19 PhD programmes offered by the university

The research area of Drug Innovation at the Utrecht University is best described by the multidisciplinary collaboration of chemists, biologists, pharmacists, biomedical and clinical scientists, in order to translate scientific hypotheses to products for care, cure and prevention of diseases. 

Research and care go hand in hand. In most cases, the UMC Utrecht serves as a national referral centre. We offer a Clinical and Experimental Neuroscience degree at the Utrecht University. 

Utrecht University is one of the best research universities in Europe, and we give talented researchers every opportunity to develop. We offer a History and Art History degree at Utrecht University.

At Utrecht University, as a PhD Geosciences candidate in the Netherlands, you are not a student but a university employee in most cases. 

Within the context of the PhD programme Cardiovascular Research, the research at Utrecht University is focused on a selected number of cardiac (e.g. cardiomyopathies, myocardial infarction, heart failure) and vascular diseases (e.g. atherosclerosis, aneurysms, stroke). 

Fundamental developmental processes are frequently affected in human disease. Many of the important genes and mechanisms controlling development also regulate adult physiology, and deregulation of these processes may result in pathological conditions. We offer a Cancer, Stem Cells and Developmental Biology degree at the Utrecht University. 

The Epidemiology degree at Utrecht University is the scientific discipline that studies patterns in space and time in the aetiology, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases in populations, and identifies factors that contribute to or influence these phenomena. 

Within the PhD programme Environmental Biology at Utrecht University fundamental life processes of plants and microbes are studied at different organizational levels, from molecules and cells to plants, animal and entire ecosystems.

The Life Sciences Education Research at Utrecht University encompasses high quality educational research in (bio)medical and health science disciplines. 

Cancer is the major cause of disease-related mortality and cancer incidence rates continue to increase. We offer a Clinical and Translational Oncology degree at the Utrecht University. 

During their four-year PhD track, PhD Law candidates at Utrecht University work under the supervision of a professor on a research project that culminates in a doctoral thesis.

The Institute of Biomembranes (IB) is a unique multi-disciplinary research-training institute at Utrecht University. 

The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences at Utrecht University offers outstanding Master’s programmes and PhD programmes in the fields of general social sciences, cultural anthropology, methods and statistics, educational studies, educational theory, psychology, and sociology. 

The PhD Programme in Regenerative Medicine (RMUtrecht) at the Utrecht University is interdisciplinary and cross-faculty. It is organized by Utrecht University, together with the University Medical Center Utrecht and Hubrecht Institute.

At Utrecht University, the Computational Life Sciences research is changing rapidly now that biologists are generating vast amounts of data on very complex regulatory systems. 

The Molecular Life Sciences programme at the Utrecht University, organised by the Bijvoet Centre for Biomolecular Research, aims to provide PhD candidates with a solid and broad knowledge of structural biochemistry.

Risk is an integral part of life. We take, perceive, ignore and experience risks every day. We offer a Toxicology and Environmental Health degree at the Utrecht University. 

The research programme Infection and Immunity offered at the Utrecht University has proven itself over the last decades.

The PhD programme Medical Imaging is hosted by the Imaging Division, which is part of the Imaging & Oncology Division of Utrecht University.