PhD Graduate School Simulation Technology (SimTech) at University of Stuttgart

Programme overview

The SimTech Graduate School offers an interdisciplinary, structured and international doctoral training programme in simulation technology at the Stuttgart Center for Simulation Science. Doctoral researchers have at least two supervisors from different subject cultures and a second reviewer from outside the University of Stuttgart.

Faculty: Stuttgart Center for Simulation Science (SC SimTech) | Study mode: full-time | Location: Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

What you will study

The qualification programme totals at least 9 ECTS: subject-specific courses (at least 6 credit points), at least one key-qualifications course (e.g. from the GRADUS programme) and at least three GS SimTech offers. A milestone presentation takes place after one and a half years and a three-month research stay abroad is mandatory. Degrees awarded are Dr.-Ing., Dr. rer. nat., Dr. phil. and Dr. rer. pol.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Appropriate academic qualifications plus the formal admission requirements of the University of Stuttgart doctoral regulations (university degree such as Master's, Diplom, Magister or state examination of at least four years, supervisor and topic, agreement on doctoral studies); foreign degrees are checked on submission and additional seminars may be imposed if the previous field does not cover the dissertation topic. The main supervisor must be a member of SC SimTech and a co-advisor from SC SimTech must be named. Applicants apply for acceptance as doctoral researcher (indicating SC SimTech alongside the faculty) and additionally apply for admission to GS SimTech.

Apply through the official page: https://www.uni-stuttgart.de/en/research/early-career-researchers/doctoral-degree-studies/enrollment/

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