PROGRAMME
「Doctoral Programme」
The primary goal of our doctoral programme is to provide doctoral scholars with an outstanding, supportive environment for learning, research, and career development. We believe this aim is best achieved by combining the flexibility of individual supervision with the benefits of a structured doctoral training and education.
Learn more about the Graduate School's doctoral programme:
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// QUALIFICATION PROGRAMME
In addition to working on their doctoral thesis, doctoral members complete a structured doctoral programme, built on the Agreement of Supervision and the Individual Research Training Plan (IRTP).
Throughout the programme, doctoral members receive personal advice from a dedicated supervisory committee of three professors, the composition of which is agreed with doctoral members at the beginning of their doctoral projects and is tailored to the specific requirements of the project. Wherever possible, the supervisory committee has an interdisciplinary outlook and comprises of scholars representing different intellectual traditions. While two thirds of the supervisory committee, including the main supervisor, must be faculty members of the Graduate School, the Graduate School allows external supervisors to be included in the supervisory committee, especially from the School's international partners. The supervisory committee offers support not only in academic concerns, but also in matters of post-doctoral career planning. Doctoral students and their supervisors discuss career and employment options following completion of the thesis and consider venues for publishing the research results.
In an Agreement of Supervision, the main (first) supervisor and the doctoral member agree upon a time and work plan for the doctoral research to ensure timely completion of the dissertation project. Moreover, the Agreement of Supervision provides a clear and binding framework for the cooperation between the doctoral candidate and the supervisors, setting the terms and conditions for their common work throughout the doctoral project.
The Individual Research Training Plan (IRTP) is the key element of the structured programme and monitoring tool of progress, agreed upon by the doctoral member and the supervisory committee, regularly discussed and updated to evaluate progress, timely completion and successful transition of the doctoral member into the labour market. The doctoral member and the main supervisor define milestones to be reached each semester, which serve as a means to structure the research process. Once per semester in a supervisory meeting doctoral members and the supervisors evaluate whether the milestones have been reached and draft a progress report.
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+ LIST OF PAST COURSES
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