Promotionsverband/Research Units

Research Unit I includes all main research areas with a social, behavioural or economic focus. Doctoral candidates can write their dissertation as a cumulative work or as a monograph.

In the overview of Research Unit I , all associated professorial members of the Promotionsverband Baden-Württemberg are listed. These persons can be considered as possible fmain supervisors for the dissertation project. They can be contacted by those interested in pursuing a doctorate.

At HFT Stuttgart, the following professors are available as possible supervisors.

The following doctoral degrees are awarded by the Research Unit Social, Behavioural and Economic Sciences (Research Unit I):

a. Doctor philosophiae - Dr phil.

b. Doctor oeconomiae - Dr oec.

c. Doctor rerum politicarum - Dr rer. pol.

d. Doctor rerum socialium - Dr rer. soc.

Research Unit III includes all research areas that focus on the disciplines of computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics or similar disciplines. Doctoral candidates can write their dissertation as a cumulative work or as a monograph. Research Unit III has drawn up a separate "Cumulative Dissertation" guideline in addition to the doctoral regulations.

Further information on the separate regulations can be found in the doctoral regulations of Research Unit III and the general doctoral regulations.

All associated professorial members of the Promotionsverband Baden-Württemberg are listed in the overview of Research Unit III. These persons can be considered as possible main supervisors for the dissertation project. They can be contacted by those interested in doing a doctorate. At HFT Stuttgart, 16 professors are members of the Promotionsverband (as of August 2024). A list of professors and their research units can be found here.

The following doctoral degrees are awarded by the Research Unit Computer Science and Electrical Engineering - Engineering Sciences 2 (Research Unit III)

a. Doctor rerum naturalium - Dr rer. nat.

b. Doctor of Engineering - Dr.-Ing.

Research Unit IV includes all research areas with an engineering focus. Doctoral candidates can write their dissertation as a cumulative work or as a monograph.

Further information on the separate regulations can be found in the doctoral regulations of Research Unit IV and the general doctoral regulations.

All associated professorial members of the Promotionsverband are listed in the overview of Research Unit IV. These persons can be considered as possible main supervisors for the dissertation project. They can be contacted by those interested in doing a doctorate. At HFT Stuttgart, 16 professors are members of the doctoral association (as of August 2024). A list of professors and their research units can be found here.

The following doctoral degrees are awarded by the Engineering Sciences Research Unit (Research Unit IV)

a. Doctor rerum naturalium - Dr rer. nat.

b. Doctor of Engineering - Dr.-Ing.