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Wageningen University has a name for innovative and often path-breaking research in the field of life sciences and natural resources. It offers excellent facilities for conducting PhD research.
Approximately 220 PhD students graduate annually from Wageningen University. The four-year PhD programme consists of a research component (conducting research under supervision and writing a thesis) and a smaller education component (up to 15% of the total PhD time).
If you are interested in taking your PhD at Wageningen University, please follow the application procedure.
The PhD programmes are compiled and coordinated by 7 Graduate Schools of Wageningen University that are organized in Wageningen Graduate Schools (WGS) headed by Professor Frans Kok.
The term ‘PhD’ is used in the Netherlands, but the tasks and position of a PhD student at Wageningen University may differ significantly from those of PhD students in other countries. There are also important differences between the categories of PhD students at Wageningen University.
>> read more about the PhD Thesis
>> download: "Wageningen University PhD Programme" (pdf)
Upon completion of PhD programme, the PhD student is expected to:
- work as an independent scientist by:
- formulating research questions on the basis of either social issues or the progress of science;
- carrying out original scientific research;
- publishing in leading journals, with leading publishers or by creating a design.
- integrate his or her research or place it within the framework of the scientific discipline in question and against the background of a wider scientific field.
- place both research objectives and research results in a social context.
- postulate concisely formulated propositions in scientific and social areas, formulated in such a way that they are capable of being disputed and defended.
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