Colloquium
Colloquia are held in conjunction with course work - usually with the final thesis (undergraduate dissertation or Master’s thesis).
The colloquium is a kind of oral examination during which students and teachers…
Doctoral programme
A doctoral programme provides doctoral candidates with an institutional and structural framework within which to pursue their academic work.
The HAWK doctoral programme is a university-wide scheme, and is neither…
Doctoral thesis
The doctoral thesis is the written part of the doctorate. It is a comprehensive piece of academic work which, when successfully completed (and alongside the…
Enrolment
To enrol, you must, among other things:
- transfer the semester fee
- provide proof of health insurance…
German university system
There are different types of higher education institutions in Germany: Universities, universities of applied sciences (…
Lecture period
German universities distinguish between the semester period and the lecture period.
The semester period encompasses the…