PhD / Promotion, Humanities and Cultural Studies at University of Wuppertal

Programme overview

Doctoral (Promotion) route at the Faculty of Humanities and Cultural Studies (Fakultät 1) of the University of Wuppertal. Doctoral degree regulations for the faculty: Promotionsordnung FB A - Geistes- und Kulturwissenschaften (18.08.2008) with amendments; earlier regulations cover history, philosophy, politics, Protestant/Catholic theology and language and literature studies.

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities and Cultural Studies (Fakultät 1) | 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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Application information

Entry requirements

Faculty of Humanities and Cultural Studies (Fakultät 1) (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]).

Requirements published at program group level.

Apply through the official page: https://www.zgs.uni-wuppertal.de/de/info-beratung/internationale-promovierende/bewerbung-einschreibung-als-doktorandin-international/

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