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For Students

Write your Master´s thesis at CMI.

CMI provides opportunities for Master's students to write their thesis at CMI.  

Students are part of the daily life at CMI, adding new perspectives to our work. Many of our students go on to work within academia, as PhD students and research assistants. Students are given a personal working space in a reading room, subsidised lunch at CMI canteen and have easy access to our specialised library at Bergen Global.  

Students participate in research group meetings and will be able to present chapters of their thesis to a cross-disciplinary group. They are assigned a research mentor at CMI who is relevant to their research.

The CMI student placements span from the 15th of August to the 30th of June each year (one year in total), the institute does not accept student placements or internships during the summer months. 

CMI does not offer scholarships or paid internships to students.

To be a successful applicant you should be working with issues related to one of CMI's topics:

Climate and natural resources
Conflict
Corruption
Democracy and governance
Gender
Global health
Humanitarianism
Migration
Poverty
Rights and legal institutions
Tax and public finance

How to apply

To apply, please write an application which includes a short project proposal (up to one page), CV, university transcripts and a letter of recommendation from your supervisor to: Maren Søreide (maren.soreide@cmi.no). Subject: "Student application"

Please note that we are not an educational institution and unfortunately we do not have any scholarships. Your grade point average must be B.

Other students, volunteers, interns, etc.

CMI sometimes accepts applications from the above groups and others. Since these fall outside the usual student program and staff positions available at CMI, it is recommended that candidates present their applications through the institutions to which they are affiliated.

Any questions? Contact Maren Søreide