Doctorate

The promotion of young academics at Coburg University of Applied Sciences covers all phases and areas of the doctorate. The doctorate is an independent academic achievement and is usually supervised by two professors. There is also the opportunity to benefit from the qualification program. At Coburg University of Applied Sciences, you can do a doctorate in certain research-intensive areas as well as in cooperation with a university.

The doctorate is the first decisive step towards a career with a doctorate, such as an HAW professorship. You can do a doctorate, i.e. write your own doctoral thesis

• at the Doctoral Center “Analytics4Health (A4H)” of Coburg University of Applied Sciences 
• in the Doctoral Center “Sustainable and Intelligent Systems (NISys)” together with the THWS, THAB and Coburg University of Applied Sciences
• in the form of a cooperative doctorate
• The “Technik Allianz Oberfranken” (TAO) offers the opportunity to study in cooperation with the University of Bayreuth or the University of Bamberg in the graduate college “Energy self-sufficient buildings” to do a doctorate.

The doctorate starts with your idea and your interest in a topic. What particularly appealed to you during your studies, which professor inspired you? What would you like to investigate and be an expert in? What is relevant about your research topic, why will your research question still be important in three years’ time?

In addition to questions about time, it is also crucial that your livelihood is financially secure: through a job inside or outside academia, a scholarship or other funding opportunities such as a cooperation with a company. For women who live in Bavaria and are doing a doctorate , there are funding offers from the HAW – Landeskonferenz der Frauen- und Gleichstellungsbeauftragten an bayerischen Hochschulen (lakof-bayern.de).