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PhD / Promotion, Design and Art at University of Wuppertal

University of Wuppertal, Germany

Programme overview

Doctoral (Promotion) route at the Faculty of Design and Art (Fakultät 8) of the University of Wuppertal. Doctoral regulations for Design and Art (09.01.2014, amended 2019 and 2020).

Faculty: Faculty of Design and Art (Fakultät 8)  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Wuppertal, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

Independent doctoral research under a professor's supervision, governed by the faculty's doctoral regulations and a mandatory supervision agreement.

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Entry requirements

Faculty of Design and Art (Fakultät 8) (applies to doctoral admission across the university): Admission to doctoral studies requires written confirmation from the responsible faculty doctoral committee that the applicant holds a relevant university degree under section 67(4) of the NRW Higher Education Act and the faculty's doctoral regulations. Process: (1) a supervision agreement signed with the supervising professor (mandatory since 09.08.2024); (2) an online application for admission in the StudiLöwe portal, reviewed by the faculty doctoral committee; (3) enrolment as a doctoral student after approval, with upload of the university entrance qualification, ID and prior study records. Applicants with a non-German entrance qualification are handled by the International Student Office ([email protected]).

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