Find below information of particular importance for your first days and weeks as a PhD student in WASP Graduate School.
- After you have been accepted as a PhD student in the WASP Graduate School and the Program Office has been informed, the Program Office will contact your supervisor to request information about you. The information provided by your supervisor is used to administer your participation in the WASP Graduate School.
- Once the Program Office has received your contact information from you and your supervisor, you will receive a welcome letter by email with instructions for the nearest future.
- After all necessary information has been received, a decision letter is sent to you, your supervisor, and other relevant parties such as the administration or economy representatives at your university.
We expect you to use an official email address in WASP. This could be your university email or a company email (for industrial PhDs). Note that you may need to use a personal email address in the beginning in case your university/company account is not yet set up.
As soon as you receive your official email, please inform the Program Office.
Once you are enlrolled in the Graduate school, you will be invited to the WASP courses and activities. If you have not been invited to a course or activity that is given shortly after your starting date, the reason might be that the registration deadline has passed. If you would like to participate, we can always investigate whether it is possible or not, please contact the Program Office. More information about the course schedule is found here.
PhD students enrolled after the 1st of April 2021
All PhD students enrolled in the WASP Graduate School belong to a class. A new class is initiated every year after the Community building summer school in August. The class you belong to is your primary base for networking. Your fellow students will most likely be an important part of your future professional network.
PhD students enrolled before the 1st of April 2021
All PhD students enrolled in the WASP Graduate School before the 1st of April 2021 belong to a batch. There are different batches for AI and AS. Students in the same batch take mandatory WASP courses together and participate in WASP activities together. The batch you belong to is your primary base for networking. Your fellow students will most likely be an important part of your future professional network. Some PhD students who originally belonged to AI Batch 2 have changed curriculum and belong to Class 2021.
There are about 500 WASP students spread over the involved universities. To find your local student fellows, ask your supervisor or approach your senior university representative or your local university representative in the PhD Student Council. Or have a look in Slack where each location has a dedicated channel.
You will find a lot of useful information on our intranet. Especially this Handbook is made to help our PhD students.
To keep updated, we recommend that you always read the WASP Community update newsletter (sent occasionally by email).
Personal contacts:
- To communicate with the WASP Program Office you can always use the email address info@wasp-sweden.org.
- For questions about ongoing courses, please turn to the course responsible. (See Intranet: Calendar for contact information)
- For general questions about the WASP Graduate School, please turn to the Graduate School Management Group.
- You can also approach the PhD Student Council which is represented at all university sites.
