MICS welcomes PhD researchers from different academic and national backgrounds. We put great value on innovative research projects on a wide range of topics and offer a thriving and inspiring scientific community. Maastricht University is proud of its international environment and although we encourage to learn Dutch, English remains the working language. PhD candidates at MICS are employees and full members of our institute for a usual period of 3-5 years. While earning a salary and not having to pay tuition fees this highly competitive PhD program allows candidates to focus on research while taking over a limited amount of teaching obligations. A successfully completed PhD is considered a first stepping stone for a career in academia inside and outside of the Netherlands but former candidates have also transitioned in to a variety of professions such as EU institutions or more classical legal professions.
If you are passionate about criminal law, criminology or a related field and interested in conducting research in an international environment we invite you to apply for a PhD-Position at MICS. Beside your qualifications, we particularly value the quality of your research proposal and how it fits into MICS research profile.