Early-Stage Researchers

Even though TH Köln is not permitted to confer doctoral degrees in compliance with the North Rhine-Westphalia Higher Education Act, it explicitly welcomes and supports doctorate projects carried out in cooperation with universities. More than 170 doctoral candidates are currently researching at TH Köln – a trend that is set to grow even further in the upcoming years.

Graduate Center

Graduate Center of TH Köln is signed as a central contact point for everyone interested in or already executing a doctoral project at TH Köln. It provides comprehensive information as well as personal advice and support in organizational concerns.

Transferable Skill Courses

For a successful accomplishment of every doctoral project it is mandatory to access other core competencies, next to professional expertise on the area of research. Apart from self-discipline and time management, it is also necessary to develop special writing and research skills for drafting your doctoral thesis.

The Competence Center of TH Cologne offers, more than 50 different learning sessions to additionally support the doctoral candidates, all in cooperation with Graduate Center TH Köln.

Program of Graduate Center

Graduate Center of TH Köln organizes, coordinates and informs about numerous events and workshops for doctoral candidates to create a scientific network and access other core competencies such as the development of individual qualifications or the enhancement of soft skills for a successful accomplishment of a doctoral project. Show more