PhD
Requirements for joining the Graduate School EPS
Prerequisites for being admitted to the Graduate School EPS as a PhD candidate are:
- That you have successfully completed an academic training at MSc level or equivalent higher education in one of the relevant fields of science.
- That you are planning to work on a research project in a group that is affiliated with EPS.
- That at least one of the two required PhD supervisors (2 promotors or 1 promotor & 1 co-promotor) is an EPS staff member.
What can the Graduate School EPS offer PhD candidates?
By becoming a part of the EPS community as a PhD candidate, you will have ample opportunity to network with fellow PhD candidates and other experimental plant scientists working in the Netherlands. The offered symposia, seminars, workshops and courses will increase your in-depth knowledge of specific research topics and/or broaden your scientific horizon. Additional general skill training activities are available to enable you to continue your career inside academia or to explore and prepare for alternative career paths outside of academia.
The Graduate School EPS safeguards the quality of your training by providing a framework for your personal & scientific development during the 4-year PhD project, and in general monitors the well-being of their EPS PhD candidates with different instruments.
The EPS PhD council works in the interest of all EPS PhD candidates and represents the PhD voice on different EPS and university levels. Activities organized by the EPS PhD council, like the EPS PhD Get2Gether and the Buddy System, will help you to come into contact with (the) other EPS PhD candidates and exchange PhD experiences in more informal settings.
