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There are two possibilities to start a PhD:
- Apply for an open PhD position
- Approach a specific professor
Use this roadmap to discover all the relevant information and which steps you need to take.
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News
| 27 January 2026 | Kristof Cools wins ERC Proof of Concept Grant for simulation software |
| 27 January 2026 | Five years of ENLIGHT, five impactful achievements |
| 15 December 2025 | Ingrid Moerman selected as IEEE Fellow |
| 9 December 2025 | Ghent University hits milestone: 150 ERC grantees with 4 new winners |
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Events
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Feb 10
Info session 'Demystify Strategy Consulting: Kickstart Your Career with Boston Consulting Group Beyond Academia'
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Feb 11
Lecture 'Domestic spaces and resistance on the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine'
Room 1.11, Campus UFO, T2, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, 9000 Gent
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Feb 11
Lecture 'Book presentation: what is antiracism? And why it means anticapitalism?'
Campus Plateau - Auditorium D, Jozef Plateaustraat 22, 9000 Gent
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Feb 11
Lecture 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Film Critic: Mixed-Race Identity, Queer Ingenuity, and Precarious Cultural Labour in Misha Zakharov's Doramaroman'
Auditorium F, T2, Campus UFO, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, 9000 Gent