PhD study

We offer two kinds of PhD study:

A) Traditional individual doctorate (Individualpromotion):
pursuit of a doctoral research project under professorial supervision,
but without integration into the larger structures of a graduate school

B) Structured doctorate (strukturierte Promotion):
pursuit of a doctoral research project under professorial supervision,
plus integration into the larger structures of a graduate school

We have two interdisciplinary graduate schools that also accept candidates with projects in the field of English Studies:

• Graduate School Practices of Literature
• Graduate School of Empirical and Applied Linguistics.

Further information on these different kinds of PhD study can be found here:

• PhD regulations (Prüfungsordnung Promotion)
• FAQs on current PhD programmes (since winter semester 2012-13)