Start of Your Doctorate at KIT
You have decided in favor of a doctorate at KIT? Then you can start now!
Here, we have compiled important information for your way towards your doctorate. Apart from the required formal steps, you will also find information on how to organize your doctoral phase and visa application.
Formal Steps
Having answered the most important questions, you can now take the first ▶ formal steps, such as the conclusion of a Doctoral Agreement and registration as doctoral researcher with Karlsruhe House of Young Scientists (KHYS).
Support of Foreign Doctoral Researchers
You have come from abroad to do your doctorate at KIT? If you have questions regarding aliens’ and residence legislation and related issues (visa, health insurance, opening of a bank account, accompanying spouses and children, etc.), contact the staff of the ▶ International Scholars & Welcome Office (IScO). Send them a ▶ mail as soon as it is sure that you will come to KIT.
Organization of the Doctoral Phase
The ▶ web portal "PROMI - Promotion inklusive" of the University of Cologne may be of particular interest to doctoral candidates and those interested in doing a doctorate with physical or mental disabilities. PROMI is an information platform and a network for questions and exchanges about doing a doctorate with health impairments.
The ▶ KIT Representative for Students with Disabilities and Chronic Illness will also be happy to advise you. KIT employees can contact the ▶ Representative for Severely Disabled Employees (SBV) for advice.
Further links:
▶ Academics: Tips for doctoral students with disabilities
▶ Scholarship guide for students with disabilities and chronic illnesses at the University of Würzburg
▶ Online panel discussion "A career in science with a disability - is that possible?", Helmholtz Network for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
