How to Apply

 Find a vacant position and a supervisor

• Search the databases for a vacant position:
  • vacant PhD positions
  • vacant research positions (which may or may not lead to a PhD)
  • vacant postdoctoral positions
  • vacant positions in research management, teaching assistant and visiting professors

• If you do not find an available position in your research field, you can find a supervisor in one of the faculties,one of the research departments or in one of the research centres. In this case your application should be sent directly to a supervisor, and needs to include a research topic proposal in addition to the items mentioned above. If you do not have personal funding, discuss the financing possibilities with your supervisor.

Apply to the supervisor

• You can apply online. Please read through the details of the position before you apply: there might be some eligibility criteria! Each available PhD position has a button 'apply to this project' at the bottom of the details of the project. Please provide:
  • a letter of interest (including motivation relevant to the research topic, names and emails of two references and (if possible) English language proficiency test results
  • a Pdf of your curriculum vitae (including study curriculum with rankings, relevant research experience and publications)
  • a Pdf of your diploma and transcripts (including translation if possible)

• The admission requirements are stipulated in Article 2 of  the General Regulations. Some positions are only open to applicants from certain countries. Please read the details of the position.
• All complete online applications are automatically submitted to the supervisors of the different projects for assessment. Possibly a supervisor will contact you to request additional information.
• If you have not been selected for the position you applied for, your application will be stored in our database for a period of six months, during which it will be available to all supervisors of the Science, Engineering & Technology Group.

 Request admission to Arenberg Doctoral School

•  After you have been selected by a supervisor
• You will be informed by e-mail about which steps to take in order to receive academic approval to start the doctoral programme and to become appointed or receive a scholarship as doctoral researcher.