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International Doctoral Program 'Environment Water'

Welcome to the

- a Three Year Doctoral Program in Civil and Environmental Engineering Sciences.

Introduction

An increasing world population exerts a continually growing demand on usable fresh water resources. For sustainable development of these water resources under economic and social constraints, the education of highly-qualified water resources engineers with a global perspective and the ability for international scientific cooperation is of utmost importance.

ENWAT is a doctoral program in Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering offered by the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering Sciences which leads to a doctoral degree in Engineering ('Doktor-Ingenieurin' or 'Doktor-Ingenieur', abbr. 'Dr.-Ing.'). It is offered in addition to bilingual M.Sc. programs, e.g. in Water Resources and Engineering Management ( WAREM ), Air Quality Control, Solid Waste and Waste Water Process Engineering ( WASTE ),  Infrastructure Planning ( MIP ), and Computational Mecha­nics of Mate­rials and Struc­tures ( COMMAS ).

The doctoral program ENWAT is structured into two phases:

First Phase

In the initial phase, doctoral researchers are required to take classes at the doctoral level as specified in an individually designed study plan. The courses are intended to directly aid in the preparation for the dissertation research. Most classes are taught in English, and the regular curriculum is supplemented through workshops and short courses taught by faculty from universities worldwide. Aside from classes, the doctoral researchers will mainly focus on the preparation of a detailed research proposal and a projected time line. ENWAT doctoral researchers also participate in a seminar series where they present their research or proposed research which is then discussed with other doctoral researchers and supervisors of the ENWAT program. The first phase is concluded with an oral qualifying exam. A passing grade in the Qualifying Exam will allow the doctoral researcher to enter the second phase.

Second Phase

In the second phase, the doctoral researchers primarily focus on their dissertation research and the preparation of a doctoral thesis. The thesis research may be undertaken at any of the participating institutes within the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering Sciences. In addition, the candidates continue to participate in the doctoral seminar which takes place twice a year. After completion of the doctoral thesis, the doctoral researcher is required to publicly defend her/his thesis research and to pass an oral dissertation exam.

natural water cascades

Hydraulic laboratory of the Research Facility for Subsurface Remediation (VEGAS)

Sewage treatment plant Stuttgart-Büsnau for teaching and research at the Institute of Sanitary Engineering

Workshop in the Multimedia Lab

Disciplines

The disciplines in Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering reach from waste water treatment to modeling hydrosystems; they cover research on rainfall-runoff-models and the impact of climate change on water resources as well as sanitary engineering, biological air purification and the investigation of sedimentation and transport in fluvial channels.

This wide range of disciplines is bundled in several institutes :

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Application

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Institutes & Supervisors

The instituts listed here host the potential supervisor for your doctoral research:

Academic calendar

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Impressions of us

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Doctoral studies at ENI

Relevant information about the Ph.D. Program at the ENI, application process, requirements, and information about doctoral studies at the University of Stuttgart, and Germany in general.

Doing your Ph.D. in Stuttgart

The ph.d. program at eni.

• Application Process

The ENI institute is part of Faculty 10 at the University of Stuttgart. We regularly open positions for Ph.D. applications; however, completing a Ph.D. is a demanding and often challenging process (taking at least three years of equivalent full-time work). You can find some additional information on this page to help you in the following steps.

First of all, we are pleased that you have found your way to us and are considering continuing your academic career at ENI. At our institute, we see a Ph.D. education as an excellent toolset for independent research work in academia, industry, or as an entrepreneur.  

Doing your Ph.D. at ENI gives you access to Stuttgart's dynamic, innovative and entrepreneurial region  and  the excellent research area of Baden-Wurttemberg . The presence of companies like Mercedes-Benz, Daimler Trucks, Bosch, Festo, Porsche, Mahle, Trumpf, Stihl, Vector Informatic, Nokia, and many others makes it a unique environment. But not only do the established companies stand out, the start-up scene in Stuttgart has also developed rapidly in the last years, and we have significant initiatives like the Gründermotor  and  StartupCampus 0711  building the entrepreneurial ecosystem. 

Regarding your doctoral academic training at ENI, you can expect to be exposed to promising research projects with highly qualified researchers in the fields of entrepreneurship and innovation science, with access to training activities across the university and national and international courses and workshops.

Before taking further steps, you must familiarize yourself with the following links.

• Doing research in Germany
• More information about the Ph.D. at the University of Stuttgart
• More information about the Ph.D. at faculty 10

The ENI is the Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Science at the University of Stuttgart. As an institute, we have our specific research areas and priorities. To consider your application, you must check that the institute’s research focuses and strengths align with your project. Also, we recommended looking at our earlier publications . An equally important aspect is carefully checking the Faculty 10 requirements for a Ph.D . applicant.

At our Institute, we expect that Ph.D. students complete their Ph.D. as a compendium of publications (up to 5), with an explicit demonstration of excellent research work (including articles in high-quality journals in international lists), and with a visible potential impact of the research results beyond the academic context.

Our institute has its Ph.D. program with extensive supervision and support. This includes specific support regarding topics and methods, literature and information technologies, regular research seminars, and a doctoral consortium. Consequently, our capacity is also minimal. Hence, we have only exceptional options to supervise external Ph.D. projects where the Ph.D. student is employed full-time at other institutions. See here for our current open positions.

Application process:

The first necessary step is to secure funding for your Ph.D. studies. This external funding needs to cover your tuition fees as a Ph.D. student at the University of Stuttgart, the enrolment to courses and workshops, participation in at least one national and one international conference per study year, and your traveling and living costs. See below for information on funding options and the visa application process for international students. Please note that we can only reply to requests which include all these materials.

We process application requests on a rolling basis but enroll Ph.D. students in cohorts (once a year), generally in September-October. Also, to consider your application, we need the following documents (as .docx or .pdf) to be sent via email.

• Motivation letter (1 page) explaining reasons to do the Ph.D., topic selection, personal connection to the topic, and Ph.D. expectations.
• Research proposal (max three pages), mentioning the topic, state of the art, ideas on how to design research that contributes to the existing state of the art, expected results, and impact.
• GMAT / GRE test results (scan of results as .pdf file – official transcripts might be requested later in the process).
• CV (max three pages) with details on education, prior positions, and other relevant qualifications.
• Proof of funding or funding support letter

Please send the materials to  our secretary   with the email title “Application for a Ph.D. position at ENI - Uni Stuttgart.”

Finance Process

• Informations about the costs of esucation and living in Germany
• Ph.D. Funding Guide
• More information about stipends and support options
• Infopage for funding programs for Ph.D.

Visa process -considerations

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Doctoral degree studies

How to get a doctoral degree at Faculty 2: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Are you interested in a doctorate at our faculty? We are pleased about this and provide you with information about the process and the formal conditions under the doctoral regulations of 2019. In case you have been accepted under the Doctoral Degree Regulations of 2016, we provide an information leaflet .

General information on the doctoral procedure, the doctoral regulations of the University of Stuttgart, scholarships and funding opportunities, etc. can be found on the website of the Graduate Ccademy of the University of Stuttgart GRADUS . We recommend that you read this website first with five steps to your doctorate !

At our faculty there are currently two ways to obtain a doctorate:

• individual supervision by a supervisor of the faculty, or
• Integrated research training group " Interface-driven multi-field processes in porous media "
• Binational (D/New Zealand) research training group " Soft tissue robotics – simulation methods for the development of control and automation strategies of robots for the interaction with soft materials" (German)
• Simulation technology graduate school at the Centre for simulation sciences

Gaining your doctoral degree - faculty-specific regulations and supplements

Prerequisites for a doctorate.

Please inform yourself here, if you have

• obtained a degree of a foreign university (see subsequent section 1.), or
• studied a subject that does not correspond to one of our study program (see subsequent section 2.)

1. Acceptance with a foreign degree

You apply to GRADUS for acceptance as a doctoral researcher (see also the chapter below), including a request for stating the formal equivalence of your degree. GRADUS first checks the formal equivalence which requires additional time (approx. one to two weeks). Then GRADUS forwards your application documents to the faculty office. The Doctoral Committee will then accept your application under the precondition that you need to prove your knowledge corresponds to the one of our graduates. For this you might need to take additional courses. In any case, your supervisor has to submit a request to the Doctoral Committee for recognition of the equivalence of your university degree with regards to the content of your studies to one of our study programmes, possibly including a suggestion on the measures which you need to take.

2. Acceptance if subject of study does not correspond to study program of the faculty

You apply to GRADUS for acceptance as a doctoral researcher (see also the chapter below). GRADUS forwards your application documents to the faculty office. The Doctoral Committee will then accept your application under the precondition that with the provison that you proof knowledge equivelent to our graduates. In this case, the supervisor has to submit a request for recognition of knowledge to the Doctoral Committee including a suggestion on the measures which you might need to take (e.g. passing a certain course).

Application and fulfillment of the qualification program

Learn more about how to register, apply for and enrol for a doctorate:

Individual qualification programme

For the application for acceptance as a doctoral researcher ("Antrag auf Annahme als Doktorandin/Doktorand") you have to agree on your doctoral studies with your supervisor using the form agreement on doctoral studies . This contains your individual qualification programme. Please refer to the faculty's catalogue when determining the measures. Especially for courses on key qualifications (e.g. management competences) you can use the offers by GRADUS .

Doctoral committee

The doctoral committee will decide on your application for acceptance. As a rule, it meets before the grand faculty council (one meeting each in January, April, May, June, October, November, December). There are no meetings during the semester breaks. In urgent cases (i.e. for Visa or scholarship applications) the acceptance can be organised during the semester breaks with a circulation procedure.

Cumulative Dissertation

In principle, a cumulative dissertation is possible at Faculty 2. The faculty has decided on a guideline (in revision) [DE] for this and provides an additional handout [DE].

Preparation and submission of the dissertation

Please use the faculty template for the title page of the dissertation without the date of the oral examination. You submit x copies of your dissertation in paper form (bound) and one electronic version (PDF file) to the faculty office (x = number of rapporteurs + 1). These copies should be printed double-sided and bound. Both the pdf and the copies should contain a CV. In the hard copy also the doctoral researcher’s signed statement that he/she has completed the dissertation independently needs to be enclosed.This also represents the application for admission to the doctoral examination.

Please note the following resolutions of the doctoral committee of the Faculty 2:

• The dissertation should not contain more than 150 pages.
• Each dissertation must be accompanied by both a German and an English language summary with two to four pages each.
• If the dissertation is to be written in languages other than German or English, the doctoral committee will decide on this in each individual case.

The main supervisor writes to the doctoral committee including

• Confirmation that the dissertation is ready for acceptance
• Proposal for co-examiners (e.g. for the expert report on the dissertation)
• Confirmation of fulfilment of requirements (see prerequisites for a doctorate), if applicable

Irrespective of a participation in a structured doctoral programme, the final version of the agreement on doctoral studies (including the individual qualification programme) should be enclosed in the letter. For a discussion in the doctoral committee, the letter should arrive at the faculty office at least one week before the date of the doctoral committee meeting.

Appointment of co-examiners

At a meeting of the doctoral committee, the main supervisor presents the doctoral project. The doctoral committee admits the doctoral researcher to the examination and appoints an examination committee for this doctoral project (chair, supervisor and one or more co-examiners). The faculty office sends the dissertations to the co-examiners and organises the internal circulation procedure. These steps take several weeks to sometimes months.

Doctoral examination and publication of the dissertation

Presentation and oral doctoral examination.

After the internal circulation procedure, you can organise the date and time of your doctoral examination with the members of your examination board. You also need to book a room for the presentation and the subsequent examination. Please inform the faculty office about the date, time and place of your examination and the travel dates of your co-examiners. The presentation about the research topic immediately before the oral doctoral examination should last 30 to a maximum of 45 minutes.

Publication of the dissertation

You have to fulfill any changes suggested during the circulation procedure, the expert opinions, etc. by the time the dissertation goes to press. Within one year of the doctoral examination, you need to hand over a copy of your dissertation to your supervisor.

The supervisor will check the correctness of the dissertation and release the dissertation for printing. The University Library [DE] will inform you on its website about the formal requirements the dissertation has to meet, which publication options are available and how many copies you must submit.

After publication of the dissertation

The doctoral procedure is finished when the doctoral certificate is handed over to you by the faculty office. Now – no moment earlier – you can use the doctoral degree – congratulations!

The doctoral certificates (or a copy if you need them earlier) are also handed over once a year by the dean during the faculty graduation ceremony . This ceremony usually takes place in July.

You can apply to the doctoral committee for inspection of your doctoral file, including the expert opinions, in writing within one year. The doctoral committee will then determine the place and time for your inspection of your file.

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Doctoral degree

Here you find information for PhD students

The University of Stuttgart has new doctoral degree regulations (starting april 1st 2019).

The doctoral committee of the faculty of chemistry has decided that the achievement of the doctoral degree within the department has to follow this way.

1. Admission request

You have to submit your application for admission via GRADUS at the beginning of the work on your PhD thesis.

Catalogue of potential credit points accepted by the Faculty of Chemistry to fulfil the required ECTS in individual doctoral studies. You can gain the degree within an individual doctoral study oder within a structured doctoral study .

2. Proposal of an examination committee

To enable the candidate to obtain in depth knowledge in the examination subjects, he or she is supposed to hand in an application with a suggestion of the examination committee [de] , an exposé about the dissertation (approx. 1 page), a shortlist of your publications and a CV. This application has to be handed in at the dean´s office to Mrs. Monika Carey at least half a year before the expected date of the oral exam and has to be signed by the supervising professor. The application can only be discussed, if you have been admitted as a Ph. D. student in a former meeting of the doctoral committee. The doctoral committee can accept or reject the proposal and appoint other examiners. If you graduate within the Doctoral Degree Regulations of the University Stuttgart from 2019, the dissertation can be prepared publication-based in a cumulative form, if this is permitted by the directive of the doctoral committee in agreement with the faculty council and the supervisor approves the preparation of a publication-based dissertation.

3. Finishing the thesis - final decision of the examination committee and date of the exam

After the finishing the dissertation (don't forget the declaration of authorship) the candidate registers at the dean´s office with one hardback of his dissertation, with the declaration of authorship as a separate letter. If you are doing a cumulative doctorate, you habe to submit the thesis electronically eight days before the meeting of the doctoral committee. Furthermore your supervisor needs to confirm that all requests within the doctoral agreement have been completed. The doctoral committee decides on the members of the examination committee in his next meeting. Only in well reasoned cases a deviation from the preliminary composition is possible. The candidate gives a copy of his work to each of the members of the examination committee. The main examiner and the co examiners write a report and send the original of the report to the dean´s office. If both reports are available in the deans office , the candidate arranges an appointment with the examination committee for the oral examination and he/she books a lecture room. It is necessary to send the information on the exam date and the room to the dean´s office at least 16 days before the arranged date of the examination.

The candidate arranges a date for the oral examination with the designated examination board and reserves the lecture hall/seminar room. A little tip: It is easier to reserve a room if you take the lecture slots into account. If an examination starts at 13:15 h, it is easier to find a room than trying to find a room from 13:00 h. The examination can take place at the earliest 16 days after notification of this date to the Dean's Office. Reason: The thesis and assessment must be available in the Dean's Office for 14 days. Please remember to inform the Dean's Office of the place and date of the examination. The oral examination takes place immediately after the presentation (after exclusion of the public), usually in the room in which the presentation took place. The doctoral documents are returned to the Dean's Office after the examination.

The oral Ph. D. exam starts with a presentation (20 -30 minutes), in which the candidate explains the concepts of her or his dissertation as well as the essential results. The presentation is open to members of the university. In the oral examination, which is lasting between one and two hours and is not open to the public, the candidate has to prove that she or he has in depth knowledge in the area of her or his dissertation. This is supposed to happen in an exam conversation with the main examiner, the co-examiner and an additional examiner in another subject, which is usually related to the subject of the dissertation. The dean can appoint the examiner in the additional subject or another professor of the department to be the head of the examination committee. The oral examination takes place directly after the presentation (after the public has been excluded) in the same room in which the presentation took place. The doctoral documents are handed back to the dean´s office after the examination.

5. Rules for the Dissertation

The dissertation work has to comprise a summary in foreign or german language with a normal size of 2 - 5 pages, but 10 pages as a maximum. For details see the german pages. (Decisions of the promotion committee on 22/05/1996, 11/06/1996, 21/01/1998, and 16/4/2008).

• Catalogue of potential credit points accepted by the Faculty of Chemistry to fulfil the required ECTS in individual doctoral studies
• Faculty guidelines for the cumulative doctorate
• Information of the library on the submission of the thesis
• Graduate Schools of the University of Stuttgart (GradUS)
• Doctoral Students Association of the University of Stuttgart
• Ask for a translation of your certificate
• Doctoral degree regulations from 2019 (for the english translation ask in the deans office)
• Doctoral degree regulations from 2016
• Doctoral degree regulations from 2011 [de]
• Doctoral degree regulations from 2008 [de]

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University of Stuttgart

The University of Stuttgart is situated in the middle of a highly dynamic economic region with a worldwide reputation for excellence in the fields of mobile and information technology, production, process engineering as well as in life sciences. The University of Stuttgart was founded in 1829, at the beginning of the industrial age in Europe, and has celebrated its 175-th anniversary in 2004. The cooperation between technical, physical and human sciences has always been an advantage of the University of Stuttgart. Today the university is a modern, achievement-orientated institution with a comprehensive range of subjects and a focus on technical and physical disciplines. The maxim is not only „job-qualification“, but "technology, knowledge and education for people“, as the motto of the University of Stuttgart says.

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Doctoral Degree studies

Doctoral Degree studies at the Department of Electrical Engineering.

Doctoral Degree studies at the Department of Electrical Engineering

Other than starting a career in industry, appropriately qualified master graduates may study for a doctoral degree (PhD, in German "Dr.-Ing.") in the department of electrical engineering.

Please note, that the responsibility for research matters and thus for PhD-positions is entirely with the professors of our institutes.

The homepages of all institutes of the department of electrical engineering are listed here . Please ask the secretary offices of the institutes of your choice for current vacancies of PhD-positions. Additionally, please read very carefully the  information about doctoral degree studies given by our University's Admissions Office. Furthermore it is possible to get support from the University's Office of the GRADUS Graduate Academy .

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Information for PhD students or PhD candidates: promotion regulations, contact persons, forms, dates

Regulations

• PhD Regulations of the University of Stuttgart (2019)
• Notes and supplementary regulations concerning the doctoral procedure at Faculty 6
• Regulations for cumulative dissertations at Faculty 6

Supporting information

• In five steps to the promotion
• Registration and enrollment
• Cover letter submission and declaration of independence (pdf)
• Cover letter submission and declaration of independence (doc)
• Declaration of own contribution to publication (for cumulative dissertations)

Legacy regulations

• PhD Regulations of the University of Stuttgart (2016)
• PhD Regulations of the University of Stuttgart (2011)

Contact for PhD Students

apl. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Georg Herdrich

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The Graduate Academy of the University of Stuttgart (GRADUS)

The Graduate Academy of the University of Stuttgart (GRADUS) is the central institution at the University of Stuttgart for the promotion of early career researchers and offers a wide range of qualifications, information, counseling and mentoring services.

GRADUS Information

• Call for applications and current news
• Templates, forms, regulations
• Information on the coronavirus

The offers from GRADUS are addressing all young scientists at the University of Stuttgart and are oriented towards each stage in their respective careers.

Whether you are a doctoral researcher, a postdoc, writing your habilitation, a junior professor or a tenure-track professor at the University of Stuttgart, or whether you are on track towards a management role in an extra-university research institution, in industry or in a social institution – whichever path you are on, the Graduate Academy supports you at the various stages of your career with a variety of offers. This is because our goal is for you to develop into a globally-thinking and inclusive person with the best possible preparation for high-level positions in science, business and society.

Supporting early career researchers - both those who choose to pursue an academic career, or a non-academic career - is a subject particularly close to our hearts, as this represents one of the University of Stuttgart's crucial contributions to a sustainable society. Prof. Dr. Manfred Bischoff, Vice Rector for Research and Early Career Researchers

Offers from the Graduate Academy

Qualifications.

In addition to the subject expertise which you are developing or already have, the Graduate Academy offers a qualification program , with which you can also expand your interdisciplinary skills in order to give yourself the best possible preparation for the next stage in your career, whether it is in business, industry, or in society. Likewise, the program also varies depending on the target group. The events put on by the Graduate Academy are open to all junior researchers and free of charge. The Graduate Academy provides tailored programs for Research Training Groups, CRCs and Clusters of Excellence.

Information and Counseling

The Graduate Academy provides you with a wide range of information on doctoral degree studies, careers in science, funding opportunities during and after your doctoral degree studies, and combining family and career, and offers you counseling regarding doctoral degree studies or career-related questions.

With mentoring programs of the Graduate Academy, you as scientists at all career stages will find your mentor or peer group and achieve your professional and personal goals through mentoring, networking & training.

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Management of doctoral researchers

On April 1, 2019, the Graduate Academy took over responsibility for the management of doctoral researchers from the Examination Office. More detailed information on registration and admissions, as well as on how you can get in touch if you have any questions can be found on the website for doctoral degree studies .

Counseling for joint research projects

Together with the National Research Funding and the Project Office of the Research Department of the Research and Communications Division, as well as the Gender Consulting Service at the Equal Opportunities Office, the Graduate Academy provides application initiatives for joint research projects with conceptual advice from the perspective of promoting early career researchers.

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Doctorate Degree at the ICD

2020 | ICD Doctoral Research

Doctorate Studies at the ICD - University of Stuttgart

Apply for doctorate studies at the ICD. Applications can be submitted at any time. More specific information will be provided soon. Please check the website for updates! General information is available on the Faculty of Architecture website  (in German), as well as the University of Stuttgart website  (in English).

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Doctoral Degrees and Habilitations

Department of Mathematics

Information about Doctoral Degree Studies in the Department and an overview of Doctoral Degrees and Habilitations over the past few years.

• Activities and representativs of the doctoral students
• Information about the PhD programm

Doctoral Degrees

Particularly interested and qualified students can follow up their master’s degree program with a doctoral degree program. On average, one quarter to one third of all M.Sc. graduates per year discuss plans to pursue doctoral studies with a professor in the department.

Hats created for the doctoral graduation ceremony

Obtaining a doctoral degree in the Department of Mathematics

The legal basis for a doctoral degree in the Department of Mathematics are the Doctoral Degree Regulations (PO) of the University of Stuttgart. In the case of doctoral degree studies in the graduate schools SimTech the regulations of these institutions also have to be taken into account.

Information on the Doctoral Degree Regulations

• Information on doctoral degree studies of the University of Stuttgart
• Registering, applying and enrolling at the University of Stuttgart

Doctoral Degree Regulations:

• Doctoral Degree Regulations PromO 2019
• Doctoral Degree Regulations PromO 2016 [de]
• Doctoral Degree Regulations PromO 2011 [de]

Attachment:

• Agreement on doctoral studies

Further Information:

• Leafelt (PromO 2019) on the doctoral degree procedure
• Leaflet (PromO 2016) on the doctoral degree procedure
• Leaflet (PromO 2011) on the doctoral degree procedure
• Department catalog as Annex 2 of the agreement on doctoral studies [de]
• P ublication of the dissertation - Notes of the University Library

Abstracts of recent PhD theses

Cedric aaron beschle: quasi continuous level monte carlo method, lukas brencher: analysis of hyperbolic conservation laws with random discontinuous flux functions and their efficient simulation, david holzmueller. regression from linear models to neural networks: double descent, active learning, and sampling.

Digitally published PhD dissertations can be downloaded on the document server of the University of Stuttgart .

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Habilitations

There are many different ways to become a professor: The doctoral degree is typically followed by a post-doc or junior professor phase to shape and consolidate the individual research and teaching agenda. This phase culminates in a habilitation or a habilitation-equivalent positive evaluation.

Habilitations in The Department of Mathematics since 2015

Digitally published habilitations can be downloaded on the document server of the University of Stuttgart .

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Doctorade and habilitation

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At the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning it is possible to gain a doctoral degree in engineering (Dr.-Ing.).

Architects and urban planners tend to be a rare commodity because – unlike many other academic disciplines – proof of an academic qualification in the form of a doctoral degree is not a prerequisite for a successful career in architecture or urban planning. There are thus comparatively few doctoral researchers at our Faculty. However, interest in doctoral degree studies has grown over the past few years.

In scarcely any other subject is the spectrum of dissertation topics as broad as in architecture and urban planning. Likewise, the diversity across the Faculty's institutes is reflected in the broad spectrum of research topics and methodology of our research. There are dissertations in engineering which experimentally address issues related to building physics and structural design; dissertations on history of art and architecture which study historic buildings, architectural styles, construction techniques or master builders or matters of monument protection; and dissertations investigating architectural and planning theory , architectural sociology, building economics, building, urban and landscape ecology, design and planning methods, building studies and urban and landscape planning .

The doctoral procedure is set out in the current  Doctoral degree regulations   of the University of Stuttgart. Doctoral studies at our Faculty are also open to applicants with a university degree in a subject other than architecture and urban planning provided their chosen topic is relevant and supervised by a member of the Faculty's teaching staff. Past doctoral researchers have included civil engineers, geographers, art historians and biologists.

Non-German applicants must prove beforehand that the university degree from their home country is regarded as equivalent to that of a German university.

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If you wish to enroll as a doctoral researcher, you should discuss your chosen topic with a member of the Faculty teaching staff who specializes in a field relevant to your planned area of research. You will finalize the topic of your doctoral study with your prospective supervisor and submit an application for acceptance to the Faculty as a doctoral researcher . Decisions on matters related to doctoral studies are taken by the  doctoral committee .

So far the Faculty has only admitted individual doctoral researchers and has not yet set up a research training group or graduate schools. Some institutes organize regular Doktorandenkolloquien at which doctoral researchers can present, report and discuss the progress of their work. In 2004 the Faculty introduced cross-institute discussion forums specifically for doctoral researchers whose dissertation topics are related to urban development and urban planning ( Doktorandenkolloquium Stadt ).

The participating institutes are the  Institute of Urban Planning and Design , the  Institute for Housing and Design , the   Institute of Architectural History  and the  Institute of Spatial and Regional Planning  (Faculty 2).

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27 phd programs – fully funded at university of stuttgart, germany.

University of Stuttgart, Germany invites online application for multiple fully funded PhD Programs in various research areas. Candidates interested in fully funded PhD positions can check the details and may apply as soon as possible.

1. PhD Programs in computer science

Summary of phd positions:.

Within the independent research group of Dr. Benjamin Unger, you will work on the BMBF funded project ELAN (Effiziente lokale Abwärmenutzung in Niedertemperaturnetzen – Efficient local waste heat utilization in low-temperature networks), which is a collaborative research project together with partners from Trier University, the University of Konstanz, and the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics (ITWM). The goal of the project is the design of efficient simulation tools for low-temperature networks.

Application Deadlines: Feb 1, 2023

2. phd programs in deep learning and optimization for semiconductor test.

Recently, intelligent machine learning methods, in particular deep learning methods, are becoming increasingly important for semiconductor test. The Graduate School Intelligent Methods for Test and Reliability (GS-IMTR) at University Stuttgart, in cooperation with the world-leading company Advantest in semiconductor test, studies topics such as design for test and diagnosis, post silicon validation, test generation and optimization, robust device tuning, system-level test, lifetime test, and test automation.

Application Deadlines: Feb 27, 2023

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3. PhD Programs in Deep learning based MR imaging biomarkers

Recently, intelligent machine learning methods, in particular deep learning methods, have been successfully applied to medical imaging (e.g. CT, MRT, PET) based assessment and diagnosis. The DFG Priority Program Radiomics is designed to advance the diagnostic and prognostic value of medical imaging by implementing “Radiomics” and advanced image interpretation approaches such as artificial intelligence and deep-learning algorithms in different clinical scenarios.

4. Multiple PhD Programs in the field of battery research

You are fascinated by battery research and interested in helping to electrify mobility? It’s a match! We are looking for PhD students to join our EES team at the Institute of Photovoltaics, University of Stuttgart. We have several open positions this year in different research areas:

• New cell materials
• Modeling of lithium-ion cells
• Development of new diagnostic methods
• Design of efficient battery systems

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5. phd programs in combining imaging, physics and analysis for rheological experiments.

This position is funded by the Cluster of Excellence EXC 2075 and is part of the Project Network 1 „Data-Integrated Models and Methods for Multiphase Fluid Dynamics“. Imaging modalities, such as computerized tomography (CT), are concerned with recovering information about the interior structure of a studied object in a non-invasive way. In modern applications, they are increasingly utilized to visualize structural changes of a specimen, e.g. fluid flow in porous media, the behaviour of materials during tensile tests or under rheological experiments. From the recovered series of images, the goal is to study and analyze the underlying physical process.

Application Deadlines: Jan 19, 2023

6. two phd programs in environmental microbiology.

The Department of Environmental Microbiology at the Institute for Sanitary Engineering, Water Quality andSolid Waste Management (ISWA) at the University of Stuttgart is delighted to announce two open positions forPhD students who will either work on:

1. “Identification of surfactant impacts on microbial glyphosate degradersin soils and freshwater sediments” or

2. “Identification of surfactant impacts on N- and C-cycling microbial key playersin soils and freshwater sediments”

Application Deadlines: Jan 30, 2023

Looking for more funded phd programs click here, 7. phd programs in model-based devops for digital twins.

The goal is to conceive a novel model transformation framework that enables DevOps engineers to derive (partial) Ops models (digital twins) from Dev models to facilitate the efficiency, reliability, and robustness of engineering digital twins. However, the physical twins might change in ways unforeseen at design-time. To capture these changes, this transformation framework shall provide novel methods for the semantics-aware update of Dev models through digital twins at runtime.

8. 10 PhD Programs in artificial intelligence & data science

The GS-IMTR is an interdisciplinary graduate school combining research expertise from computer science, electrical engineering, information technology, and beyond. GS-IMTR is Germany’s first industry-funded Graduate School, established in cooperation with ADVANTEST, a major global manufacturer of automatic test equipment for integrated circuits.

Its overall aim is to develop new methods for topics such as design for test and diagnosis; post-silicon validation; test generation and optimization; robust device tuning; system-level test; lifetime test and reliability management; security, privacy and reliability of testing; test for advanced and emerging technologies and test automation. A modern understanding of these topics demands novel artificial intelligence methods and has tight connections to data science, data analytics, data understanding, machine learning, security, and privacy.

Application Deadlines: Jan 28, 2023

Get professional job ready & in-demand career certificates, 9. phd programs in mathematical systems theory.

You will be a member of Professor Carsten Scherer’s team and have sufficient freedom to pursue a PhD degree in the area of mathematical systems theory or control engineering. One possible direction is the currently thriving topic of viewing optimization algorithms as dynamical systems. In this framework, an algorithm is a controller and techniques from control theory permit to design optimal algorithms for solving convex optimization problems.

10. PhD Programs in Software Engineering

We are looking for people interested in joining the Software Lab as a PhD student. The Software Lab conducts research at the intersection of software engineering, programming languages, machine learning, and security, with a focus on tools and techniques for constructing reliable, efficient, and secure software.

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11. phd programs in real-time data analysis and predictions.

Little is known about the effects of music and sound on sleep. The Lullabyte network will therefore combine the expertise of 10 excellent European institutions, bringing together the fields of musicology, neuroscience, psychology, and computer science. This creates a strong interdisciplinary and international network of researchers and leading non-academic partners, providing basis for cutting edge research and innovative training tailored to the special needs of this interdisciplinary field of music and sleep.

12. Multiple PhD Programs in Systems Theory and Automatic Control

The Institute for Systems Theory and Automatic Control (IST) at the University of Stuttgart conducts both basic and applied research in the fields of automatic control and systems theory. Multiple PhD positions are available in the group of Prof. Iannelli. The research focus lies at the intersection between control theory and data science and possible topics include:

• data-based control
• optimization
• uncertainty quantification for sequential decision making
• online learning and
• system identification.

Application Deadlines: Feb 10, 2023

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The Institute for System Dynamics is constantly looking for highly motivated and excellent employees (m/f) with a focus on control engineering and system dynamics for various research projects in the fields of mechatronics, process industry and medical technology. We offer a broad, interdisciplinary field of work with numerous practice-oriented industrial cooperations and projects in the field of basic research. The job requires a high degree of personal responsibility and offers you challenging and varied tasks in a pleasant working atmosphere. The opportunity for a doctorate is offered.

Application Deadlines: Mar 30, 2023

14. phd programs in engineering.

New surgical methods aim to minimize invasiveness, morbidity, and duration of the treatment while maximizing effectiveness. During these surgical interventions, a reliable identification of target structures and surrounding tissue is of major importance for achieving this objective, particularly in the field of oncology. The RTG focuses on intra-operative tissue identification. The fusion of novel multimodal sensor systems by means of machine learning offers a high potential for new procedures to discriminate between tissues that goes beyond the information content of the separate sensor data.

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All Master's programs of the University of Stuttgart: Which study program suits me best? When do I have to apply? Here you find the answers to all questions concerning your studies.

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Air quality control, solid waste and waste water process engineering (waste), architecture and urban planning, art history, artificial intelligence and data science, automotive engineering, autonomous systems, biology – external study program.

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Business administration, technically oriented, economics, chemical sciences, chemical‐ and bio‐engineering, civil engineering, computational linguistics, computational mecha­nics of mate­rials and struc­tures (commas), computer science, cultures of knowledge, digital humanities, economics teaching qualification, electrical engineering, electrical engineering and information technology, electromobility, empirical political and social research, empirical political and social research (german-french), energy engineering, engineering cybernetics, english and american studies / english linguistics, environmental engineering, food chemistry – cooperation hohenheim university, geodesy and geoinformatics engineering, geomatics engineering (geoengine), german literature, history - sources and interpretations, information systems, information technology (infotech), infrastructure planning (mip), integrated urbanism and sustainable design (iusd), integrative technologies and architectural design research (itech), intra- und entrepreneurship (tech) – master:online, study while working, logistics management – master:online – study while working, maschinenbau / mechanical engineering – master's program with georgia tech, materials science, mathematics, mechanical engineering, mechanical engineering / materials and production engineering, mechanical engineering / micro engineering, apparatus technology and technical optics, mechanical engineering / product development and design, mechatronics, medical engineering, movement science and biomechanics, natural and technical sciences, philosophy / ethics, photonic engineering, physical education, physical education teaching qualification, political sciences, public planning and participation, real estate engineering and management, real estate management (rem), romance studies / digital humanities, simulation technology, software engineering, sport science: sociology and economics, sustainable electrical power supply, technical biology, technical education, technology management, theoretical and comparative linguistics, transport engineering, vocational education and human resources development, vocational teaching – dual, water resources engineering and management (warem).