Promotion (Doctorate) in Law at University of Passau

The doctorate demonstrates the ability to do in-depth independent research in a field represented by a professor at the University of Passau. It rests on a dissertation and an oral examination (Rigorosum or Disputation). Individual doctorate (Individualpromotion): the University of Passau has no university-wide structured doctoral programme, so topic, supervisor, timeline and funding are arranged by the candidate. Cooperative and binational (cotutelle) routes are possible; BayWISS Verbundkollegs and, in economics and political theory, Bavarian programmes (BGPE, Bavarian Doctoral College in Political Theory) are available.

Faculty: Faculty of Law  |  Study mode: full-time; individual doctorate (no university-owned structured programme)  |  Location: Passau, Bayern, Germany

What you will study

Doctoral phases: orientation (topic, supervisor, funding), entry (optional exposé), research, and completion (manuscript, oral examination, publication). Support includes exposé funding, research-phase and travel grants, and workshop funding from the Graduate Centre.

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