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2022 China Scholarship Council – Utrecht University Appendix Faculty of Geosciences
The UU PhD information form on the University website provides information on procedures and regulations regarding CSC applications. Sometimes the exact procedure is specific to a faculty.
This document provides information on faculty-specific interpretations of the general UU-rules. It also provides pointers on who is responsible for which actions. This appendix supplements the UU PhD information form.
The information is intended for CSC applicants and for their prospective supervisors.
What Who
1 Check if you are a possible candidate Applicant 2 Check if you meet the conditions regarding degree Applicant 3 Check if your English language has the required level
(please check the CSC website for the latest information)
Applicant 4 Check whether there is a research group at Utrecht
University in your discipline Applicant
5 Contact Utrecht University to find a UU professor who is willing to be your supervisor to obtain your PhD degree in Utrecht
At the faculty of Geosciences, the applicant contacts a prospective supervisor him/herself by sending the application form at the end of the UU PhD information form to the prospective supervisor.
Based on the information you provide in your application form the prospective supervisor will contact you and inform you whether or not he/she is interested in your application.
Before doing so, the prospective supervisor checks the
requirements 1 (possible candidate), 2 (degree), and 3 (level of English language), according to the rules in the UU-document.
The prospective supervisor is advised to also hold a Skype interview with the applicant, in which they, for example, discuss relevant journal papers.
Applicant
Prospective supervisor
Prospective supervisor
6 The prospective UU supervisor approves your application
If the prospective UU supervisor approves of the application, the applicant must send him or her the documents as stated in the UU information form.
These papers will be assessed within the department, but the department / prospective supervisor is advised to submit this to the UU Admission Office.
Prospective supervisor / department
Applicant
Prospective supervisor / department
7 Working on the research proposal Applicant + prospective supervisor
8 The research proposal is definite
The prospective UU supervisor should arrange approval of his or her research director, as described in the GSG quality
Assurance Plan for PhD research, training and supervision (section 3.1.1).
Prospective supervisor
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The standard letter of acceptance (to be found at
https://www.uu.nl/en/research/asia) must be signed by the prospective UU supervisor and co-signed by the UU research director of the department.
9 Letter of acceptance
The UU prospective supervisor will send the letter of acceptance to the applicant with copy the UU Academic Affairs Office, c/o Mr. Jeroen Frietman at j.b.frietman@uu.nl and to the Graduate School of Geosciences at graduateschool.geo@uu.nl to inform them that a CSC PhD scholarship will be applied for.
Prospective supervisor
10 Submitting your application to CSC Applicant
11 CSC selection CSC
12 Practical arrangements of the stay in Utrecht
These are the joint responsibility of the PhD candidate, the UU supervisor and the UU department/institute.
Applicant & Supervisor Other services (such as HR) will be contacted by the supervisor /
department 13 Start of the PhD traject
See Graduate School of Geosciences website for current PhD candidates, especially Beginning to end for the formal procedures.
Applicant & Supervisor
