The PE&RC PhD Council maintains a 'buddy system' to welcome new PhD candidates. On registration with PE&RC, new PhDs indicate if they like to have a buddy to help them settling in. The buddy is a fellow PhD candidate who assists with information about administrative and practical issues, shows candidates the way around the university and the town and introduces them to the ‘Dutch way of life’. At this moment, the PE&RC Buddy System is only implemented in Wageningen.

Contact persons for the PE&RC Buddy System is: Marijke Haas.