Funding your PhD

The costs of a doctoral trajectory consist of enrolment fees for the Graduate School, tuition, supervision, IT facilities and library services. These costs amount to €800 per year. To be admitted to the Graduate School, you first follow a trajectory at the Initial Graduate School. The costs for this are a one-off payment of €2,650. There are several ways to cover these expenses. Most (prospective) doctoral candidates finance their PhD themselves, with or without the help of a scholarship or other grant.

PhD in the employ of PThU

One of the ways to fund your PhD programme, is by becoming a PhD in the employ of PThU. However, there is a limited number of contract PhD’s. Competition for these spots are fierce. To see if there are PhD vacancies available, you can visit our website under Vacancies.

Available funding

Several internationals scholarships and funding are available for doctoral candidates. There is a limited budget available for conference fees.

International (prospective) PhD candidates

To make it easier for international (prospective) PhD candidates to follow the PhD programme at PThU, we have developed the so-called ‘sandwich model’. This means you spend two or three months a year doing fulltime research at the PThU. During the rest of the year, you combine your research with your work in your home country.

Want to know more about international opportunities and scholarships? 

Contact our International Officer.