4 Ph.D. Fellowships in Communication, Psychology, Art History, and Computer
Science
at the interdisciplinary Research Center Visual Communication and Expertise
(VisComX),
Jacobs University Bremen, starting Fall 2010 (September 1, 2010)

We are looking for excellent applicants with an interest in any aspect of
visual communication and a high degree of motivation, autonomy, and openness to
multidisciplinary approaches. The VisComX Research Center emerged out of an
internal excellence initiative at Jacobs University Bremen encompassing top
researchers in communication science, psychology, art history, computer science
and engineering. Our goal is to foster and conduct highly innovative and future
oriented research bridging traditional disciplinary boundaries. PhDs are
offered in all of the contributing sciences, but the area of study will always
be interdisciplinary with a structured 3-year program offering foundations in
all four core disciplines. Students will participate in and create their own
research projects. We have excellent facilities for social and behavioral
research, visualization and statistics. We expect our graduates to be leaders
in academic and applied contexts.

We are offering a highly stimulating environment with close contact to
supervisors in multiple disciplines. Core faculty of the Center are 18
professors - there are further collaborations with other colleagues at Jacobs
University?s School of Humanities and Social Sciences, School of Engineering
and Science, the Jacobs Center of Lifelong Learning and Institutional
Development, as well as Universität Bremen and Hochschule Bremen.

Jacobs University is a highly selective, international, independent, research
university. Excellence and transdisciplinarity, diversity and community, as
well as leadership and values are the pillars of a Jacobs education. Language
of education is English, however, a multitude of languages are spoken as we are
home to students of, at present, 98 nations. There is no comparable institution
private or public world-wide. Successful applicants are expected to take up
residence in Bremen.
Fellowships cover living expenses and tuition fees and will initially be
awarded for 1 year with the possibility of performance based extension for up
to 3 years in total. A Masters degree in any of the four core disciplines is
required:

- communication science/media studies
- experimental psychology
- art history/Bildwissenschaften,
- computer science/visualization

Truly outstanding BA graduates can apply and could, under certain
circumstances, be enrolled in a four-year integrated program.

We will only accept applications in English. Please address your application
to:
Prof. Dr. Marion G. Müller, Director Research Center VisComX at Jacobs
University Bremen. Deadlines for applications are: 15 March and 1 May, 2010.
Applications will be considered immediately, and until the positions are
filled. Please be aware that all positions might be filled in the first round
(March 15, 2010).

Please fill out the electronic admission application form on the graduate
admission website (www.jacobs-university.de/graduate-admission), then upload an
electronic version (PDF format) of your letter of motivation (essay, max. 4000
words), outlining your specific interest in visual communication, and submit
your CV, proof of Bachelor?s and Master?s degree or equivalent, transcripts of
other current or prior degrees, TOEFL scores as well as two academic
recommendation letters to the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS)
at the following address:

Jacobs University Bremen Graduate Admission SHSS
Postfach 750 561
28725 Bremen
GERMANY

Germany Address for Express mail:
Jacobs University Bremen Graduate Admission SHSS
Campus Ring 1
28759 Bremen
Germany

For further questions relating to the admission process, please contact our
graduate admissions officer Mrs. Iris Buck at i.buckjacobs-university.de.