International programmes at OO&R

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International PhD programme

As a PhD candidate you will pursue a doctorate degree, our most advanced law degree designed for aspiring legal academics who wish to conduct study and research in business law.

You will be supervised by our professors and are invited to fully participate in our Graduate School, which offers a tailor-made study programme to support your development. We fully facilitate your research without charging any tuition or college fees. In general, the duration of the doctoral research is four years.

Please visit our Graduate School website for more information on the programme and our admission requirements.

Graduate School

Postdoctoral Researchers Programme

The Postdoctoral Researchers Programme is open to international researchers and facilitates a two-year stay in Nijmegen.

The researchers will be offered employment contracts with all the rights and benefits of regular research staff members. Applications are open for researchers with a PhD in Law that are based outside of the Netherlands. Excluded from this programme are researchers that currently live in the Netherlands or have worked or studied in the Netherlands before.

Benefits

We offer:

• a gross monthly salary between from €2.790 and €5.127 (salary scale 10 or 11) depending on experience and qualifications;
• a holiday allowance of 8% of your gross salary and an end-of-year bonus of 8.3% of your gross salary;
• assistance in obtaining the relevant visa and work permits;
• travel costs reimbursements;
• liability insurance;
• compensation of relocation expenses;
• housing assistance;
• an academic budget;
• reimbursement for language courses in Dutch, both for you and for a family member that accompanies you.

You are obliged to participate in the Dutch public health insurance scheme.

Application

You can apply by filling in the application form below. Your research proposal should align with one of the institute's research programmes.

The next deadline for applications is 15 May 2023.

Academic Visitor Programme

You are warmly invited to spend a research period in Nijmegen. Many professors, senior and junior researchers (including PhD students) have visited us to pursue their research.

We offer:

• a stimulating working environment;
• a work space;
• access to the University library, including photocopying and printing facilities;
• participation in courses of our master programmes;
• participation in research and social activities of the institute;
• visa support.

Previous academic visitors

Funding

Academic visitors should be self-funded. There are several options for funding, such as an Erasmus+ grant or a Radboud Internationalisation Grant.

Housing

Housing can be arranged via several agencies. The Radboud International Office offers advice and assistance on how to find accommodation. Do you have any general questions on housing in Nijmegen? Please contact Ans van Sonsbeek  (ans.vansonsbeek [at] ru.nl (ans[dot]vansonsbeek[at]ru[dot]nl)) of the Faculty Bureau of Internal and External Relations.