Types of doctorates

In this model, you complete your doctorate together with the Promotionsverband and Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences. You can either choose your own research topic or the topic is specified by a co-operation partner, such as companies, public institutions or foundations. You will look for a first 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. Of course, the role of 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 colleges 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 do your doctorate at a university. The doctoral procedure 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 co-operation 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.

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