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Would you like to take your academic career to the next level and earn a doctorate in Saxony-Anhalt? Our doctoral centres offer you the ideal environment to realise your research dreams. We work in close cooperation with our partner universities in the state of Saxony-Anhalt and support you on your way to a doctorate.

In the inter-university doctoral centre "Engineering Sciences and Information Technologies" (IWIT), interested students can do their doctorate at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Harz University of Applied Sciences or Merseburg University of Applied Sciences, depending on their focus. The doctoral centre "Social, Health and Economic Sciences" (SGW) is an established doctoral centre from all four universities.

We are proud to support talented young researchers who can pursue a wide range of academic degrees:

Doctor of Philosophy (Dr. phil.)
Doctor of Economic and Social Sciences (Dr. rer. pol.)
Doctor of Engineering Sciences (Dr.-Ing.)
Doctor of Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.)

For an individual consultation, please contact us and make an appointment for a consultation using the form. Find out more about our current doctoral projects and how you can enrol with us for your own scientific journey. We look forward to accompanying you on your way to a doctorate.

Carolin Haupt

Advisor for Early-Career Researcher Support

Phone Consultation Hours: Tuesdays 10:00–11:00 and 15:30–16:30

Tel +49 3943 659 189
Room 2.004, Haus 2, Wernigerode

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Social, Health and Economic Sciences (SGW)

The doctoral students of the doctoral centre SGW aim to contribute to answering the increasingly complex questions in the field of tension between the individual and society. In the context of the doctorate, interdisciplinary research approaches as well as the regional and supra-regional transfer of research results should play a role.

Engineering Sciences and Information Technologies (IWIT)

The PhD students of the IWIT PhD centre contribute to meeting the future challenges regarding digitalisation, artificial intelligence, climate change and sustainability. It therefore bundles marketable ideas and innovative power and thus shapes the technological change towards a sustainable society.

Architecture and Design Research

Life Sciences

Environment and Technology

The doctoral process at a doctoral center at Harz University of Applied Sciences

Are you interested in pursuing a doctorate and looking for a doctoral center in Saxony-Anhalt? Here you can find out what steps you need to take from the initial idea to the doctorate—from finding a supervisor to submitting your application and defending your dissertation.

Doing a Doctorate at the Doctoral Centers