Faculty 6

Doctorates at the Faculty of Humanities and Educational Sciences

The Faculty 6 at Technische Universität Braunschweig can confer the doctoral degree Doctor of Philosophy (Dr. phil.).

The graduate academy GradTUBS offers a supporting programme to achieving your doctoral degree. Your participation at the graduate academy is determined in your doctoral regulations:

In order to achieve their doctoral degree at Faculty 6, PhD researchers must successfully partake in the graduate academy GradTUBS. Over the course of their enrolment, they usually have to fulfill a workload of at least 12 workshop days (WT), whereas they must complete at least one workshop day.

To document your record, please let your supervisor affirm your participation in trainings and other activities on the control sheet (available only in German).

You can also apply for that other soft- and hard-skill qualification measures, which are offered by other institutions, can be credited after being deemed equivalent to graduate academy programmes. In individual cases, also qualifications that have been achieved during your studies can be credited if they have been attended outside of the elementary study programme. Applications are processed and decided on by the doctoral commission of Faculty 6.

Attending soft-skill qualification measures to improve methodical, social and self-competences, such as:

  • Advanced trainings for educators,
  • Competence trainings (e.g. human resources management, conflict management),
  • Language courses,
  • Coachings, career counselling, application trainings,
  • Traineeships and general advanced trainings.

All activities in this category are credited with 0,5 WT per day.

For more detailed information on the organisation and process of achieving your doctorate, please refer to the corresponding PhD office.

Phd office of faculty 6