Doctoral Schools

The PhD Career Hub

Introduction

We care about your professional future. Finding a fulfilling job can be challenging because it requires a good understanding of who you are, what the labor market offers and how to successfully apply for jobs. UGent has taken several initiatives to support you in this search. This includes an information portal, workshop offer and career coaching. As you start thinking about your next career step we encourage you to go from our online offer to more specific training and coaching. 

    

The PhD Career Hub

The PhD Career Hub website is designed to support PhDs and postdoc researchers in preparing their next career step. It offers step-by-step directions to guide you in your journey, whether you're pursuing an academic career or a career beyond academia.

  • Discover your skills, talents, interests and values
  • Find out about careers, company cultures and how to look for a job
  • Develop skills
  • Apply for jobs

Learning tracks

  • Learning tracks and self-assessment tools are currently being prepared in Ufora. Please check back later.

Doctoral training

The Doctoral Schools offer a number of workshops related to career management.

  • Click here for the current workshop offer

Career coaching

Have you taken the time to go through the PhD Career Hub and attended a career management workshop, but still feel you don't know what to do? You can request one-on-one career coaching.

  • Send a short motivation to a career coach  mentioning your current situation and what you have done prior to asking for personal career coaching

The Flemish job portal for doctorate holders

The PhD Talent Pool Flanders is a new Flemish recruitment platform designed to better and faster align the supply and demand for PhD talent. The platform offers both academic and non-academic jobs and also lists numerous
events that are relevant to PhD degree holders who are looking for a job. 

visual PhD Talent Pool

Future job events

Interuniversity job market for young researchers

Since 2012, the Ghent University Doctoral Schools have been a partner in the successful Afstudeerbeurs hosted by AUGent. In 2020 the Ghent University Doctoral Schools were joined by their colleagues in the other Flemish universities to co-organise the Interuniversity Job Market for Young Researchers. Together we scout for companies interested in hiring PhDs, offer CV analysis and speed career coaching as well as facilitate relevant career orientation workshops to PhD candidates and PhD degree holders.

Interactive career day chemistry

Interactive two-day program (online and live on campus at Janssen Pharmaceutica) with an exclusive focus on chemistry with in-person poster sessions and a campus tour.

From PhD to SME

A 1-year leadership programme developed by Voka, the Flanders' Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
The wrap-up of the 2022 edition is on 28 November from 5-10 PM.

Past job events

 

From PhD to job market

Since 2008 the Ghent University Doctoral Schools have organised an annual doctoral conference targeting the transition of young high potentials with a PhD degree to the job market.

Interactive career days Janssen Pharmaceutica