Since its foundation in 1614, the University of Groningen has enjoyed an international reputation as a dynamic and innovative centre of higher education offering high-quality teaching and research. Belonging to the best research universities of Europe and joining forces with prestigious partner universities and networks, the University of Groningen is truly an international place of knowledge.

Faculty of Economics and Business
The Faculty of Economics and Business offers an inspiring study and working environment for students and employees. International accreditation enables the Faculty to assess performance against the highest international standards. It also creates an exciting environment of continuous improvement. FEB's programs, academic staff and research do well on various excellence ranking lists.

The graduate school of Economics & Business has 12 PhD positions available.

The aim of our PhD programme is to deliver highly qualified researchers. For this purpose, we offer PhD positions to excellent candidates who recently graduated. The PhD programme covers four years and leads to a PhD degree. These four years are primarily spent on writing research papers for the PhD thesis and on participation in international conferences, workshops, and seminars.
The PhD programme is embedded in FEB’s research institute with seven excellent research programmes.

1. Accounting (https://www.rug.nl/research/accounting/)
2. Economics, Econometrics & Finance (https://www.rug.nl/research/gradschool-economics-and-business/phd-programme/prospective-phd/eef/research-areas)
3. Global Economics & Management (https://www.rug.nl/research/gradschool-economics-and-business/phd-programme/prospective-phd/gem/research-areas)
4. Innovation & Organization (https://www.rug.nl/research/gradschool-economics-and-business/phd-programme/prospective-phd/io/research-areas)
5. Marketing (https://www.rug.nl/research/gradschool-economics-and-business/phd-programme/prospective-phd/marketing/research-areas)
6. Operations Management & Operations Research (https://www.rug.nl/research/gradschool-economics-and-business/phd-programme/prospective-phd/marketing/research-areas)
7. Organizational Behavior (https://www.rug.nl/research/hrm-ob/)

In addition, we particularly, but not exclusively, invite candidates interested in research on one of the five FEB themes, namely Healthy Society, Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence, Leadership and Governance, Future Prosperity and Sustainability, Energy Transition and Climate Change.

All PhD candidates are supervised by at least two supervisors who are a fellow of the research institute.
PhD candidates contribute 20% of their time to teaching.

The ideal candidate is ambitious, highly motivated and wishes to make a career in research. He or she has a thorough training in research skills, speaks and writes English fluently and has obtained excellent results in the Master phase.
We give preference to candidates who have a Research Master degree or equivalent in Economics or Business. Applicants with degrees in other areas will only be taken into account if sufficiently related to our research programmes. Equivalent means that, in addition to holding a regular Master of Science degree, applicants can prove that they have sufficient research-related experience and knowledge. Examples of such equivalence include: an MPhil degree from a well-reputed university or having completed a research-oriented Honours programme with a minimum of 30 EC.

Fixed-term contract: 48 months.

We offer you in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities:

- a salary of € 2,770 which increases yearly to a maximum of € 3,539 gross per month
- 8% holiday allowance and an 8,3% end of year bonus
- a temporary full-time appointment for a period of four years, under the condition of a positive assessment at the end of the first year.

Starting date: 1 September 2024. An assessment may be part of the procedure, consisting of psychological tests and an interview.