PhD Facts and figures

Facts and figures on the duration of the PhD trajectories, gender of PhD candidates and number of PhD defenses as well as the annual report

Duration of AMC PhD trajectories

The actual duration of AMC PhD trajectories is calculated as the period from the start of the PhD project to the date of the thesis defense. The median duration is 5.1 years. (Cohorts up to 2015 are included in the figure below.)

succes rates of AMC PhDs 2005-2015

AMC PhD candidates: Gender

About 2/3 of all AMC PhD candidates are women.

AMC PhD Defenses

In 2019, a total of 238 AMC PhD dissertations to be successfully defended is foreseen. This number equals that of 2013, which was by then an all-time record.

During the last four years, a rise in the number of starting PhD candidates was observed. The current rise of PhD defenses is closely directly related to the increased inflow. The coming three years, an equally high number of PhD defenses is foreseen.