Doctoral school

IXA organises a series of webinars on various topics on valorisation and entrepreneurship, like protecting inventions, collaborating with external partners and sharing research knowledge with outside parties. The webinars are interactive, information dense and practical: you can can get started right away. Participation is free of charge, registration is required.

The Amsterdam UMC together with the University of Ghana organize a highly interactive, virtual summer school on advanced academic writing, featuring international academic experts.

In honor of the Spinoza professorship of Prof. David Valle, you are invited for the Spinoza events taking place on March 28 and 29: the Spinoza Genomic Medicine Masterclass, Spinoza Lecture and GACR symposium.

Between 13 and 18 March 2023, it’s the Week Against Racism. The aim of this week is to raise awareness about racism. During this week, you can participate in panel discussions, lectures and even walks at the UvA. Sign up now!

All medical devices that are developed or adapted within Amsterdam UMC for patient care or for scientific research must be registered. If you have developed or adapted a medical device, please read here what you need to do.

Are you curious about entrepreneurship and do you want to know what it takes to start your own company? The Explore Entrepreneurship program offers a unique opportunity to learn the basics of venture creation and to explore ways to transform your innovation into a business idea.

Our PhD Advisors have a lot of experience with issues that may arise during the PhD trajectory and like to share their insights via their blog! Read Blog 15: Tick Tock – The weight of time in a PhD trajectory.

The Faculty of Medicine at Lund University, Sweden, will be hosting the 2023 U21 Health Sciences Group Doctoral Student Forum in conjunction with the U21 HSG Annual Meeting.

Doing a PhD can be challenging as it often requires hard and independent work with rare moments of gratification. We developed the ‘Be Yourself’ travel kit to help you build awareness, resilience, and compassion to face the challenges of self-doubt and self-neglect during your PhD journey.

Our PhD Advisors have a lot of experience with issues that may arise during the PhD trajectory and like to share their insights via their blog! Read Blog 14: New Year and New Beginning - Letting go of old stories.

In 2023 LUMC/PJ Futurelab offers three online learning-by-doing courses. The courses are for post-graduate biomedical professionals currently working in academia, industry, business developers, Knowledge Transfer Offices (KTOs), or regulatory authorities. In these courses, you will be guided by world-renowned experts, including real-time video conferences with teachers and other participants, providing a highly interactive experience.

The UvA 'Theme-based collaboration' programme has made budget available for Seed grants & Midsize projects! Deadline 24 February.

In order to contribute to a pleasant and safe PhD working environment, the Doctoral School wants to actively do something with the information we receive from the coaching conversations. For this reason, we drafted a reporting and signaling plan to enable us to signal and help with recurring problems with departments and/or supervisors.

Our PhD Advisors have a lot of experience with issues that may arise during the PhD trajectory and like to share their insights via their blog! Read Blog 13: Eye-openers on assertiveness

Are you curious about our findings regarding advice & support? Then check the factsheet we have just published!

The Doctoral School and ASAP work closely together to provide information, education, coaching & social events for all Amsterdam UMC PhDs.

The Amsterdam UMC Doctoral School would like to congratulate the winners of all categories of the 2022 PhD awards session, which took place during the Science & Awards Day, on October 21st.

After I saw the advertisement about the Summer School I was immediately enthusiastic. A course about academic writing in Ghana, what’s not to love.

Our PhD Advisors have a lot of experience with issues that may arise during the PhD trajectory and like to share their insights via their blog! Read Blog 10: Self-Esteem versus Self-Compassion.

Our PhD Advisors have a lot of experience with issues that may arise during the PhD trajectory and like to share their insights via their blog! Read Blog 9: The power of peer coaching

Our PhD Advisors have a lot of experience with issues that may arise during the PhD trajectory and like to share their insights via their blog! Read Blog 8: May I change your mind about mindfulness?

Our PhD Advisors have a lot of experience with issues that may arise during the PhD trajectory and like to share their insights via their blog! Read Blog 7: The PhD dip

Our PhD Advisors have a lot of experience with issues that may arise during the PhD trajectory and like to share their insights via their blog! Read Blog 6: Two myths and one truth about choices

As from 1 April 2022 a Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) is being introduced for Hora Finita. Read about what this means for you here.

Our PhD Advisors have a lot of experience with issues that may arise during the PhD trajectory and like to share their insights via their blog! Read the fifth blog about Emotional Intelligence here.

In the new episode of The Struggling Scientists Podcast, our PhD advisors Mandy and Jordi talk about their experiencises while advising PhD candidates, common PhD problems and some tips

The road towards getting your PhD is not always an easy one. But you don't have to go it alone! The Amsterdam UMC has a safety net available that will support you with any kind of problem. We've got you :)

Our PhD Advisors have a lot of experience with issues that may arise during the PhD trajectory and like to share their insights via their blog! Read Blog 4: Supervision - Superpower or Kryptonite?

Are you curious about our findings regarding advice & support? Then check the fact sheet we have just published!

Via our blog we would also like to give PhD candidates a platform to share their experiences and stories. Read the personal and compelling story of Rosalie Pronk in Blog 3: When PhD-life is affected by mental illness.

Our PhD Advisors have a lot of experience with issues that may arise during the PhD trajectory and like to share their insights via their blog! Read the second blog about Adaptive Communication here.

There have recently been a few changes implemented in the regulations around the completion of your PhD Track.

Our PhD Advisors have a lot of experience with issues that may arise during the PhD trajectory and like to share their insights via their blog! Read the first blog about the Impostor Syndrome here.

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