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PhD / Dr. (Promotion) – Faculty of Education at Leipzig University

Leipzig University, Germany

Programme overview

Doctoral research (Promotion) at the Faculty of Education, one of the main ways the faculty supports researchers in early qualification phases. Dissertations can be submitted as a classical monograph or a cumulative thesis.

Faculty: Erziehungswissenschaftliche Fakultät  |  Study mode: individual or structured doctorate  |  Location: Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany

What you will study

Focus areas include empirical, reconstructive and historical school and teaching research, early childhood development and education, and personalised learning and subject-related teaching; many doctorates arise in DFG, BMBF and other third-party-funded projects, with the Humboldt Science Centre for Child Development (HumanKind) playing a central role.

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Entry requirements

Admission to the doctorate follows the faculty's Promotionsordnung (doctoral regulations); a supervisor and topic are agreed first (see the university's Promotion pages).

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