Types of Doctorates

Opportunities for doing a doctorate at KIT:

• Individual doctorate
• Doctorate in structured doctoral programs in selected areas
• Doctorate in cooperation, called external doctorate – in cooperation with industry or non-university research institutions; doctorates are also offered in collaboration with Universities of Applied Sciences
• Binational doctorate at two universities in two different countries

At KIT, we also have the group of doctoral researchers who are pursuing their doctorates at a faculty of another university. This is due to the special status of KIT – The University in the Helmholtz Association. This is one of the consequences of KIT being The University in the Helmholtz Association. These doctoral researchers conduct their research at KIT (> 2 years) where they are scientifically supervised, but pass their doctoral examination at another university. 

There are different options to finance the opportunities mentioned above. Please visit our website ▶ Basic Funding of Your Doctorate for further information.