PhD students
PhD students from partner institutions
PhD students affiliated to one of the partners* of the Business Data Science research master program and Tinbergen Institute are welcome to attend courses from BDS’s Research Master program. Registration is required for all courses they would like to attend by filling out the registration form. From January 2025, the fees are 1.000 euro per core course to be charged to your department. For field courses, affiliated PhD students can join these at no extra charge. You can see which courses are eligible for this offer within the registration form.
PhD students from partner institutions: Research Qualification
Many PhD students are directly hired for a specific research project and did not complete a research master program before starting PhD research. A concise set of research master courses gives these PhD students the opportunity to acquire additional and necessary knowledge and skills. Students who complete the educational program qualify for the BDS Research Qualification. More information can be found on here and on the Intranet.
BDS Research Master Graduates
BDS research master graduates working as PhD students at one of the partner institutions* are most welcome to participate in additional field courses during the later years of their studies. Registration for courses is required: please fill out the registration form. No fees will be charged for PhD students who graduated from the BDS research master program.
PhD students not affiliated to BDS partners
Under certain conditions and subject to approval by the Director of Graduate Studies, PhD students not affiliated to one of the partners* are welcome to attend courses. External applicants will be admitted if they meet some equivalent of the course entrance criteria. Capacity restrictions apply to all courses, and are particularly relevant for core courses. External PhD students should register for all courses they would like to attend by filling out the registration form. From January 2025, the fees are 1.500 euro per core course, and 1.000 euro per field course.
*TI partners are: School of Business and Economics/ABRI (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), School of Economics and Business/Amsterdam Business School (University of Amsterdam) and Erasmus School of Economics (Erasmus University Rotterdam).
Please sign up four weeks before the start of the block. Late applications will incur an additional fee of 100 euro.
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