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• Top Universities for PhD Study in Belgium in 2024

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Belgium is home to many multi-national organisations and is the administrative capital of Europe. The three official languages, the globally respected universities, and the strong links with the rest of Europe make Belgium a popular destination amongst international students. Belgium is well known for its art and literature, with specialised Art colleges where you could study a range of Art disciplines, including the work of the Flemish Masters. The high-quality research and teaching at Belgian research universities, also attracts students from science and technology.

If you're thinking about studying in Belgium, the university ranking tables are a good place to start your search. This page summarises the performance of Belgian institutions in three of the main world university league tables.

Top ranked Belgian universities for PhD study

The table below shows how Belgian universities perform, according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, QS World University Rankings and the Academic Ranking of World Universities.

So, how good are Belgian universities for PhD study?

Though there are only a small number of universities in Belgium, they are consistently well regarded for their outstanding teaching and research. The oldest university in Belgium, KU Leuven, ranks in the top 100 universities worldwide across all three league tables, with seven other Belgian universities ranking within the top 500.

The low tuition fees and the wide variety of funding sources available mean studying in Belgium is more affordable than many other countries.

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Doctoral Studies at SBS-EM

The Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), via SBS-EM, offers a Ph.D. degree in Economics and Management (in French: doctorat en sciences économiques et de gestion) . The Ph.D. title rewards original and independent research in Economics or Management that significantly advances the state of knowledge in these disciplines.

In practice, the Ph.D. studies involve advanced training (in French: “formation doctorale”) that helps Ph.D. candidates acquire the necessary tools and knowledge to carry out independent research. At SBS-EM, this training is organised in “tracks”, which correspond to different areas of specialisation: Management Science, Economics and Economics & Statistics. Each track has its own requirements. Tracks are hosted in research centers, which also provide administrative and logistical support for their doctoral students. As of today, about 100 doctoral students are enrolled at SBS-EM.

SBS-EM is part of the Graduate School in Economics (all universities in French-speaking Belgium + KU Leuven) and the Ecole Doctorale Thématique en Sciences de Gestion (ULB - U. Mons – HEC Liège) which pool the offer of advanced courses across the member universities. All registered Ph.D. students at SBS-EM have access to these courses. In addition, each track has its own privileged academic partners for the organisation of scientific visits of doctoral students and other events (see the information on the respective tracks for details).  

Scientific mobility during the thesis

Successful research often involves tapping expertise where it is. For this reason, many doctoral students at SBS-EM spend anything from a week to one semester visiting another university during their doctoral studies. In addition to visits organised through the individual contacts of the advisor, several structural programmes exist to facilitate such scientific visits. Specifically:

• The CEB track in management science has a privileged relationship with Université de Paris I, which culminates with a yearly faculty-students conference and also course exchanges. Through its partnership with University of Mons and HEC Liège, students in the management track also access to (and get credit for) courses in Maastricht, Lille and Strasbourg.
• The ECARES tracks in economics and in economics and statistics are part of ECORES and the ENTER network for training in Economics, consisting of 8 European universities: Universidad Autonomà de Barcelona, University College London, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Universität Mannheim, Stockholm University, Stockholm School of Economics, Tilburg University and Université Toulouse 1 Sciences Sociales . ENTER organises a yearly Jamboree where doctoral students present and an exchange programme for doctoral students (automatic admissions and access to courses).

An increasing fraction of our students pursue their Ph.D. in collaboration with another university, according to a format called joint supervision (cotutelle in French). During a joint supervision, the student is registered as a doctoral student in both universities. S/he shares his/her time between both universities and receives supervision at both universities. Upon graduation, s/he receives a joint degree or two degrees mentioning the joint supervision Candidates interested in joint supervision should discuss this matter with the academic coordinator of their Ph.D. track. Your coordinator at the research department of ULB can provide advice in writing a joint supervision agreement.   

About 15 Ph.D. students graduate every year at SBS-EM. Upon graduation, about half of them find employment in academia and the other half in policy institutions such as the European Central Bank, the Belgian National Bank, the Belgian Planning Bureau or the OECD to name just a few of the recent placements. Recent academic placements include Boston University, Waseda University, Manchester University, KU Leuven, the London Business School and the University of Copenhagen. Finally, every year, some graduates find employment in the private sector or start their own business.  

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All prospective doctoral students must submit an application for admission into the doctoral programme at SBS-EM. ECARES application form can be found here  and sent to Anne-Marie Notarianni while CEB application can be completed here  and sent to Anne-Lise Remy .

All applicants must hold a master’s degree in Economics or Management, or equivalent.  The deadline for application is September 30 for EU citizens and April 30 for non-EU citizens.  Admission may be granted into the doctoral training (formation doctorale), directly to the Ph.D. (doctorat), or both. Candidates are usually first admitted into the doctoral training, and they get admitted into the Ph.D. once they successfully complete their doctoral training. Candidates without advanced training in Economics enter the “Economics and Statistics” and “Economics” tracks by first taking an advanced research master in Economics or Economics & Statistics.

• CEB forms are in French and in English. If you need assistance filling them, please contact the administrative support person from the intended track.
• ECARES (Economics and Economics and Statistics tracks) organises as faster pre-admission process. The form in English can be downloaded from the ECARES website . An academic decision is taken within a couple of weeks. Note, however, that this decision is not an official decision, but simply an indication that your application will be favourably looked at. You will still need to complete the official forms, before the deadline, on the ULB website to be formally admitted.

Funding for incoming students is limited and interested applicants are urged to contact as soon as possible the director of the Ph.D. track they are interested in to inquire about such funding opportunities.

Possibilities include seed-financing by ULB, seed-financing sponsored by faculty grants or by the Marie Christine Adam Foundation, and research assistantships. Some incoming students combine a teaching assistant position with their first year course-work although this is not advised because of the heavy workload this involves.

Starting from the second year, doctoral students who successfully complete the first year requirements are funded through a combination of teaching assistantships (maximum 6 years), doctoral fellowships (e.g. from the Belgian National Science Foundation), faculty grants or other sources. Doctoral fellowships are for four years only. Doctoral students who do not complete their Ph.D. after their fellowships have expired usually combine work outside and the completion of their Ph.D.  

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Call for doctoral Scholarships "South Partnership"

UCLouvain is organising a call for applications for doctoral scholarships, or for mobility scholarships in the framework of a doctoral or post-doctoral stay, for nationals of developing countries. Through this approach, UCLouvain wishes to contribute not only to the strengthening of the academic fabric of developing countries, but also to the establishment of new partnerships between UCLouvain and research or higher education institutions in these countries.

The 2023-2024 call is a joint call for two streams of funding opportunities for Doctoral candidates:

• UCLouvain's Conseil de l'Action Internationale (CAI) South Partnership Doctoral grants
• ARES-CCD (Commission pour la coopération au développement) Doctoral mobility grants

Both instruments provide funding for doctoral theses for nationals from the Global South, with slightly different conditions for access and funding. In addition, post-doctoral stays are also funded by ARES-CCD:

• ARES-CCD post-doctoral mobility grants

1. Eligibility criteria

To be eligible, the applicant must meet ALL of the following criteria:

• UCLouvain-CAI Doctoral scholarship “South Partnership”: Eligible countries are: Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Comoros, Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic of), Ivory Coast, Cuba, South Africa, Djibouti, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Eswatini (Kingdom of), Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iraq, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Micronesia (Federated States of), Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Uganda, Philippines, Central African Republic, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, South Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Chad, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tunisia, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.  
• ARES-CCD mobility grants in the framework of a doctorate or post-doctorate: Eligible countries are: Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Haiti, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Vietnam, Zimbabwe.
• Be supported by at least one member of the academic staff of UCLouvain;
• Having initiated the process to be admitted by the Doctoral Domain Commission (CDD) of the candidate's research field at UCLouvain;
• Be free of any commitment to return to the country with respect to a granting organization that has financed training;
• For students who have already started their doctorate and are regularly registered at UCLouvain, not be a recipient of a scholarship.

Nationals of a country eligible for this call who, because of their administrative status within the EU, are comparable to Belgian students in terms of residence and/or social rights , are not eligible for this competition.

2. Selection criteria

The International Action Council (IAC) of UCLouvain will select the beneficiaries of the doctoral and post-doctoral fellowships on the basis of the following criteria:

Research dimension

• Academic quality: CV of the candidate.
• Quality of the research project.
• Quality of the environment: Suitability and quality of the teams at UCLouvain and in the partner institution(s) supervising the candidate

Development cooperation dimension

• Partnership: it is expected that the projects will directly involve a partner from a Southern institution (co-supervision or other form of collaboration with a scientist from the South). At a minimum, the project will describe one of the following elements: the involvement of one or more scientists from an institution in the South in the supervision of the thesis or post-doctoral research, collaborations with other ongoing projects in the South or in the North, or dissemination, awareness-raising and/or networking activities that are foreseen at UCLouvain and in the partner institution(s) in the South with a view to transferring skills and knowledge.
• Relevance in terms of global development and societal issues: scientific projects are expected to address development issues (in the sense of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals - SDGs), beyond the objective of quality education (higher education), or the development of competences that are relevant for the partner institution or at least the country of origin. The project should refer to at least one of the following elements: the link with one of the MDGs, the capacity building components for the Southern partner(s) or the relevance of crossing South-North views on the project theme.
• It is expected that the project respects, where relevant, the dimensions of human rights, ethics and integrity, academic freedom, gender equality, and plurality of South and North views.

In case of multiple applications for new theses from the same promoter, the IAC members will select a maximum of one application, except for reasons deemed exceptional by them.

After the selection, a reasoned feedback will be sent to the promoter and the candidate upon request.

The deadline to respond to this call is February 28, 2023 . The application file and the exact conditions of each scholarship are available on the university intranet and can be requested from the promoter who will lead the project.

To find a promoter, you can contact the Committee for the doctoral programme which is relevant to you.

Many other general information on doctoral programmes at UCLouvain are also available on this website.

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Are you eligible for a doctoral programme, do you know your topic and supervisor and do you have an idea of possible funding? Then you are ready to submit a doctoral application. The administration for doctoral candidates sometimes differs from that of other students. We guide you step by step with your application.

Online enrolment

Online enrolment consists of several pages that you fill in according to the instructions. The documents you must have on hand for your enrolment are listed in the instructions. 

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Please note!

If you wish to enrol for an interdisciplinary doctorate, please contact the Researcher Training & Development Office. 

Researcher Training and Development Office

Renewed enrolment.

The Faculty Progress Monitoring Commission (CDO) decides each year on the authorisation for renewal of the enrolment, after evaluation of the annual progress report. The decision is confirmed by the end of September. Have you been accepted? You will automatically receive an e-mail from the Education and Student Administration. This allows you to renew your enrolment as a doctoral student.   

Important : you must re-enrol every academic year, not only in the year in which you wish to defend your thesis.

• Doctoral students pay € 545,80 in the first year of enrolment and in the year of defence.

• Doctoral students with an agreement for a joint PhD with a non-Flemish institution only pay tuition fees in the year of defence. 

• Doctoral students with an agreement for a joint PhD with a Flemish university only pay tuition fees at the main institution, as stipulated in the agreement. 

Important : you cannot pay the tuition fees for your doctoral study programme with training cheques. 

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KU Leuven Global Minds Doctoral Scholarships Programme

Quick guide General eligibility conditions Research topics Application procedure   Legal & financial framework What is included Timeframe & selection procedure Scholarship Application Form Frequently Asked Questions Gender balance Community

Welcome to the KU Leuven Global Minds Doctoral Scholarships Programme!

Take a look at the diverse group of scholars who are pursuing their PhD through this programme .  

The aim of the GM Scholarship is to give scholars the opportunity to carry out 4 years of PhD research in a ‘sandwich’ system, which means that a maximum of  50% of the research will be financed by and carried out at KU Leuven, while at least 50%  will be carried out and financed by the scholar's home institution, supported by a local co-supervisor. In this way, both KU Leuven and the home institution are partners in the co-financing of the research. In addition, KU Leuven offers a supervision allowance to the local co-supervisor at the home institution and to the supervisor at KU Leuven.

Candidates must be assigned by the home institution and receive sufficient financial support from that institution to carry out the research effectively. This ensures that the candidate is strongly embedded in the home country and can contribute to local capacity building after the PhD.

The PhD degree will be awarded by KU Leuven.

The scholarships will be awarded to outstanding proposals that address a development-related research topic, preferably linked to one or more of the Sustainable Development Goals.

After obtaining their doctorate at KU Leuven, the doctoral candidates are expected to mobilise their expertise at the university in their home country in order to contribute to strengthening the capacity of that institution.

KU Leuven is located about twenty kilometres from Brussels, the capital of both Belgium and Europe. It is the oldest university of the Low Countries. As such, it has a long-standing tradition of hospitality towards students and scholars from abroad. Currently, more than 11,000 international students (about 18% of the total number of students at KU Leuven) have found their home away from home in Leuven.

Graduate tuition and fees

The net cost for a graduate education varies by individual student, graduate program, graduate assistantships (GA) and enrollment status.

Domestic student with GA

Tuition rates vary by graduate assistantship (e.g., 10-hours, 15-hours, 20-hours).

Domestic student without GA

Academic year 2024-2025 base tuition is $344.25 per-credit, but varies based on residency.

International student with GA

International student without GA

Online program tuition and fees

Tuition and fees vary by individual online graduate program.

• Online Master of Accountancy (MAcc)
• Online Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA)
• Online Master of Science in Cybersecurity (MSCY)
• Online Master of Public Health (MPH)
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