Obtaining a PhD

First steps

• Look for a PhD supervisor
• Look for research funding

A well-informed start

• Read the Education and Examination Code of Ghent University
• Read the specific faculty addendum to the Ghent University regulations
• Read the Ghent University PhD information
• Phd Onboarding track
• Administration: what to do and when? Have a look at the PhD workflow

Deadlines

• Check the deadline to submit documents for the Faculty Board.

Application

• View all possible doctoral titles at our faculty.

1. Your supervisor will register you as a new PhD candidate via oasis.ugent.be. You will be informed what to do next to complete your application.
2. Once completed, your application will be dealt on the faculty Doctoral Commission and Faculty Board.
3. PhdAdmission will notify you whether you are accepted at the faculty as a PhD candidate or not and how to enroll as a Phd student.

During your PhD track

• JointPhd
• Interdisciplinary doctorate
• How to report changes
• Doctoral School: Next to obtaining your PhD, PhD students will also obtain a certificate of the doctoral program. PhD students are especially encouraged to follow specialist courses and skills seminars through the Doctoral School
  
• Doctoral school: Data Management Plan
• Doctoral school : Annual self-reflectionreport
• Doctoral school: Annual re-enrolment
• In case of problems: contact the Ombudsperson & confidential person

Best practices

• Authorship on scientific publications
• Guidelines on confidentiality in publications
• Information on research integrity

Finishing your PhD

• How to write your dissertation
• Application for defense
• Your public defense

After your PhD

• Jobs: UGent Career Center

Documents

• All documents and forms

Contact

• doctoraten.fbw@UGent.be
• +32 9 264 60 81