In order to get a PhD position one has to apply for a vacant position. These positions are anounced at www.uva.nl/vacancies. After an application a selection committee nominates the PhD applicants, interviews the best candidates and makes an eventual selection. In other words the only way to get a PhD position with a salary is to apply for a vacant position.
Students need to have obtained the title of doctorandus (equivalent to a master’s degree) to be eligible to pursue a doctorate degree. International candidates might be granted exemption from the legal Dutch educational requirement. The exemption is granted when the candidate's foreign education makes him or her eligible to do a PhD in their home country. In other instances the candidate should provide proof (other than a diploma) that (s)he is capable of independent pursuit of a doctorate degree. Proof of this sort may be provided by a current (university) position or function, by publications, and so forth. The Doctorate Board of the Universiteit van Amsterdam decides on the eligibility of the candidate. Both the professor's consent to supervise and exemption from the above mentioned legal requirement are prerequisites for being admitted as a candidate for doctorate research at the UvA.
Documents in languages other than English, Dutch, French and German need to be translated by a sworn translator. Please note that certified copies of originals should also be submitted.
