<< Background >>The European PhD Hub (PhD Hub) contributes to the innovation potential of doctoral training by opening research to new avenues of collaboration among European academic and non-academic partners. The PhD Hub platform operates as a single online resource for business-driven research. It connects early-stage researchers, researchers and practitioners at the local and European level and acts as a means to match the research interests of both academia and industry.<< Objectives >>The PhD Hub offers higher education institutions the opportunity to structure innovation and research cooperation in their doctoral training and research activities with non-academic partners via the creation of local hubs. It contributes to reinforce the knowledge square and pro-actively supports the creation of new international University-Business cooperation models. Both elements are key to ensuring the contribution of higher education institutions to the EU’s innovation capacity.<< Implementation >>The PhD Hub is composed of local hubs – groups of higher education institutions and business partners. These local hubs are connected on the PhD Hub platform (phdhub.eu) at the European level to match research interests, network with peers and recruit best talents for their research activities. A range of guidelines and strategies, events and its platform, the PhD Hub support interdisciplinary, intersectoral and international research involving Early-Stage Researchers and industry partners<< Results >>The PhD Hub project's main results are: - An online platform aggregating doctoral open positions, cooperation calls and a professional network- Quality cooperation frameworks including university-business and international cooperation guidelines, local hub strategies and flagship events (Hack, EIF)- Further guides (Users' manual, Codebook, etc.), products (Knowledge graph, Social Media kit, etc) and value-added content such as in-depth articles on the PhD Hub blog, PhD useful tips and FAQs.