Dr. Josephine Krüger
Universität Siegen
Wilhelm-von-Humboldt-Platz 15
57068 Siegen
Office: WHP-B 102
Phone: +49 271 740-2606
E-Mail: ProKo@bak.uni-siegen.de
General information
The Faculty of Education, Architecture and the Arts wholeheartedly welcomes international students who are looking for an opportunity to obtain a Ph.D. By writing your Ph.D. thesis, you are expected to show your ability to engage systematically in extensive independent research. The typical time period for writing a Ph.D. thesis will be between 3-5 years, mostly depending on the way you are financing your project. Naturally, financing your Ph.D. as a research assistant will take a little longer due to extra work assisting your professor and related teaching obligations. On the other hand, financing your Ph.D. via scholarships or private means could usually help you to obtain your Ph.D. within 3 years or less. Note that unlike other foreign Ph.D. programs, having your Ph.D. application accepted does not imply you will be financed by our faculty.
The most important step at having your Ph.D. application accepted at our faculty is to find a supervising professor. There are two ways to achieve this: You can either contact us via e-mail including your CV and research proposal so we can forward your request to the relevant department. Or you can contact a professor of our faculty yourself and ask them if they would be interested in supervising your thesis. In our experience, the latter method is more effective.
You can write your thesis in either German or English. Furthermore, if you enroll as a Ph.D. student there are no German language requirements.
Doctorate subjects at our faculty include the following:
- Education
- Architecture
- Art education
- Fine arts
- Music education
- Musicology
- Psychology
Note that unlike some foreign universities, doing your Ph.D. at a German university means that you need a prerequisite in the same field of study. This means that you can only do your Ph.D. at one of the above mentioned doctorate subjects if you hold a master’s degree in this field. However, if you hold a degree that is closely related to the intended Ph.D. subject, our Ph.D. board can decide in individual cases whether you can still become accepted as a Ph.D. student. In such cases, our Ph.D. board will also determine which additional requirements are necessary.