Admission

Degree requirements
The key to success for any PhD candidate is an academic attitude and the ambition to become an excellent researcher. In addition, you should have the relevant educational background and skills required by a researcher in the specific field you have chosen. You have completed a research master (MPhil) or an equivalent degree. In some cases, applicants may be required to acquire additional qualifications, for example by entering the second year of our research master (click here for more information). Students with a regular master will only be accepted in exceptional cases. Each application will be assessed by the selection committee.

How to apply
There are two ways to apply for our Graduate School:

  1. You can send us your (brief) ideas for a PhD project together with a CV. Send them directly to a proposed supervisor(for an overview of senior staff, click here) or to the programme officer. As a result, you may recieve an invitation to work with the supervisor you proposed or selected by us, to work on an application. Please send us your proposal and your CV before Sunday 1 June 2008;
  2. You can express your interest in one of the research suggestions which can be found on this website (research suggestions) by submitting a CV to the programme officer. Aa a result, you may recieve an invitation to work with a supervisor on an application. Please send us your CV before Sunday 1 June 2008.

Final applications have to be submitted before Monday 1 September 2008. A complete application consists of a research proposal, a CV, a list of marks of both bachelor and master studies and two recent essays. You have to use the application form which you can find here. There are five scholarships available.

Procedure and planning

  • Before 1 June 2008: espress your interest in our Graduate School by sending us your CV;
  • Before 1 September 2008: submit your application;
  • September 2008: a selection of applicants will be invited to present the proposal for a selection committee;
  • Before 1 October 2008: the selection committee will reach a decision. Selection will be based on the CV and skills of the candidate, the quality of the proposal and the presentation;
  • Between 1 November 2008 and 1 January 2009: start of the project.

    • Alternative opportunities
    The faculty regurly offers PhD positions funded by for example the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) or Marie Curie.
    Another option is to become involved in our pogramme as an external PhD. To take up an external PhD you will have to find the necessary funding yourself. For more information, contact the programme officer.