Candidates need to come from – and have the nationality of – a developing country (see country list);

There must be a guarantee that the candidate will be able to work on the PhD project at the partner university in a selected developing country (South). This implies that there must be a local PhD supervisor at the partner university or research center.

A written statement is requested from the university authorities stating that the candidate is either a full-time PhD student or a staff member of this university and will be sufficiently exempted from teaching or other assignments as vto be able to fully concentrate on the PhD research in the South.

শিক্ষা সংক্রান্ত খবরাখবর নিয়মিত পেতে রেজিস্ট্রেশন করুন অথবা Log In করুন।

Account Benefit This statement should also mention that the candidate receives a local PhD scholarship or salary when working on the PhD at the partner university in the South.

CSC scholarship holders are not eligible to apply for a Doctoral grants for researchers from developing countries. CSC students are referred to the call Co-funding for Chinese candidates PhD candidates holding a CSC scholarship (deadline October 2017).

The application has to be submitted electronically. Click Here to download the Application Form.

The candidate applies to Ghent University jointly with a promoter of Ghent University and a supervisor at the local institution.

The promoter at Ghent University has to fill in a separate document ('promoter's advice') with advice on the candidate, stating the promoter's opinion on the potential of the candidate as a future researcher.

The Research Council makes a selection of the applications based in part on the recommendations obtained from members of the Council for Development Cooperation. The recommendation is based on:
the qualifications of the applicant;
the doctoral project;
the relevance of the research topic for development;
the scientific/scholarly potential of the promoter's research group(s);
the partnership between Ghent University and the local institute;
the scientific/scholarly potential of the local institute.

English Language Requirement:
To be able to determine the proficiency of someone's knowledge of Dutch or English, Ghent University uses the Common European Framework Reference for Foreign Languages. There are six foreign language proficiency levels and is a basis for the recognition of language qualifications.