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Marie-curie (msca) doctoral fellowship: phd in structural dynamics and health monitoring of composite and 3d printed structures and systems, phd research project.

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

This project has funding attached, subject to eligibility criteria. Applications for the project are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates, but its funding may be restricted to a limited set of nationalities. You should check the project and department details for more information.

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Information for PhD Researchers

Start doctoral period.

During first year

Before you can start your PhD, you have to ask for academic admission. More information on the webpage of candidate PhD researchers .

After admission, you can start and complete the first year obligations and milestones .

Administrative tasks At the start of the doctoral period you should take care of the following things:

• Enrol as a doctoral student
• Activate KU Leuven email accounts
• Get familiar with the KU Loket doctoral file 'PhD Progress'
• Charter for PhD researchers & supervisors & Faculty's addendum As soon as possible and no later than 3 months after the start of the doctoral period your supervisor and you should sign and submit the charter and the addendum .
• First progress report & appraisal interview Eight month after starting you and your supervisor should hold an appraisal interview and you should submit a first report to your team of supervisors and supervisory committee.
• Lecture research integrity for starting PhD researchers Before the end of the first doctoral year you should attend this central lecture .
• Re-enrolment second doctoral year Before the start of the second academic year you should re-enrol as doctoral student .

New at KU Leuven?

Welcome initiatives Faculty

• Faculty welcome day
• Welcoming new staff members
• Faculty library guide

Welcome initiatives KU Leuven

• Welcome day doctoral schools
• Orientation Days
• Introduction session international (pre)doctoral students
• Welcome guide new staff members
• Living, studying & working in Leuven
• International meeting center Pangaea
• Buddy programme

PhD Society

• International School of Leuven

Annual tasks

As of second year, performance appraisal & progress reporting.

Each year, after the performance appraisal, you should report about your doctoral research to the team of supervisors and supervisory committee and indicate the date of the performance appraisal on your progress report. More information

Re-enrolment doctoral student

As soon as the annual progress report is approved in your KU Loket doctoral file 'PhD progress', you should re-enrol for the upcoming academic year. More information

Doctoral training  programme

Throughout doctoral period

The doctoral training consist of a compulsory and a supplementary part. The doctoral training is completed when you have fulfilled at least all compulsory components.

• Compulsory part (= truncus communis)
• Supplementary part and additional training opportunities

DOClog file

After completing the doctoral training and before submitting the thesis, you should demonstrate, via the DOClog file, that you have fulfilled all compulsory components.  More information

Mid-term evaluation

At the mid-term of your doctoral period an evaluation committee evaluates whether the topic and the design of the doctoral project provide a firm basis for successful research, which can be completed within the specific time frame.

For this, you should submit your mid-term research report and your supervisor the proposal for the mid-term evaluation committee to the Faculty Board, before the end of the first half of the doctoral period.  More information

Thesis & public defence

After an average period of 4 to 6 years your thesis is ready and you should ask permission to defend it in public.

• More information thesis and evaluation procedure PPW
• Overview of planned and past KU Leuven doctoral defences

After a successful defence, the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences awards the doctoral degree and you will start a new chapter in your career. More information about further careers of PPW PhD researchers .

Regulations and other important information

• Doctoral regulations
• Faculty vision on support of PhD researchers

Joint PhD: double/joint degree

Global PhD partnership

Interdisciplinary degree

• Reimbursement of expenses
• Early termination PhD via  Faculty doctoral administration
• Overarching doctoral school of Humanities and Social Sciences
• The Faculty's ombudsperson is an approachable mediator, whose role is to discuss and help resolve any misunderstandings that may impair a constructive working relationship between PhD researcher and supervisor.  
• Well-being for young researchers
• Well-being@KULeuven
• KU Leuven healthy
• Reflection rooms Holland College

Research support

There are many departments & initiatives that support research at KU Leuven:

Support services & tools for research

Outgoing Mobility

Research at KU Leuven

Faculty's Library

Educational activities by PhD researchers

All PhD researchers employed by KU Leuven (AAP, BAP, ATP or FWO) should engage in educational activities beside their PhD.   Self-supporting PhD researchers (not employed by KU Leuven) and PhD researchers in the framework of a joint PhD or Global PhD (KU Leuven is host institution) or interdisciplinary PhD (PPW is partner faculty) can do some education activities on a voluntary basis beside their PhD. More information

First point of contact for all kind of questions related to

• the doctoral programme:  PPW Faculty PhD Administration
• the staff status:  PPW Faculty HR Department

Other contact

• The ' ABAP-representatives ' represent PhD researchers at the Faculty. They also offer a sounding board and support system for (starting) PhD researchers.

Statistics: Online course

Course content.

Readers of biomedical literature are often confronted with statistical methodology used to extract clinically relevant information from observational or experimental medical data. This course presents the basic principles behind applied biostatistics. Examples explain how statistical results should be interpreted correctly. Emphasis is on applications rather than theory, and all topics are extensively illustrated using real data and examples taken from the biomedical literature.

Topics covered include:

• descriptive statistics
• types of studies
• p-values and confidence intervals
• power and sample size
• measures of association
• analysis of variance

The course offers an overview of most frequently used tests and models.

No prior statistical knowledge is required.

Course format: e-learning 

This course is offered in an e-learning format. Students can study the course material via online self-study.

WHERE TO FIND THE COURSE MATERIAL

• For PhD researchers: You can find the course documents via Toledo - PhD Biomedical Sciences - Skills Development - Course Documents - Statistics .
• For Postdoc researchers: You can find the course documents via Toledo - Postdoc Biomedical Sciences - Skills Development - Course Documents - Statistics .

Examination

In order to obtain a certificate, you need to pass an examination after you have finished the e-learning traject. Examination form:

• Correct answer: +1
• Wrong answer: -1/3
• No answer: 0
• The exam is open book: Course notes and handbooks are allowed
• No calculators or other electronic devices are allowed

After processing, the results will be communicated by email. 

Please note, that you only need to register if you plan on taking the exam, you do  not  need to register for the course itself, you can find the course material freely on Toledo in the PhD/Postdoc Biomedical Sciences community. 

Upcoming dates for the Statistics Examination:

• 23.05.2024, 16h-18h, BMW 1, ON 2, Campus Gasthuisberg

REGISTER HERE

​Please take note of our no-show policy

Research Figures

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> 1900 faculty

To realise its mission, KU Leuven can rely on a great source of ‘capital’: its talented and dedicated staff. Excluding University Hospitals Leuven (the network of KU Leuven university hospitals). As of 2023,  KU Leuven employs 15,421 people, of which 1915 tenured academic staff , 2127 postdoctoral staff, 311 teaching staff and 4989 administrative and logistic staff. (VLIR personnel statistics - December 2023)

Young Talent

Young talent must be actively sought out and recruited. KU Leuven does so through its three doctoral schools: the Arenberg Doctoral School (organised by the Science, Engineering and Technology Group), the Doctoral School for Biomedical Sciences , and the Doctoral School of Humanities and Social Sciences . Each school seeks out international research talent and provides individualised doctoral training. In addition to academic course offerings, the doctoral programmes emphasise non-academic skills acquisition in areas such as effective communication and entrepreneurship. In the 2022-2023  academic year, KU Leuven awarded 926  doctoral degrees . Of these, 493 (53 %) were awarded to non-Belgian researchers. YouReCa , our Young Researchers's Careers initiative, guides doctoral students to a career in or outside academia.

Upcoming doctoral defenses

53 % foreign PhD students

926 defended phds, > 11,000 peer-reviewed publications, publications.

KU Leuven's institutional repository, Lirias , hosts all research outputs - focussed on publications. Home to over 500.000 items, this database is used for multiple purposes , including reporting to the Flemish government.

In 2021   a total of  11,713  peer-reviewed publications were published by KU Leuven authors, either in Web of Science (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, Proceedings) or acknowledged by Flander's Academic Bibliographic Database for the Social Sciences and the Humanities . These publications comprise journal articles, monographs, book chapters and conference proceedings.

Europe's Excellent Researchers

To date, the 153 ERC Grants  hosted by KU Leuven since 2007 (not including ERC projects of KU Leuven researchers affiliated with VIB, IMEC or other institutes ) confirm that KU Leuven is a breeding ground and attractive destination for the world’s best researchers. In Horizon Europe, 34 ERC grants were awarded or transferred to KU Leuven.

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153 ERC Grants

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> € 735 M Expenditure

81% external funding, attracting external funding.

In 2023,  KU Leuven reported a total research expenditure of € 739.9 M , excluding University Hospitals Leuven.

81.1% of our acquired funding stems from external sources: 45.1% from competitive regional or national funders, 8.6% from European funding (FP7/H2020) and 27.4% through industrial contracts.

One of Europe's highly ranked Comprehensive Universities

KU Leuven features consistently in Europe's top-15 universities within the Times Higher Education ranking . Worldwide our university ranks #45  in the 2024  edition of the same ranking.  

In the 2024 QS World University Rankings KU Leuven occupies the #61 position worldwide, and #19 in Europe.

#45 Ranking Times Higher Education

156 spin-offs, € 151 m license income, entrepreneurship.

Over the past five decades, KU Leuven Research & Development (LRD)   has launched a myriad of innovative technologies in society and the commercial market, allowing companies to create products that improve people's lives. LRD helps researchers to best leverage the societal and economic potential of their research and has developed a solid tradition of creating spin-off companies, securing and licensing intellectual property, and collaborating with industry.

LRD and KU Leuven KICK  , the entrepreneurial community for students,researchers, professors & alumni of KU Leuven, support researchers and students in transforming their innovative ideas and technologies into commercial products and services that benefit society.   Since 1972, LRD has supported the creation of 156  spin-off  companies, directly employing more than 7.700 people in Belgium and abroad. In 2023, 163 patents were granted and a license-income of 150.9 million € was obtained by KU Leuven.

Securing European Research Funding

 In  Horizon Europe ,  KU Leuven    participates in 334 projects (coordinating 130 projects), ranking 1st with regard to ​​​budget awarded (€ 207.6 M) and.number of projects in the leauge of Higher Educations (HES) Institues. In the MSCA-Doctoral Network programme, KU Leuven is the leading HES with 53 projects focusing on the training of young scientists.

• Discover our Horizon 2020 projects
• Discover our FP9 projects

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#1 in  Horizon Europe (FP9)

#1 in marie curie doctoral programmes, active member of international networks, a networked university.

KU Leuven is a member of several international networks, such as LERU , the League of European Research Universities, CELSA , the Central Europe Leuven Strategic Alliance, and the Coimbra Group .

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PhD positions in pure mathematics

We are looking for motivated PhD students in the following areas of pure mathematics.

• Algebraic and arithmetic geometry
• Random matrices,  complex analysis
• Differential geometry
• Functional analysis and operator algebras
• Group theory  and Lie algebras

Special attention will be given to applicants motivated to build bridges between two or more of these areas. A more detailed description of the main research topics of the pure mathematics research groups at KU Leuven can be found here . All PhD students will have a limited amount of teaching duties. We strive to improve the gender balance and diversity in the pure mathematics research groups and encourage candidates from underrepresented groups to apply.

Master degree in mathematics, or equivalent, with a strong interest in research, as demonstrated by your master thesis. Master students who will obtain their master degree before the fall of 2024 can apply. Candidates should be fluent in English. No Dutch knowledge is required.

We offer a competitive four year PhD stipend, a budget for conference participation and short research stays in other institutions, health insurance and social benefits for the PhD student and their accompanying partner and/or children. The starting date of the position is flexible, but preferably before 1 October 2024.

About the research environment

Financed by the long term Methusalem funding, the KU Leuven research groups in pure mathematics collaborate within the research project Classification, symmetries and singularities at the frontiers of algebra, analysis and geometry , encompassing the expertise of the different research groups involved and focusing on some of the most challenging problems in algebra, analysis and geometry. In this large scale research project, several PhD students and postdocs are employed. We organize colloquia, seminars and advanced courses. In this stimulating environment, all researchers are exposed to a broad spectrum of mathematical research with several collaboration opportunities.

How to apply

• The application deadline is 12 February 2024.
• You have to apply via the online tool available here .
• You have to upload exactly the following three pdf-files.
• Motivation letter.
• CV. Include the names of three references. These references do not have to send a reference letter now. We will contact the references of shortlisted candidates on 21 February 2024 with a request to submit their reference letter before 13 March 2024. In your CV, also mention the topic of your master thesis and your (tentative) graduation date. If you have any preprints or publications, also mention these. The master thesis itself and the publications themselves should not be included.
• Transcripts of your bachelor and master studies.
• Interviews of shortlisted candidates will take place on 14 March 2024 and can be online or in person, depending on the candidate’s preference.

• Colloquia, Seminars & Lectures
• Outreach Activities
• Publications
• Research Topics
• Job Opportunities
• Conferences

TBA (Jennifer Pi)

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• Programmes en français
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Master of Statistics and Data Science (Leuven)

Master of Science

Programme summary

• Master of Statistics and Data Science (on campus) (120 ECTS)
• Abridged Programme - Quantitative Analysis in the Social Sciences (60 ECTS)
• Master of Statistics and Data Science (blended) (120 ECTS)

Programme outline

Admission requirements, further studies, non-binding personal development goals, educational quality, master of statistics and data science (on campus) (120 ects) abridged programme - quantitative analysis in the social sciences (60 ects) master of statistics and data science (blended) (120 ects) education, what can you find on this webpage.

Our (future) students can find the official study programme and other useful info here.

You can find information about admission requirements, further studies and more practical info such as ECTS sheets, or a weekly timetable of the current academic year.

Are you a future student?

Be sure to first take a look at the page about the  Master of Statistics and Data Science .

There you can find more info on:

- What’s the programme about?

- Starting profile

- Admission and application

- Future possibilities

- Why KU Leuven

THE PROGRAMME MASTER IN STATISTICS AND DATA SCIENCE HAS THE FOLLOWING EDUCATIONAL AIMS:

1. Being willing and capable to be a part of the international scientific community.

2. Being willing and capable to critically participate in the societal discussions regarding sustainability from one’s own expertise in the scientific domain.

Educational quality of the study programme

Educational quality at study programme level.

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Educational quality at university level

• Consult the documents on educational quality available at university level.
• More information on the educational quality at KU Leuven
• More information on the available documents
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• Master of Sociology (Leuven) , after taking Voorbereidingsprogramma: Master in de sociologie voor bachelors en masters in de exacte wetenschappen (Leuven)
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Leuven International Doctoral School for the Humanities and Social Sciences

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Applicant    PhD researcher   Postdoc   Supervisor

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• Doctoral Ombudsperson  ​​​​​​
• Graduate Spirit : Erasmus+ consortium to improve PhD training
• KICK : Learn how to think and act as an entrepreneur with KU Leuven KICK 
• KU Leuven Alumni network  
• Living in Leuven  ​​​​​
• Open Science

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Regulations and Applications​​​​​​

• Charter for PhD researcher and supervisor
• Doctoral Regulations
• Ethics Committees
• Interdisciplinary PhD
• Joint Doctorate  -  application form  (intranet)
• Mental well-being as PhD researcher
• Well-being for young researchers
• Podcast channel 'Mental Health matters'  
• Experts Talks on well-being at work
• Stress & well-being @ work for early career researchers  (Presentations 2019 lecture)
• Overview of Initiatives
• Career Center
• Career Guidance & Online Career Tool

Financial Support

Since 2011-2012, the Flemish Government has allocated funding to Flemish universities to support Young Researchers, known as OJO (Omkadering van Jonge Onderzoekers). This budget is intended for various purposes including the training of young researchers, career guidance, improving career prospects, fostering international opportunities, and promoting interuniversity collaboration within Flanders.

OJO/YouReCa funding possibilities

More information on YouReCa .

APPLYING FOR YOURECA FUNDING

• Request form for ' Interuniversity, Interdisciplinary initiatives '( NL ​​​​- ENG )
• Request form for ' Meet the Jury ' ( NL - ENG )

• Research Funding — Research (kuleuven.be)
• Research Integrity: for starting PhD researchers
• Brochure: Skills Training for Researchers 2023-2024
• English Pronunciation and Intonation Skills
• 21st Century Training in Transdisciplinary Skills
• Flames: Statistical & Methodological seminars & courses
• ILT (Leuven Language Centre): training offer for PhD  
• LStat: Statistical Short courses: programme 
• Research Data Management
• Spin-off Learning Platform
• Start to Teach (KU Leuven Learning Lab)
• Workshops 'DingNet' (Internet of Things)
• Verkorte Educatieve Master - informatie (Dutch only)

Training offer: KU Loket  

Training offer: My KULeuven

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Doctoral School for the Humanities and Social Sciences

• Director:  Prof. dr. Ortwin de Graef
• Administrative Coordinator: Jef Schrooten
• Administrative Assistant: Lore Delahaye

The office of the DSHSS is located in the building called ' Europahuis '

Blijde Inkomstraat 5, box 3000, 3000 Leuven. 

More info about the Doctoral School

​​phd programmes at the faculties of the humanities and social sciences .

• Faculty of Arts
• Faculty of Economics and Business
• Faculty of Law and Criminology
• Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
• Faculty of Social Sciences
• Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies
• Institute of Philosophy
• Associated Faculty of the Arts
• Faculty of Canon Law

Python for Finance

Course outline.

Python is an open-source programming language which brings a lot of added value for anybody working in the financial industry with a quantitative background. The rising popularity of machine learning and artificial intelligence has given this relatively young language a serious boost. This practical course covers several aspects of the Python programming language with a focus on financial topics (risk, insurance, trading,…).

In a first step the delegate will be introduced into the main packages making up the backbone of Python in a financial context: NumPy, Pandas and Sci-Kit Learn. Topics such as broadcasting and universal functions, which make up the DNA of Python, will be explained. After this introductory step, Python will be put at work through several case studies that will be solved during the course.

The case studies and programs will be developed in Jupyter Notebooks.

Case Studies:

• Monte Carlo simulation
• Building an option pricer
• Kernel density estimation
• Time series analysis
• Asset allocation

Target audience

• Portfolio managers
• Risk managers
• Professionals looking to introduce data-mining concepts in their day-to-day tasks
• IT developers
• Statisticians
• Quant analysts
• Financial engineers

Prerequisites

• Basic notions of mathematical Finance
• No prior knowledge of Python is required

Course materials

The course material will be made available.

Lieven Op de Beeck Jan De Spiegeleer

Dates and venue

• Wednesday 27 March 2024, from 09:00 to 12:00 and 13:00 to 16:00
• Venue:  Vandenheuvelinstituut (VHI), PC-room 02.22 (D2), Dekenstraat 2, 3000 Leuven

Fee categories

• (PhD) students KU Leuven and Association KU Leuven  € 50
• Staff KU Leuven and Association KU Leuven, other (PhD) students €  80
• Non profit/social sector € 125
• Private sector € 300

How to register

• KU Leuven staff and PhD's (with u-number) can register directly through KU Loket 
• For all others :   Registration form

Supervising a Master’s Thesis

Interested?

• Online module
• Open for everyone!
• Designed for junior teaching assistants or PhD students (AAP/BAP)

Register now

The module provides general information about the different aspects of supervising a master’s thesis:

• What are the difficulties that students often encounter during their master’s thesis and how can you support them?
• How do you prepare for the first meeting with your student?
• What are the characteristics of a good supervisor ?
• The main challenges of a supervisory process and how you can deal with them
• The importance of feedback

It also offers tips & tricks and exercises that will stimulate you to translate the input to your practice and reflect upon it. In the final assignment, you will evaluate your role as a supervisor and design a plan to optimise your supervisory practice.

Your final assignment will be graded on a pass/fail basis. If you pass, you will receive a Certificate of Completion for the module.

Your time investment for this module will be 8 hours or 0.3 ECTS credits.

• Activating your Students  which focuses on different aspects of engaging (or ‘activating’) students.
• Start to Teach which covers the basics of teaching with topics such as ‘how to prepare for class’, ‘how to interact with your students’ and ‘classroom management’.
• Supporting Academic Writing about how to help students evolve in their writing skills.
• KU Leuven Learning Lab