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Engineering

PhD/Doctorate in Engineering Sciences at Heidelberg University

Heidelberg University, Germany

Programme overview

The Faculty of Engineering Sciences confers the degree Doctor of Engineering (Dr.-Ing.) or Doctor of Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.), depending on the research focus and subject to doctoral committee approval. It currently offers nine structured doctoral programmes.

Faculty: Faculty of Engineering Sciences  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

What you will study

Subject areas are Biosystems Engineering, Computational Biology, Computational Science and Engineering, Computer Engineering, Matter to Life, Medical Engineering, Molecular Biotechnology, Molecular Systems Science and Engineering, and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Research ranges from 3D printing and laboratory work at low-molecular scale to simulation and computational science.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Admission to doctoral studies follows the faculty doctoral regulations; the formal steps for beginning a doctorate are described on the university doctoral candidates pages.

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