The Graduate School 'Experimental Plant Sciences' (EPS) is a collaborative research and teaching institution of Wageningen University (WU), Radboud University (RU), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU), Leiden University (LU), University of Amsterdam (UvA) and Utrecht University (UU).

EPS was founded in 1992 in order to organize and coordinate the fundamental and strategic plant research of the collaborating universities, aiming at the development of new principles in crop breeding, crop protection and crop growth for sustainable agriculture and horticulture. EPS also facilitates the training and teaching of PhD students in these fields by organizing PhD courses, seminars and summer schools.

EPS received first, second and third term accreditation as a Graduate School by the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1993, 1998 and 2003.

If you have any questions please contact the EPS Secretariat.

LATEST NEWS
Application for the EPS International PhD Programme 2008 is CLOSED.

• For those who applied to our International PhD programme 2008 before the deadline April 15, 2008: At this moment all applicants must have received an EPS registration number. If you did not receive it, please check your SPAM box first. If you are still unable to retrieve your EPS registration number you may contact us.
• Due to the overwhelming reaction upon our call we kindly ask all applicants to be patient. It will take some more time to do the preselection then we had anticipated. You will be notified in due time about the status of your application. The short-listed candidates will be notified by email with an invitation for the selection interviews.