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PhD / Dr. (Promotion) – Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at Leipzig University

Leipzig University, Germany

Programme overview

The faculty supports individual and structured doctorates and has around 200 doctoral candidates, almost a quarter from abroad. Binational doctorates are also possible.

Faculty: Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science  |  Study mode: individual or structured doctorate  |  Location: Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany

What you will study

In an individual doctorate the candidate chooses a topic and works under a professor. Structured doctorates follow a fixed curriculum in graduate schools: IMPRS Mathematics in the Sciences, IMPRS on Cognitive NeuroImaging, School of Embedded Composite Artificial Intelligence (SECAI) and Graduate School ScaDS.AI.

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Application information

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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