PhD / Doctorate (Promotion), Faculty of Life Sciences at Technische Universität Braunschweig

Programme overview

Doctoral degree (Promotion) in the faculty, consisting of a dissertation and an oral examination; usual duration is three to five years depending on research area and progress. Routes include employment as a research associate, a scholarship or external doctorate, and structured doctoral programmes in Graduiertenkollegs or graduate schools (about three to four years).

Faculty: Faculty of Life Sciences | Duration: 3-5 years (usual) | Study mode: full-time research; German- or English-language depending on faculty and supervisor | Intake: Rolling; no fixed intake | Location: Braunschweig, Niedersachsen, Germany

What you will study

Research dissertation with an oral examination; structured curriculum only in Graduiertenkollegs and graduate schools.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Normally a completed Master's degree plus further requirements depending on the subject, as set out in the faculty doctoral regulations (Promotionsordnung); a supervising professor must be found, either via an advertised doctoral position or an initiative application with project outline and CV to an institute.

Intake: Rolling; no fixed intake

Duration: 3-5 years (usual)

Apply through the official page: https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/bewerbung

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