At the VBC, we want to foster a world-class scientific environment where PhD students develop and excel. The purpose of the PhD Program is to train rigorous, independent scientists through a comprehensive training experience.
The VBC PhD program encourages students to positively contribute to the advancement of science by making and publishing important scientific discoveries. The training program will allow students to acquire scientific skills, which are important for a career in science, but also for other career paths.
In these pages you can find what we set out as the aims (learning outcomes) and by browsing the menu in the left what are the roles and expectations os the different participants.
By the end of their PhD training VBC PhD students should be able to:
To achieve these goals students need to have/develop the following competencies