Career at IDE

In the Dutch university system, the doctoral programme forms the top of the academic education pyramid. The PhD students play an important role in determining the image the outside world has of the academic standard of a faculty and its field of study. During their PhD programme, they represent an important share of the faculty’s research capacity and they are also expected to play an important future role in the further development of the field of study, both inside and outside the university. The faculty’s ambition is to educate PhD students with an Industrial Design hallmark, who can fulfill these expectations in the international arena. However, this places considerable demands on the content and structure of PhD research and education.

The PhD research must cover an area of Industrial Design; the education programme must provide a knowledge package tailored to the needs of an industrial designer. High-quality education also includes structured attention for skills other than professional skills, i.e. oral and written presentation.

The speed at which PhD research is completed is another quality aspect of the PhD programme: for the faculty, completing a doctoral programme within 4 years means an efficient use of resources, promotes the PhD student’s chances of employment and prevents the results of the research being out-dated by the time the thesis is published. One of the main resources used to guarantee the schedule remains on track and research is published on time is that of publishing in conference proceedings and in particular in international journals. This system places high demands on the supervision and support provided to PhD students.

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