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

Leipzig University, Germany

Programme overview

Doctoral research (Promotion) at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, with a wide variety of topics: clinical veterinary, infection medicine, basic biomedical and pharmacological topics, and applied questions on animal welfare, animal hygiene, animal husbandry, food of animal origin and consumer protection. Binational doctorates (cotutelle) are not possible at this faculty.

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

What you will study

Partners include the Fraunhofer Institute IZI, the Friedrich Loeffler Institute, Cornell University and UC Davis veterinary schools.

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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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