Application process at the Graduate School Empirical and Applied Linguistics
Application process
Please submit your application as a pdf-file to the coordinator of the Graduate School. Please include the following documents:
- Certificate of your Master's degree,
- Your Master's thesis,
- Proof of the required language skills as specified in the current Doctoral Regulations of Faculty 9 Philology (appendix B), University of Münster. An unofficial English summary of the language requirements is provided for guidance,
- Your CV in tabular form,
- The doctoral subject you wish to pursue (cf. § 3 study regulations in English (unofficial version)),
- Your suggested supervisors (including at least one person from the group of university lecturers),
- An outline of your planned dissertation project (5-7 pages including the list of references, cf. Guidelines for writing a research proposal) that includes
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a description of your chosen topic, your hypothesis, and your aim,
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the state of the art,
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the theories and methods you want to use,
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a list of references,
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the schedule of your doctoral project,
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- ideally 1-2 references by other professors.
Official documents such as the Master's Certificate should be submitted as a scan.
The courses in your doctoral studies are held in presence. This implies that your presence in Münster is a mandatory condition for your PhD studies. Since the GS eal does not award any scholarships of its own, you must seek funding for your project before you begin your studies. You will find information on various possibilities under the heading Funding.