Karlsruhe House of Young Scientists (KHYS)

PhD Programs

Doctoral programs offer the opportunity to earn a doctorate as part of a research program and a structured qualification concept. The focus of the doctoral programs is on educating doctoral students in promising research topics and supporting them in their personal career development and scientific independence. In addition, the programs promote early networking, internationalization, and interdisciplinary cooperation among doctoral students.

PhD Programs of the KIT

Currently, there are more than 20 doctoral programs at the KIT. A list of all current programs can be found here.

Support and Monitoring of Initiatives of Structured PhD Programs

The quality of the promotion of early-stage researchers is one of the key criteria for the allocation of national funding. Together with the KIT Research Office (FOR), we actively advise and support research training groups, graduate schools, collaborative research centers, KIT schools, clusters, etc. in the application processes. Furthermore, we will be glad to support you with site inspections - participation on our part has proved successful.

Please do not hesitate to contact Dr. Stefan Götze.

Networking of PhD Programs at KIT

The KHYS networks the existing doctoral programs at the KIT. There are regular meetings of the coordinators with the KHYS. The aim of these meetings is to further develop the promotion of early-stage researchers at the KIT.

Establishment and Expansion of KIT Graduate Schools

The KHYS supports the establishment and expansion of KIT graduate schools in the University of Excellence with the Graduate School Support Program (GradeUP) (KIT-intranet).

Dr. Gabriele Gregolec and Dr. Stella Krepp (gradeup∂khys.kit.edu) will be happy to answer your questions.