).

Supervision: Prof. Milan Horemuz and a person at the Swedish Transport Administration is proposed to supervise the doctoral student. Decisions are made on admission

Admission Requirements

To be admitted to postgraduate education (Chapter 7, 39 § Swedish Higher Education Ordinance), the applicant must have basic eligibility in accordance with either of the following:

• passed a second cycle degree (for example a master's degree), or
• completed course requirements of at least 240 higher education credits, of which at least 60 second-cycle higher education credits, or
• acquired, in some other way within or outside the country, substantially equivalent knowledge
• The candidate must have good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written, since it is required in the daily work.
• The candidate must have a background in geodesy, technical physics or another relevant subject.

In addition to the above, there is also a mandatory requirement for English equivalent to English B/6.

Selection

In order to succeed as a doctoral student at KTH you need to be goal oriented and persevering in your work. During the selection process, candidates will be assessed upon their ability to:

• independently pursue his or her work
• collaborate with others,
• have a professional approach and
• analyze and work with complex issues.

Meritorious qualifications:

• Work experience in the field of geodesy
• Previous experience in academic publishing, participation in research projects and teaching
• Interest in interdisciplinary collaboration
• Programming skills

After the qualification requirements, great emphasis will be placed on personal skills.

Target Degree: Doctoral Degree

Information Regarding Admission And Employment

Only those admitted to postgraduate education may be employed as a doctoral student. The total length of employment may not be longer than what corresponds to full-time doctoral education in four years' time. An employed doctoral student can, to a limited extent (maximum 20%), perform certain tasks within their role, e.g. training and administration. A new position as a doctoral student is for a maximum of one year, and then the employment may be renewed for a maximum of two years at a time.

As a doctoral student, you are entitled to a workplace with many employee benefits and monthly salary according to KTH's Doctoral student salary agreement. Read more about Doctoral studies (PhD) | KTH | Sweden.