LUCAS offers education, guidance, and development opportunities to PhD candidates researching the relationships between the arts and society, in fields aligned with one of our three research clusters. We are strongly committed to high-quality, innovative research conducted with integrity. The Institute houses over one hundred PhD candidates researching a wide variety of topics.

The LUCAS PhD Programme is hosted within the Graduate School of Humanities, which also includes PhD candidates from other Humanities disciplines, such as history, philosophy and linguistics.

The framework of the LUCAS PhD Programme consists of the Leiden University PhD Regulations and PhD Guidelines, and their implementation on the level of the Institute as outlined in the LUCAS PhD Guidelines. Please consult these documents for information on topics such as admission, requirements, supervision and facilities.

Types of LUCAS PhDs

LUCAS hosts three kinds of PhD candidates: employed PhD candidates, contract PhD candidates, and external PhD candidates. More information on these types can be found on the website of the Graduate School of Humanities; an overview of the rights and obligations of the various types of PhD candidates at LUCAS can be found in the appendix of the LUCAS PhD Guidelines.

Find out more information on:

• Admission procedures
• Planning, monitoring and evaluation
• PhD training
• LUCAS PhD Community
• LUCAS PhD Council