Doctoral studies & habilitation
Academic career
Doctoral studies at UW/H
Starting a career in academia
If you wish to further your academic qualifications alongside your degree and embark on a career in research, UW/H is the perfect place for you. Our doctoral and PhD programmes offer a wide range of opportunities. At our Faculty of Management. Economics and Society, students can pursue a Dr. rer. pol. in the fields of political science and economics, as well as a Dr. phil. in political science, sociology or social sciences. At the Faculty of Health, we offer various doctoral and PhD programmes in the fields of medicine, nursing science, dentistry, oral and maxillofacial medicine, biology, chemistry, biochemistry, psychology and psychotherapy, as well as the natural sciences.
Habilitation at UW/H
We are paving the way to a professorship
Following a PhD, the habilitation is another important step in an academic career. This highest academic qualification enables the holder to teach and conduct research independently at universities (Facultas Docendi). As a rule, the habilitation is a key prerequisite for taking up a permanent professorship at a university. As one of the few private universities, Witten/Herdecke University not only has the right to award doctorates but also full habilitation rights, and provides expert support on the path to a university professorship.
