Getting your PhD

This page contains everything that you will need to know about the different ways in which a PhD can be obtained at Radboud University as well as information about the PhD process from start to finish.

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Becoming a PhD candidate

There are several ways in which you can start a PhD programme at Radboud University. Click here to find out about how you can apply to become an employee PhD candidate, an external PhD candidate, or a PhD scholarship candidate.

How to become a PhD candidate

PhD process

Step-by-step plan

This step-by-step plan details the PhD programme from start to finish.

This is what the PhD process looks like

Hora Finita

Hora Finita is the digital registration and monitoring system that is used to support the PhD process at Radboud University.

How Hora Finita works

Contact

If you have any questions about obtaining a PhD at Radboud University, please contact a staff member from the relevant faculty.

If you have any questions that pertain to your employment as a PhD candidate (such as your salary, employment conditions, or career guidance), please contact your HR staff member.