PhD at MICAS

MICAS is a dynamic research group of 6 professors and about 70 highly motivated researchers working towards a PhD degree. You want to become part of this success story? And you have the right qualifications? Learn all about working at MICAS on this page!

In order to start a PhD at MICAS, you need to possess an Electrical Engineering master diploma, which can be obtained at KU Leuven, or elsewhere (predoctoral period required for non EU-masters). For more information, please visit the 'Master at MICAS' section on this website.

Have a look at the daily activities of PhD students Jolien and Thanos at MICAS.

Choose your research topic

The most important step before deciding on a PhD at MICAS, is to find a suitable supervisor for the type of research that you want to pursue.

Below you can find the research topics of every MICAS professor. We encourage you to contact the professor who’s research best links to your research interest by filling out the contact form at the bottom of the page.

Admission and starting a PhD

All information on how you can join us as a PhD. Before all the mentioned steps need to be fulfilled, you should first have an agreement from your future supervisor to start a PhD.

Living in Leuven

Leuven is a small but lively city, located at only 20km from Brussels, in the Flemish part of Belgium. Due to the huge amount of students, the facilities in Leuven are extremely well developed.

Join us now

Fill in the Join us Contact form to send your application to the professor who’s research best links to your research interest.