Swiss Leading House on the Economics of Education, Firm Behaviour and
Training Policies: 4th Course Programme for Doctoral Students in
"Economics of Education"

The Swiss Leading House on "Economics of Education, Firm Behaviour and
Training Policies" offers its 4th Course Programme for Doctoral
Students in "Economics of Education".

THE LEADING HOUSE: The Leading House is funded by the Swiss State
Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI). It is
directed by Prof. Dr. Uschi Backes-Gellner (University of Zurich) and
Prof. Dr. Stefan C. Wolter (University of Bern).

ABOUT THE PROGRAMME: The course programme consists of four core
courses and a variety of electives. As in the 1st, the 2nd and the 3rd
programme, we were able to attract a number of distinguished faculty
members from leading research universities to teach in our course
programme. The courses are taught as one-week intensive courses at the
University of Zurich or at the University of Bern to make it possible
for doctoral students from other universities to participate in the
programme. Courses are free of charge for students who pass the
selection process.

TARGET GROUP: Students who are working on a dissertation in the field
and who are interested in a PhD-like course programme that satisfies
international standards and qualifies for a career in academia, or in
the business or political arena.

DEADLINES:
Application deadline is May 15, 2015.
Candidates will be notified by June 30, 2015.
Start of the programme (first core course): October 2015

FURTHER INFORMATION: For further information see:
http://www.economics-of-education.ch or contact:

Katharina Jaik
University of Zurich
Department of Business Administration
Plattenstrasse 14, CH-8032 Zurich
katharina.jaik@business.uzh.ch
Phone: +41 (0) 44 634 42 53