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186 PhD programmes in Netherlands

Built Environment
Built Environment department at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) is driven by our ambitions to make a difference. Sustainability, in its broadest definition, is the cornerstone of our research and education. We take the lead in (re)shaping the built environment and making it futureproof, safe, healthy, inclusive and with respect for planetary boundaries.

Applied Physics
The Applied Physics at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) views its mission as making contributions to physics and society by means of the education of students, by doing research and by valorizing the knowledge gained in its research.

Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences
Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences department at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) aims at being a European frontrunner in research and education on leading responsible and effective technology development and implementation in industry and society.

Business Administration
Business Administration at Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences is a 3-year, part-time programme developed to suit the lifestyle of executives who wish to combine their practical expertise with the highest level of management training.

Business and IT
The Professional Doctorate in Engineering in Business and IT (EngD BIT) from University of Twente (UT) aims to raise the level of competence of professionals in IT to deal with the opportunities and challenges that IT-based innovations pose.

Software Technology
Software Technology at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) offers a salaried two-year technological designer program on a doctorate level for MSc graduates with a degree in the field of Computer Science or a related field.

Automotive Systems Design
The Automotive Systems Design program from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) offers a technological designer program on a doctorate level for MSc graduates (or similar level) in the field of automotive technology, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, embedded systems, systems & control, applied physics, aerospace engineering, or similar.

Product, Process and Equipment Design
Product, Process and Equipment Design at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) is an advanced-level training programme that trains and educates MSc graduates to become certified designers.

Mathematics and Computer Science
Mathematics and Computer Science department at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) is a place that brings motivated students, lecturers and researchers together.

Electrical Engineering
The mission of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) is to acquire, share and transfer knowledge and understanding in the whole field of Electrical Engineering through education, research and valorization.

Mechatronic Systems Design
Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) plays an important role in the high tech industry of the Brainport region. The EngD programme track Mechatronic Systems Design programme will give your career in high tech industry a kick-start. As a technological designer, you have the rewarding task of translating new ideas and plans into mechatronic system designs.

Urban Development and Governance
The PhD on Urban Development and Governance at Erasmus University Rotterdam is a 4-year flexible trajectory programme that fuses urban management with governance.

Biomedical Engineering
The department of Biomedical Engineering from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) is recognized for its leading research in chemical biology, regenerative engineering & materials and biomedical imaging & modelling.

Chemical Engineering and Chemistry
Chemical Engineering and Chemistry department is one of the nine departments of Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e).

Industrial Design
Industrial Design department at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) is a relatively new, innovative department, part of the Eindhoven University of Technology, in the heart of Netherlands’ high tech hotspot, Brainport.

Designer in Bioprocess Engineering
The Designer in Bioprocess Engineering programme from Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) develops MSc graduates in (Bio-)chemical Engineering or related academic backgrounds into multidisciplinary specialists, in preparation for a career in the industry.

Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering department at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) is one of the nine departments of Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and has been a core part of the university since Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) was founded in 1956.

Design of Electrical Engineering Systems
Design of Electrical Engineering Systems at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) is one of the certified two-year post-masters Engineering Doctorate (EngD) programs offered by TU/e.

Designing Human-System Interaction
The mission of the new Designing Human-System Interaction programme at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) is to train professionals to develop competences in designing and evaluating interactive intelligent and innovative systems, services, and products.

Chemical Product Design
The EngD programme “Chemical Product Design” at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) focuses on the development of structured materials, formulations, and devices for specialty chemicals, personal care, health care, food, semiconductor, and energy sectors.