DUTCH RESEARCH let us inspire your career Presentation for the PhDTalent event, September 21st 2012, Paris Virginie Jazede, ANSES, Maison-Alfort Anièce Heijnen & Nettie Abbring, French-Dutch University Network, Lille-Utrecht Jeroen Sparla, AcademicTransfer, Utrecht

Agenda Word of Welcome (Anièce in French) Tour d’horizon on Dutch Research opportunities (Jeroen in English) First hand experience (Virginie, in French/English) + eventually extra dia from Elsa Regan, Danone Research, Wageningen About French-Dutch Joint programmes (Anièce & Nettie) Word of Thanks (Jeroen in French/English ?)

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14 universities Leiden University (1575) University of Groningen (1614) University of Amsterdam (1632) Utrecht University (1636) Delft University of technology (1842) VU University Amsterdam (1880) Erasmus University Rotterdam (1913) Wageningen University (1918) Radboud University Nijmegen (1923) Tilburg University (1927) Eindhoven University of technology (1956) University of Twente (1961) Maastricht University(1976) Open University (life-long and distance learning) (1984)

International Environment English is the second language for all Dutch people International Classrooms, English taught programmes 15% international students Embedded in international networks

Attractive Labor Conditions Focus on young academics Tenure tracks Good mix of age and gender One collective labor contract Internationally competing salaries and fringe benefits Academic freedom

Chances for young academics PhD students are: Employed by the universities (or receive a scholarship) Part of a research team In close interaction with their professors

Research and education are intertwined Starting at bachelor level, students are involved in research programs Professors have teaching responsibilities at all levels Specialized research masters and graduate schools

Universities score well in rankings 12 universities in top 400 Shanghai ranking 11 universities in top 200 Times Higher Education Citation impact scores third in the world Number of academic publications per capita 4th in the world 45 % of the Dutch publications are the result of international co-authorship

Transfer of knowledge The Netherlands ranks 7 in terms of number of patents applications worldwide Intensive cooperation with industry Public-private partnerships in Technological and Societal Top Institutes Focus on entrepreneurship

Public/private partnerships examples Technological Top Institutes: green genetics, pharmaceuticals, Food and Nutrition, polymer, water technology, etc Societal Top Institutes: The Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law (HiiL) Netspar – Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and Retirement Netherlands Institute for City Innovation Studies (NICIS)

Doing a PhD in the Netherlands Career : Master 2 at the Institut Pasteur PhD at Utrecht University Post-doctorat at Utrecht University Post-doctorat at ANSES Benefits of being abroad : Improvement of linguistic and cultural skills (English) Teaching skills A different way of working : being independant A real 7 years’ experience as employé

PhD obtained in 1999 in France (Paris VI) followed by 10 yrs postdoc at Utrecht University - Faculty of Biology Postdoc in NL  Excellent work environment & workpackage (much better than permanent position in French academic environment)  Great work/life balance  Acquired fluency in English + teaching experience + strong management skills (project + people management). Danone Research NL while 6 months pregnant of 3rd child + employer did wait 6 months for me => Dutch employers have a really different mindset compared to French ones !! Asset was her senior academic background + management/communication skills + fluency English/French Elsa Regan-Klapisz: 13yrs in NL

Joint programmes between France & the Netherlands

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