Types of doctorates

Doing a doctorate at HFT Stuttgart with external funding

In this model, you complete your doctorate together with the Baden-Württemberg Doctoral Association and HFT Stuttgart. You can either choose your own research topic or the topic is specified by a co-operation partner, such as companies, public institutions or foundations. You will look for a first supervisor at HFT Stuttgart who is suitable for your topic. Your second supervisor can come from HFT Stuttgart or another university of applied sciences, as long as it is a member of the Baden-Württemberg Doctoral Association. Of course, the role of second supervisor can also be performed by professors from other German or international universities.

Possible funding approaches are (examples):

Industrial doctorate, scholarship (by companies, foundations, graduate colleges or universities) or self-financing

An industrial doctorate or research work that is based on practical topics usually has a high level of application relevance

Doing a doctorate & working at the HFT Stuttgart

In this model, you complete your doctorate together with the Baden-Württemberg Doctoral Association and HFT Stuttgart and also work as an academic staff member at HFT Stuttgart. In this model, your research topic is usually integrated into a research project that interests you thematically. The research projects are often formulated in such a way that, in addition to the "pure project goals", a doctorate with a suitable research question is made possible. The funding of the position is usually determined by the duration of the project.

In most cases, there is already a primary supervisor at HFT Stuttgart who matches your research topic.

Your second supervisor can come from HFT Stuttgart or another university of applied sciences, provided that it is a member of the Baden-Württemberg Doctoral Association. Of course, the role of second supervisor can also be performed by professors from other German or international universities.

Your doctorate will be funded as an internal employee at HFT Stuttgart. Click here for the currentvacancies.

Working at the HFT Stuttgart, doing a doctorate at another college/university

Working at the HFT Stuttgart, doing a doctorate at another college/university

In this model you do your doctorate at a university. The doctoral procedure is carried out at the respective university. This can take place in Germany or abroad. At the same time, you are employed at HFT Stuttgart as an academic staff member (usually) within a research project. In this model, your research topic is usually integrated into a research project that interests you thematically.

Your research work can then be carried out either as part of your work at HFT Stuttgart or with your university co-operation partner. The second supervision of your doctoral thesis will be carried out by a professor at HFT Stuttgart. There are often already close contacts with partner universities in Germany and abroad.

Here you can find the current vacancies at HFT Stuttgart.

Cooperative doctoral programmes

In this model, you do your doctorate at a university. The doctoral procedure is carried out at the respective university. This can take place in Germany or abroad. At the same time, you are either employed at another college or university or have other, external funding. Your first supervisor is "based" at another college or university. Secondary supervision is provided by one of the professors at HFT Stuttgart.