Doctorate

You can pursue a doctorate in all of the subjects available at the University of Mannheim. You can obtain your doctoral degree either through individual doctoral studies or through participation in a structured doctoral program. Every year, over 100 doctoral candidates from all over the world successfully complete their doctorates at the University of Mannheim.

Structured doctoral programs
Structured doctoral programs are available at the Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences (GESS), which was formerly funded by the Excellence Initiative, as well as within the context of the research training group Statistical Modeling in Psychology. Doctoral candidates at the School of Humanities automatically become members of the Graduate School of the School of Humanities upon acceptance as doctoral candidates.