Doctoral education: contact, organisation and support functions
Contact
Doctoral students and supervisors with questions regarding Doctoral education should first contact their Study Director ("studierektor") or Administrator at their department.
Central support
E-mail addresses to Professional Services
Organisation
The Faculty Board has overall strategic responsibility for the faculty's educational, research and outreach activities.
The main fields of responsibility are:
- resource allocation
- quality systems
- recruitment of teaching and research staff
- infrastructure
- internationalisation
The Committee for Doctoral Education (KFU) provide support to the Faculty Board by means of preparation, quality control and implementation regarding doctoral education.
The Course and Programme Committee (KPK) is subordinated to the Committee for Doctoral Education and has the right to decide on certain matters. The committee also acts as a preparatory body in other matters related to doctoral courses and programmes.
The Dissertation Committee is appointed by the Committee for Doctoral Education to oversee compliance with the examination rules and to ensure the highest possible quality of theses published by KI.
A doctoral student is admitted to one of KI departments. Each department has at least one Director of doctoral education who:
- Makes decisions on establishment of doctoral positions, admission to doctoral education and supervisor appointment
- Supports the department's doctoral students and supervisors
- Establishes Individual Study Plan (ISP)
- Makes decision on credit transfer
Support functions for doctoral students
There are different types of support functions for doctoral students at KI.
You can find them on the web page Support to doctoral students.