Information Technologies for Business Intelligence - Doctoral College STUDENT GUIDE Main Partners of the IT4BI-DC Consortium Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) (coordinating institution), Belgium Aalborg Universitet (AAU), Denmark Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), Germany Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain Poznan University of Technology (PUT), Poland Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Contact Persons Prof. Esteban Zimányi, Department of Computer and Decision Engineering - IT4BI-DC Coordinator (
[email protected], skypeID: ezimanyi, http://cs.ulb.ac.be/members/esteban/) Charlotte Meurice, International Welcome Desk - Local Administrative Manager (
[email protected]) STUDYING at the UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE de BRUXELLES General information about Université Libre de Bruxelles: http://www.ulb.ac.be/ulb/presentation/uk.html Academic year schedule - overview winter semester mid Sep - end Jan winter break end Dec - beg Jan winter examination session beg Jan - end Jan summer semester beg Feb - mid May spring break beg Apr - mid Apr summer examination session end May - end Jun summer holiday and internships end Jun - mid Sep Enrolment procedure for doctoral studies In order to apply for PhD studies a candidate should provide the following documents http://www.ulb.ac.be/enseignements/inscriptions-english/doctorat-autre.html - Colour passport photo - Photocopy of passport or ID card - Covering letter* - Full CV* - Copy of all higher education/university degrees and certificates* - Copies of all higher education transcripts of records* - Past 5 years’ academic and work history* - Research project* - Thesis plan* *The requested documents may be written in French, Dutch, German, Portuguese, English, Italian, or Spanish. If they are in another language, then you are asked to provide the original and a sworn translation into French or English.