International PhD Candidates Doctoral Studies

All information on doctoral programmes at the Faculty of Philosophy can be found on its website. The first step towards a doctorate should always be to find a supervisor from among the university lecturers, private lecturers or associate professors of the Department of History and agree on a topic with them.

The Faculty of Philosophy offers a step-by-step explanation of the entire doctoral procedure under the following link:

The Doctoral degree procedure step by step

The first formal procedures for starting a doctorate at Heidelberg University for foreign candidates are explained on the website of the Graduate Academy:

Formal steps for beginning your doctorate

The Graduate Academy is the central coordinating body for all support services related to general advising, professional and academic development and financial assistance for doctoral candidates at Heidelberg University. Its employees provide information about pursuing a doctoral degree at the University, about the courses offered by the Graduate Academy, about sources of funding for doctoral candidates as well as many other relevant topics.

 

For doctoral candidates at the Faculty of Philosophy, membership of the Heidelberg Graduate School for the Humanities and Social Sciences (HGGS) offers interdisciplinary exchange with colleagues from the Faculty of Modern Languages, the Faculty of Theology, the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of of Behavioural and Cultural Studies and the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences. Interdisciplinary reading groups, seminars, lectures, workshops and conferences provide a constructive forum for reflecting on their dissertation projects.