Doctorate

Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the Media Center and its cooperation with international partners, the research fields of interest to the Media Center are vast. The focus of the center’s interest lies on research projects that explore digital media in teaching and learning contexts as well as educational technologies, viewed from a variety of perspectives and applied in a range of educational sectors. Innovative ideas that go beyond the mentioned scope are welcomed as well.

The Media Center itself is not able to issue doctoral degrees. All doctoral students must therefore follow the regulations of the respective faculties within which they would like to earn their doctoral degree. Hence, all doctoral students will be registered on the list of doctoral students of their respective faculties. Doctoral students must follow the regulations and requirements for obtaining a doctorate that are specific to the faculty with which they are registered.

Further information about the regulations for obtaining a doctorate from the faculty of Education Sciences can be found here.

Further information about the regulations for obtaining a doctorate from the faculty of Economics can be found here.

Doctoral students from different faculty can receive interdisciplinary support with their research project as part of the structured doctoral program “Education & Technology”. “Education & Technology” is an integrated network of European and Asian universities and other public research centers. The network is marked by continuous collaborations to broaden scientific understanding and exchange from which young researchers can benefit as they constitute a central element that marks the success of the network. The structured doctoral program consists of multiple building blocks that were established to support doctoral students in their pursuit of a doctorate and to help them become experts in their research area. Furthermore, doctoral students have the opportunity to participate in existing international research networks and are encouraged to build their own. The network also supports the development of soft skills to help prepare doctoral students for future positions.

To gain an overview of the specific components and activities in “Education & Technology”, please visit the upcoming program’s website.

Doctoral students who are part of the structured doctoral program “Education & Technology” must participate regularly in the weekly doctoral Colloquium in which they will share an update on their research twice a year. The Colloquium is conducted in English language, thus, doctoral students are asked to prepare their research updates in English as to be able to share their work and receive feedback from an international audience of peers and mentors.

For further in-depth study and discussion, the program offers doctoral students the opportunity to participate in the annual Summer School. Here, doctoral students can present their work in a renowned international context and receive feedback from experts from the “Education & Technology” network.

For individual self-study, the program website offers doctoral students the opportunity to broaden their scientific knowledge in Education Sciences and Technology as well as on research methodologies in the online modules. The modules were developed from the expertise of faculty in partnering institutions in the international “Education & Technology” network.

For individual consultations, doctoral students can reach out to the coordinator for young researchers as well as contact their advising professors.

At the beginning of your doctoral research is the idea that you wish to realize your own research project. The journey to the doctorate, however, is not always an easy one and requires discipline and diligence. In order to get a successful start into your research project, you should make yourself aware what the specific contribution is that you are planning to make to your research discipline or field.

If you are interested in pursuing your doctorate as part of the structured doctoral program “Education & Technology”, please send a brief description of your proposed research project (max. one page). You should identify the field of research within which your planned project is located, what the gap in research is that you are planning to fill, and sketch first ideas about the way in which you plan to realize your research project methodologically. In addition to the brief description, you should send an academic resume/CV that makes evident your academic qualifications and professional experience. Please send all documents to the coordinator of young researchers at the Media Center.