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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Department of Philosophy

Application

To apply for the Ph.D. program, applicants must have successfully completed a Master’s Degree, Diplom, Staatsexamen, or Magister in philosophy, classics, or a related field such as ancient history.

Students are admitted on the basis of multi-stage application procedure. In the first step, applicants submit their application online, which includes among other things a research proposal. The applications are reviewed by the admission board. Next, promising candidates are invited to campus for an interview, in which they make a presentation of ten to fifteen minutes on their proposed research project. Candidates from overseas do not have fly in for the interviews.

Prospective graduate students who want to join the Graduate School in fall 2012 turn in their applications by February 15, 2012. Interviews will be held at Berlin during the last week of March 2012.

Please, read the instructions on how to apply before you do apply online.

Download poster fellowships 2012.

Funding

The fellowships advertised here accord to the standards of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). They are for full-time study only. There are no tuition fees, but there are low administrative fees amounting to ca. 250-300 Euros per semester Applications from candidates with external funding are welcome.