Do you want to develop innovation for the world's biggest brands? Then join us for our PhD Seminar, where you can discover how you could leave your impact leveraging your acquired skills such as natural sciences, materials, automation, sustainability, analytics, simulation and modeling at P&G making products Consumers love. A technical career at P&G could be what you're looking for!

BRUSSELS INNOVATION CENTER
MARCH 24-28, 2019

Accommodation, meals, and travel to and from the seminar are paid by us.

Application Deadlines:

UK: November 19th, 2018 Belgium & Germany: January 30th, 2019

Please be aware that the selection process will start earliest in December 2018.

SEMINAR OVERVIEW ELIGIBILITY & APPLICATION PROCESS APPLY

SEMINAR OVERVIEW

• You visit one of our European Innovation Centers, get to meet our scientists and engineers and ask them all your questions
• You get a chance to see how our scientists innovate our superior products
• You will get to practice the skills needed to be successful, by collaborating with international PhD Students and experienced R&D managers to solve a series of exercises and case studies
• You will discover if a career in an industrial company like P&G could be right for you

DURING THE SEMINAR YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PRACTICE:

• Technical knowledge to address real problems
• Making difficult and tough decisions
• Setting priorities
• Communicating ideas
• Motivating people and teams
• Working as part of a team

“The most valuable aspect of the PhD seminar was to get a glimpse into the culture and people of P&G”

“The diversity of people and the possibility to learn and grow in interdisciplinary industrial projects really motivated me to work in R&D at P&G. Interesting case studies and the enthusiasm of instructors and other participants made the seminar truly a great experience.”

Otto Virtanen, PhD Seminar Brussels/Belgium

“During the interactive workshops I could discover unknown strengths and could learn which roles and positions would fit the best to me”

“Especially, the people running and attending the seminar were very passionate, giving me a good feeling on working atmosphere at P&G. For me, this really made the difference and strengthened my decision to join P&G.”

Maria Janzer, PhD Seminar German Innovation Center

“The PhD seminar provides a fantastic insight into the diverse roles inside R&D”

“Coming straight from academia this seminar gave me the opportunity to see how my knowledge and skills would apply to a real business environment. I learnt about rigorous scientific approaches and how to innovate. the people I met in the seminar were really inspiring and enthusiastic, which reinforced my desire to join the R&D community in P&G".”

Yu Zhuang, PhD Seminar German Innovation Center

ELIGIBILITY

The Seminar is open to Science and Engineering Ph.D. Students in their penultimate or ultimate year of their Ph.D.

DISCIPLINES CONSIDERED:

Natural, Life or Physical Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Other Engineering disciplines.

Your graduation should be by December 2018 or later.

APPLICATION PROCESS

STEP 1: Submit your application online, adding an electronic version of your CV in English, including your University grades
STEP 2: Take our online assessment through the link you receive from us. For info on what to expect, visit our hiring process. 
STEP 3: You'll be invited for 2 interviews

Seminar Attendees and others who pass these initial requirements can afterwards be considered for interviews for full-time opportunities in one of our Innovation Centers in Europe.