General Information
On the website of the Utrecht University, (prospective) PhD students can find information on practical matters relating to PhD positions at Utrecht University.
Details can be found about the university and the Graduate School of Life Sciences, but also about vacancies, costs, visa and residence permits, PhD grants and scholarships, FAQ, etc.
Time Schedules
In the PhD program, their are several deadlines. Deadlines that are related to the registration, are mentioned in table 1; a complete and more detailled overview is inserted below.
Table 1: Registration deadlines
| Time |
Action |
| Start promotion |
Complete registration
(Hora Est form.1 and your TSA) |
| 4 months before ending |
Complete Hora Est form. 2 |
| 2.5 months before ending |
Complete Hora Est form. 3 |
| 7 days before ending |
Complete Hora Est form. 4 |
Doctoral Degree Regulations
The Utrecht University Doctoral Degree Regulations contain conditions and instructions for doctoral candidates, including the ceremony. PhD students can, after starting your PhD in the UMC Utrecht, also use our intranet Scoop to find out more (login required).
Doctoral Degree Regulations Utrecht
Certificate GS-LS
Each PhD student who has successfully completed a PhD programme within the Graduate School of Life Sciences is eligible for the Graduate School certificate. Applications must be made at least 2 weeks before the defence of the thesis by using the form which is downloadable here:
Life Sciences certificate application / Procedure for application (Word)
Distribution of the final PhD Compensation
In case a PhD student works for 2 or more divisions during his PhD track, financial agreements about the final PhD compensation between the divisions concerned have to be made. Please download the necessary form here.
Formuliervergoedingpromoties.doc
PhD Council
The PhD Council represents all PhD students within the Utrecht Graduate School of Life Sciences and aims to improve the quality of PhD education and training in the school. To this end, each Research Institute or Research School delegates 1 representative to the PhD Council and 3 members of the Council have a seat on the Board of Studies (BoS). An overview of the PhD councils can be found here. To contact the PhD Council of the GS-LS please send an e-mail to gsls.phd.council@gmail.com.
Contact
For specific information about registration and education, please contact your PhD program coordinator. For an overview, visit this webpage.
For general information about PhD's and research in the UMC Utrecht, send an email to the Research Office of the UMC Utrecht: onderzoeksbureau@umcutrecht.nl.
In case of conflict...
In case of a unconsolvable conflict with your supervisor, the first person to go to is the coordinator of your PhD program. The coordinator is allways the first to contact in case of any problem or conflict.
When the coordinator is not able to mediate between you and your supervisor, the chair of the PhD program will be contacted and asked to intervene.
In case of severe conflicts where mediation of both the coodinator and the chairman of the PhD program didn't resolve the problem, please contact the Research Office of the UMC Utrecht: onderzoeksbureau@umcutrecht.nl .