Doctoral studies at Universities of Applied Sciences
An important qualification for your academic career!
To the Career CentreDoctoral studies at a University of Applied Sciences (UAS) in Brandenburg
For those who are passionate about research and want to establish themselves in academia, a further important qualification step inevitably follows after graduation: a doctorate, the equivalent to the PhD in Germany, is an opportunity to prove one's aptitude for academic work and to work independently on a previously unresolved research question.
This is generally recognised at universities and doctoral candidates are supported in this qualification step by a variety of structures. At Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS), the doctorate is not yet a matter of course: Although Universities of Applied Sciences have benefited structurally from the Bologna reform and UAS-degrees have been equated with university degrees, there is still no nationwide UAS-doctorate law. In Brandenburg, UAS currently provide the option of a co-operative doctorate. In addition, the amendment to the Higher Education Act 2024 has opened up the possibility of doing a doctorate in a state-wide UAS doctoral college in the future.
Co-operative doctorate
You can obtain your doctorate at a University of Applied Sciences in co-operation with a university: doctoral students need two supervising professors: the first supervisor is based at a university, while the second supervisor is based at the UAS. Another special feature of a UAS-doctorate is the practical orientation that is characteristic of our type of university. In addition to their two academic supervisors, doctoral students at a UAS often have a professional partner, so that they benefit from a broad support network. You can do a doctorate with or without funding.
Those who embark on the journey of several years of independent research acquire an essential qualification for a UAS-professorship with their doctorate. Here, a postdoctoral qualification like a habilitation, which is required at universities, is not necessary.
Doctoral studies at TH Wildau
The TH Wildau has its own Research Training Group for the structured education of doctoral students. The Career Centre for Professorial Development, which itself funds four doctoral positions, is also assigned to this Research Training Group.
Doctoral students at the Career Centre for Professorial Development
Anna Nowak-Meitinger,Open areaClose area
- Research topic: Design of a sustainable leadership model for manufacturing SME
- University: Technical University of Berlin
- First examiner: Prof. Dr. Sabine Ammon, Institute for Machine Tools and Factory Management, Technical University of Berlin
- Second examiner: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Alexander Lübbe, Department of Economics, Computer Science and Law, Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau
Annika SchmidtOpen areaClose area
- Research topic: Precise stress determination on assemblies made of composite fibre materials using digital twin, virtual sensor technology and uncertainty analysis
- University: Technical University of Berlin
- First examiner: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Merten Stender; Technical University of Berlin
- Second examiner: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dina Hannebauer, Department of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau
Burcu AtasevenOpen areaClose area
- Research topic: Online system identification of unstable controlled systems for generating system models using classical control engineering methods
- University: Technical University of Berlin
- First examiner: Prof. Dr. Steffi Knorn; Department of Control Engineering, Technical University of Berlin
- Second examiner: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Köthe, Department of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau
Gordon LutzOpen areaClose area
- Research topic: Development of an augmented reality-enabled co-simulation for coupling a real test track with a simulation environment in real time to represent complex and reproducible traffic scenarios
- University: University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
- First examiner: Prof. Dr. TRAVIESO GONZÁLEZ, CARLOS MANUEL at the cooperating University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
- Second examiner: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Kubica, Department of Economics, Computer Science, Law, Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau
If you have any general questions about the requirements and opportunities for a doctorate at a UAS, the staff at the Career Centre will be happy to advise you! Simply arrange an individual counselling appointment with us.
If you have specific questions about doing a doctorate at the TH Wildau, the staff of the Research Training Group will be happy to help you.
