1. Pursuing a doctorate at Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences with external funding
2. Pursuing a doctorate and working at Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences
3. Working at Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences, pursuing a doctorate at another college/university
4. Cooperative doctoral process
These four different models are explained in detail below. These models differ depending on the academic focus, funding or personal work and life situation.
In this model, you pursue your doctorate together with the Promotionsverband Baden-Württemberg and Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences. You can either choose your own research topic or the topic is specified by a cooperation partner, such as companies, public institutions or foundations. You will look for a main supervisor at Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences who is suitable for your topic. Your second supervisor can come from Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences or another university of applied sciences, as long as it is a member of the Promotionsverband Baden-Württemberg. Of course, the role of a second supervisor can also be performed by professors from other German or international universities.
Possible funding approaches are (examples):
Industrial doctorate, scholarship (by companies, foundations, graduate research training groups or universities) or self-financing
An industrial doctorate or research work that is based on practical topics usually has a high degree of application relevance.
In this model, you pursue your doctorate together with the Promotionsverband Baden-Württemberg and Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences and also work as an academic employee at Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences. In this model, your research topic is usually integrated into a research project that interests you thematically. The research projects are often formulated in such a way that, in addition to the "pure project goals", a doctorate with a suitable research question is made possible. The funding of the position is usually determined by the duration of the project.
In most cases, there is already a main supervisor at Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences for your research topic.
Your second supervisor can come from Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences or another university of applied sciences, provided that it is a member of the Promotionsverbandd Baden-Württemberg. Of course, the role of second supervisor can also be performed by professors from other German or international universities.
Your doctorate will be funded as an internal employee at Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences. Click here for the current vacancies.
In this model, you pursue your doctorate at a university. The doctoral process is carried out at the respective university. This can take place in Germany or abroad. At the same time, you will be employed at Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences as an academic staff member (usually) within a research project. In this model, your research topic is usually integrated into a research project that interests you thematically.
Your research work can then be carried out either as part of your work at Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences or with your university cooperation partner. The second supervision of your doctoral thesis will be carried out by a professor at Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences. There are often already close contacts with partner universities in Germany and abroad.
Here you can find the current vacancies at HFT Stuttgart.
In this model, you pursue your doctorate at a university. The doctoral process is carried out at the respective university. This can take place in Germany or abroad. At the same time, you are either employed at another college or university or have other, external funding. Your main supervisor is "based" at another college or university. Secondary supervision is provided by one of the professors at Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences.
