Most universities provide plenty of information for doctoral candidates on their websites in the form of checklists, guides, information brochures and so on. If you are interested in doing a doctoral degree at a particular university, you should certainly use this extensive source of information.
A number of federal states have defined more precise rules regarding the cooperation between universities and universities of applied sciences in cooperative doctoral programmes or support cooperative doctoral degrees, while others are preparing to introduce such rules. The following list of sources of information about cooperative doctoral programmes provided by the state governments is continually updated.
Baden-Württemberg
The Ministry of Science of Baden-Württemberg supports cooperative doctoral training groups at universities and universities of applied sciences.
Information about cooperative doctoral training groups
Bavaria
Universities and universities of applied sciences in Bavaria have introduced a new form of cooperation in doctoral programmes known as Verbundpromotion ("compound doctoral programmes").
Information about Verbundpromotion
North Rhine-Westphalia
Through the competition "NRW.Forschungskooperationen", the Ministry of Science of North Rhine-Westphalia has been supporting cooperation between universities and universities of applied sciences since 2012 in six cooperation projects.
Information about the competition "NRW.Forschungskooperationen"
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