External PhD candidates - Leiden University.
If you want to do a PhD (doctorate) at Leiden Law School (i.e. the faculty of law of Universiteit Leiden), please complete this form in accordance with the explanatory notes provided below and see how to become an external PhD candidate at Leiden Law School.
Unlike a contracted PhD candidate, an external PhD candidate does not have a university employment contract or a grant. An external PhD candidate has set him- or herself the goal of obtaining a PhD and has found a lecturer at Leiden University who is willing to act as his or her PhD supervisor.
Research assistant or (external) PhD candidate The section Cognitive Psychology of the institute of Psychology of the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences is looking for a Research assistant.
As of 1 January 2018, Leiden Law School has appointed a confidential counsellor for PhD candidates. On this page you can read what this person can do for you if in your position as a PhD candidate you experience problems for which you need external assistance. What matters can the confidential counsellor help you with?
As an external PhD candidate, you'll have access to the research facilities at Maastricht University. That includes everything from one of the most advanced brain research facilities in the world to the extensive professional networks of our staff.
PhD candidates affiliated to the Faculty Graduate School of the Faculty of Humanities or the Faculty of Archaeology. These may be contract PhD candidates, PhD candidates employed by Leiden University and external PhD candidates. Persons who make use of the facilities of the Faculty of Humanities or the Faculty of Archaeology.
PhD candidates come in all shapes and sizes, from those with an appointment at the University to dual PhDs who have a job outside the University. Here we explain which PhD tracks we have at Leiden University, so you can quickly see which type suits you. More information.