Pursuing a PhD

The Faculty of Architecture has recently launched a new Graduate School that manages all formal application procedures and requirements for pursuing a PhD at the Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture.

Please see the following link for general information: http://phd.bk.tudelft.nl

Requirements for Admission

Once you have reviewed the above general information, if you are interested in applying for a PhD position, please go to the following site for the application form:

http://enquete.tudelft.nl/nq.cfm?q=b476abf4-1a4b-d1cb-503b-eacfd3e1caf8 Education:

If you are specifically interested in working with the DSD, please be sure to include ‘Delft School of Design' in the ‘Preferred research field' box

Primary Application Documents

Please follow the above procedures and requirements.

Supporting Documentation

In addition to the above-mentioned formal procedures for applying to the Graduate School, candidates interested in pursuing research with the DSD are advised to do the following:

1. Please send an email to the DSD letting us know that you are submitting an application through the above-mentioned procedures. Email: Dsd-bk@tudelft.nl

In the subject line of the mail please place: PhD application

2. Candidates wishing to work with the DSD are required to submit a research proposal directly to the DSD. Please include this proposal with your email. The format for this proposal can be found just below. 

Research Proposal

DSD requires applicants submit a draft proposal for their doctoral research topics. Please refer to the following document: [Download DSD Research Proposal Guidelines]

Unlike the North American model of PhD education, at the DSD Doctoral candidates are expected to have formulated a research topic prior to joining the DSD program. The DSD is seeking candidates whose research topics fit well within our current Research Portfolio.
Therefore, prior to formulating a research proposal, we highly recommend that candidates carefully review both the Research Portfolio section of the DSD website as well as the Introduction section under the PhD Program heading.