# A PhD in your company

**Source**: https://www.utwente.nl/en/education/tgs/business/
**Parent**: https://www.utwente.nl/en/education/tgs/business/employ-engd/

The temporary deployment of academic talent will create enormous value for a business or a non-profit organisation. The PhD candidates of the University of Twente bring their scientific expertise to the work floor.

## PhD employment types

### Employed by UT

To take advantage of opportunities for collaborating with the industry, a university must build up - from an international perspective - a distinctive position based on scientific quality. Research investments with a specific industrial interest are therefore in line with the university's scientific strategy. A doctoral degree place is a PhD, who does research on this interface between applied research and scientific research. Such a PhD is employed by UT. More information: Strategic Business Development, sbd@utwente.nl, phone +31 54 489 2024.

### Employed by a company

A PhD candidate from your company may also keep his employment there during his PhD period at UT. By offering your employee a PhD project, you help them grow and specialise in their work field. This is also a long-term investment and profit for you as an employer.

**Policy about fees and waivers for non-UT-employed doctoral candidates:**All faculties apply a fee of €15,000 per year. Every faculty defines its own policy with regard to waivers on its website.

This fee compensates for the following components:

- Administration: facilities, library, intranet, workspace
- Education and training: graduate school, courses, memberships, etc
- Research: labs, fieldwork, data (benchfee)
- Supervision by university staff

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Check our [Business & Innovation](https://www.utwente.nl/en/business/) section for more information.