Welcome! Benvenuto! 欢迎! Bienvenido! Bienvenue! أهلاً وسهلاً! Willkommen! Velkommen! Welkom!
We welcome you to the PE&RC webpages for PhD candidates. As PhD candidate you are the prime stakeholder of the Graduate School, where we support you in becoming an independent scientist with T-Shaped skills. To help you find your way in the following webpages, we made a division based on the stage of the PhD trajectory you are in and the support structures that are on offer:
- Timeline: a link to the respective PhD timelines of our partner universities
- Starting a PhD: Acquiring a position, Registration, TSP, Project proposal and Go/No-Go evaluation
- During a PhD: Annual review, Collective Labour Agreement
- Finishing a PhD: TESF, Thesis
- Help, support and advice: Confidential advisors, Social safety, Financial support
- Defences: Announcement of all scheduled defences of PE&RC candidates
- Career after a PhD: Career perspectives, Career-oriented courses
- PE&RC PhD Council (PPC): Purpose and Composition
PhD journey in the Netherlands
The Universities of The Netherlands have produced a very useful guide for (prospective) PhD candidates at all Dutch Universities. It outlines what PhD candidates can expect, the structure of the PhD journey, and the associated rights and responsibilities.
Please download the guide here.