5 PhD programmes in Environmental Sciences in Netherlands

The Environment and Climate Research programme at Wageningen University and Research supports PhD candidates in the natural and social environmental sciences during their PhD trajectory.

The PhD programme in the department of Environmental Geography at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam has a strong methodological focus in developing, applying and interpreting novel approaches for the description, mapping, and modelling methods land and food systems on different spatial and temporal scales.

PhD candidates at Leiden University carry out a Environmental Sciences programme of independent research and additional (limited) course work, culminating in production of a PhD thesis in typically 4 years.

The PhD programme of the Department of Water and Climate Risk at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam aims at developing data and modelling methods for the analysis of societal and environmental risk related to water and climate.

The mission of Amsterdam Institute for Life and Environment (A-LIFE) at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is to generate and implement innovative scientific insights on the interplay between life and its environment.