PhD programmes GSLS

• You can participate in well-defined, high-quality, in-depth thematic training. This includes courses, seminars, presentations at conferences, PhD candidate retreats, journal clubs, and teaching of Master’s students.

• Your will boost your knowledge on your research topic, as well as other exciting topics.

• The PhD programme coordinator can give you advice on valuable courses for your research field.

• Last but not least, the PhD programme offers you an active and inspirational PhD community. You can connect to fellow PhD candidates, principal investigators and other researchers, and alumni.

We strongly advise that you become part of the community of a PhD programme. If your research project really does not fit into any one of the programmes, select ‘not in a programme’ when you register in MyPhD. In this case, the managing director of doctoral education of the GSLS will act as your programme coordinator, and the director of doctoral education of the GSLS as your programme director. Please contact the managing director of doctoral education, Saskia Ebeling (E.Ebeling[at]uu.nl; S.B.Ebeling-2[at]umcutrecht.nl) for questions.

Each PhD programme is led by a PhD programme director and a PhD programme coordinator. The director is a professor of Utrecht University or UMC Utrecht and is accountable for an original and high-quality PhD programme and community. The programme coordinator supports the programme director in the organisation of the PhD programme and is your main contact. Each PhD programme has a PhD programme committee to support the director and coordinator, and consists of representative research leaders participating in the research focus areas, and at least one PhD candidate. The PhD representatives from the different programmes form the PhD Council of the GSLS.