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PhD Individual Doctoral Studies (Promotion) at University of Stuttgart

University of Stuttgart, Germany

Programme overview

Individual doctoral studies allow free choice of topic and supervisor in any subject area represented at the University of Stuttgart, with about 150 institutes across 10 faculties. Doctoral researchers can use the full qualification offer of the Graduate Academy GRADUS.

Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

What you will study

Independent research towards a dissertation under a chosen supervisor. The doctoral regulations require at least 9 credit points during the doctorate, agreed individually with the supervisor and partly obtainable from the GRADUS qualification programme. The dissertation may be written in German or English and ends with an oral examination.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Admission requires a Master's degree, diploma, Magister or state examination certificate with transcript. Applicants register in C@MPUS, submit the signed doctoral agreement (work plan, timetable and individual qualification programme), CV and degree documents to GRADUS, and the responsible doctoral committee decides on acceptance; accepted doctoral researchers then enrol.

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