On November 17, 2022, the Graduate Center NRW was granted the right to conduct independent doctoral studies. This means that doctoral students at Fachhochschule Dortmund also have another route to obtaining a doctorate.
Information for doctoral candidates
In addition to the cooperative doctorate, Fachhochschule Dortmund now also offers you the opportunity to complete a doctorate in accordance with the independent doctorate law of the PK NRW. The doctoral studies according to the doctoral law of the PK NRW take place in 9 steps:
Step 1: Find a supervisor and obtain confirmation of supervision
Step 2: Enrolment as a doctoral candidate at the HAW
Step 3: Acceptance and enrollment as a doctoral candidate at the PK NRW
Step 4: Conclude a supervision agreement
Step 5: Complete doctoral program and write dissertation
Step 6: Assessment
Step 7: Disputation
Step 8: Publication
Step 9: Exmatriculation
It is important that your supervisor at Fachhochschule Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts is a professorial member of the PK NRW and that you enrol for your doctorate both at Fachhochschule Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts and at the Graduate Center NRW. To apply for acceptance and enrollment as a doctoral candidate at the PK NRW, you can now register in the doctoral college information and control system Kiss. When you enrol as a doctoral candidate, you automatically become a member of the PK NRW.
The entries received will be processed by the PK NRW from November 2023 and the deadline for enrolment has been extended until 01.12.2023 for all doctoral candidates who are already enrolled at your university.
Further information on the following topics can be found here:
Doctoral process & procedure at PK NRW(Opens in a new tab)
Registration & enrollment at PK NRW(Opens in a new tab)
Registration & enrollment at Fachhochschule Dortmund(Opens in a new tab)
If you have any further questions or require further consultation, you can also contact the Graduate Center at Fachhochschule Dortmund.
Information for caregivers
In order for doctoral candidates at Fachhochschule Dortmund to be able to do a doctorate under the independent doctoral degree right of the PK NRW, the supervisor of the university must also be a professorial member of the PK NRW. In order to become a professorial member, professors with a doctorate and habilitated employees must meet certain requirements. The criteria are as follows:
- You are a professor with a doctorate or habilitation at a sponsoring university or a professor with a doctorate at a cooperating university of the PK NRW
- You conduct research in the department's key areas
- Your HAW gives you the freedom to work at PK NRW
- In the last three to five years, you have on average per year
- acquired at least €100,000 (in the life sciences/natural sciences/engineering) or €50,000 (in other disciplines) in third-party research funding and
- published a peer-reviewed publication in recognized journals
- You have appropriate experience in the supervision of doctorates (the responsible department will decide which supervisory experience is appropriate).
If you do not meet all the requirements, you can apply for the status of association once for five years.
Applications for membership are accepted by the PK NRW via the KISS collegiate information and control system. Please send the required forms to the management of the PK NRW, Dr. Carolin Schuchert. The decision as to whether the proven supervisory experience is appropriate is made by the responsible department of the PK NRW.
Further information, documents and the application process can be found on the PK NRW(Opens in a new tab) website.
You can contact Meike Herrmann regarding the letter of support from Fachhochschule Dortmund. If you have any further questions or require further consultation, you can also contact the Graduate Center at Fachhochschule Dortmund.