# Roadmap for International PhD candidates
**Source**: https://www.ugent.be/en/research/doctoralresearch/roadmap/overview.htm
**Parent**: https://www.ugent.be/phd/en
## Timeline
## Interactive roadmap
When getting in touch with your promotor and the supporting administrative staff, please always state the phase you are in.
### Phase 1 and 2: (Pre)registration
### Phase 3 and 4: (Pre-)enrolment
### Phase 5: Pre-arrival
[Download the pre-arrival checklist](https://www.ugent.be/en/research/doctoralresearch/roadmap/checklist.pdf)
[Download a text version of the interactive step by step roadmap for international PhD candidates at Ghent University.](https://www.ugent.be/en/research/doctoralresearch/roadmap/roadmap.pdf)
## Feedback on this roadmap
[pieter.pauwels@ugent.be](mailto:pieterj.pauwels@ugent.be?subject=pieterj.pauwels@ugent.be "Feedback on Roadmap international PhD at UGent").