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PhD/Doctorate in Modern Languages at Heidelberg University

Heidelberg University, Germany

Programme overview

The Faculty of Modern Languages offers doctoral studies leading to the title Dr. phil. Doctoral degrees can be pursued in German Studies, English Studies, Romance Studies, Slavic Studies, American Studies, Ibero-American Studies, German as a Foreign Language, German as a Second Language, German Studies in Cultural Comparison, Computational Linguistics, Translation and Interpreting Studies, Comparative Literature, Comparative Linguistics and Digital Linguistics.

Faculty: Faculty of Modern Languages  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

What you will study

A doctorate may be completed as a monograph or a cumulative dissertation (section 7 of the Doctoral Regulations). Doctoral candidates are supported by the Office for Doctoral Studies and the heiDocs funding programme.

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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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