PhD, Hermann Paul School of Linguistics Basel-Freiburg (HPSL) at University of Freiburg

Programme overview

International, interdisciplinary doctoral programme in linguistics run jointly by the Universities of Basel and Freiburg. It promotes research across a variety of language science disciplines and builds on the expertise of established researchers from both universities and their international networks.

Faculty: Universities of Basel and Freiburg | Study mode: full-time; doctoral (structured programme) | Location: Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

What you will study

Doctoral research in linguistics under a professor at Basel or Freiburg, with interdisciplinary exchange across subjects, methods and traditions, events such as the annual HPSL Day, research areas, and training in research, presentation and publication standards.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants first find a supervisor among the professors listed by the school whose field matches their research interests and who agrees to supervise the thesis. They contact the professor with an exposé of the PhD project with work schedule (maximum 8 pages), an outline of why Basel or Freiburg is suitable for the doctoral studies in linguistics, and a full CV with academic education and degrees; the professor decides on acceptance. Doctoral students must be enrolled at the University of Basel or the University of Freiburg, and foreign degrees must be recognised as equivalent to domestic degrees by the doctoral committee of the respective university. Neither a position nor funding comes with admission, so candidates must secure their own funding.

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