PhD in academia

What skills do you need for a PhD position? And how do you get a PhD position? Graduate School Officer at Leiden University, Cordula Burtscher, explains it.

There are a lot of misperceptions about doing a PhD. A PhD candidate from the University of Twente will explain to you why those misperceptions are not true.

PhD at a not-for-profit

Besides doing a PhD within academia, you can also do a PhD at a not-for-profit organisation working together with a university or university medical center. HollandPTC is such an organisation.

What is it like to do a PhD at this proton therapy centre in the Netherlands? Ellen Schenk, the Director Research & Education, tells about their unique facilities.