PhD Qualitative Bildungs- und Sozialforschung (Qualitative Educational and Social Research) at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg

Part-time (berufsbegleitend) graduate programme in qualitative educational and social research, based at the Faculty of Human Sciences in cooperation with RWTH Aachen and HAWK Hildesheim since 2016. It trains early-career researchers in theory and methods of qualitative research and supports topic focusing, research design and exposé development. Teaching language is German. It leads to a certificate; the doctorate is submitted separately at the first examiner's university.

Faculty: Faculty of Human Sciences (HW)  |  Duration: 4 semesters  |  Intake: Winter semester, every two years; applicant selection by fit of doctoral projects and methods  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

What you will study

Eight compulsory block events per term period (introduction, one colloquium, three theory and three methods modules) plus 24 hours of project module per semester, and a final thesis with colloquium. 45 credits are earned in the first three semesters (12 theory, 15 methods, 18 project); the final thesis carries 12 credits (16 weeks) and the colloquium 3 credits. Research fields: media, education, health, and work and professions research.

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