Graduate Research Assistantship at the Department of Chemistry, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea

Expected commencement date: February, 2013
Deadline: Sep, 28 2012

 
Organic Chemistry and Biochip Lab of Prof. Kim Taisun at Hallym University seeks to recruit promising PhD research students. The selected students will conduct research on the [Synthetic Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry] and [Synthesis and Application of NanoBio-Hybrid Materials].

Interested applicants should contact Prof. Kim Taisun by Friday, September 28, 2012 Korean time (GMT + 9). His contact details are as follows:

E-mail: tskim[at]hallym.ac.kr

Promising candidates will be given a good Scholarship (~ 1000 USD). To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must meet the following requirements:

Hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree as of December 01, 2012

-For Master’s program (or Integrated Master’s & Doctoral program): students should hold a Bachelor’s degree or a diploma that is equivalent to or higher than Bachelor’s degree
-For Doctoral program: students should hold a Master’s degree or a diploma that is equivalent to or higher than Master’s degree.

Important Requirements:

-Good background in the cognate area(s) of research

-Good English language skills- written and oral (Test (Score), TOEFL (550), CBT (210), iBT (80), IELTS (5.5), TEPS (550)).
-Good programming skills

-Good ability to cooperate with others in a multicultural environment

-Good ability for highly motivated independent research

Listed below are some features of this research assistantship and the expected benefits of the program for successful applicants:

-Tuition fees for study period

-Monthly Allowance of 1000 USD

-Basic Medical Insurance

-Extra allowances based on research performance

Duration: Direct MSc- 2years, PhD- 4years, Integrated MSc & PhD- 5years

Expected commencement date: February, 2013

Application Procedure

Interested applicants should send the following to Prof. Kim Taisun by Friday, September 28, 2012 Korean time (GMT + 9):

1) Study plan (clearly stating the research topics you are interested in. We would like to know your research interests and their relation to the given research areas)
2) Academic transcripts
3) Brief summary of most recent thesis and the status (eg accepted, in progress, submitted, etc)
4) CV (to include names, date of birth, nationality, sex, contact details, education, work experience, publications)

Only electronic applications are accepted.

Items (1), (2) and (3) should be merged as one pdf file with the name Familyname_Firstname_Hallym_App2012.pdf. Item (4) should be saved as a pdf with the name Familyname_Firstname_CV.pdf. Both pdf files must be sent by the stated date and should have “2012 Application for Research Assistantship at Hallym University” as the e-mail subject.

For any further questions about the positions, please contact: Prof. Kim Taisun at the stated email.
Successful applicants will be notified by November 30, 2012.

Application Deadline : 28 September 2012

Contact Adress: Taisun Kim, Professor of Hallym University, Chuncheon, South Korea, 200 702, Phone 82 33 258 6098
Contact Email: tskim@hallym.ac.kr