In addition to doctoral research, the Graduate School Science, Medicine and Technology (OLTECH) offers doctoral training opportunities to provide our doctoral candidates with in-depth training in the fields of knowledge and methods of their related disciplines and its fields of application as well as personal and interdisciplinary skills.
For OLTECH, we defined four main research areas as the following:
Before you become a member of OLTECH, it is a prerequisite to find a supervisor for your own doctoral project and to be admitted as a doctoral candidate by one of the corresponding schools. We also recommend arranging funding for the doctoral phase early on. This can be achieved either through an employment contract or a scholarship/stipend.
The focus is on the acquisition of competences that qualify and prepare doctoral candidates for areas of work inside and outside academia, for example, in business, administration and society.
In accordance with the recommendation of the EU Competence Framework for Researchers (2022), the OLTECH programme offers qualification opportunities in the following competence areas:
A) Specialist knowledge and academic work
B) Communication and cooperation
C) Personal and interdisciplinary development
OLTECH members, regardless of their specialisation, can structure their individual programme according to the standardised basic curriculum. The basic curriculum provides a balanced structure of modules covering all relevant areas of expertise.
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As an OLTECH doctoral candidate, you can study in the context of one of our four research areas. Furthermore, you can also enrol in our doctoral degree programme Neurosensory Science and Systems (PhD study programme).
This three-year doctoral degree programme addresses researchers pursuing their doctoral project in the Neurosciences. It provides training on research competence, skills concerning knowledge transfer and support for career planning. Doctoral candidates from such different fields as Medical Physics, Acoustics, Biology, Psychology and Neurosciences are enrolled, setting the frame for interdisciplinary cooperation and ample networking opportunities. The study of sensory systems is a key aspect of the neuroscientific research at the University of Oldenburg.
As a member, doctoral candidates have different options for using the services offered by the Graduate School and other related institutions:
Option 1:
Participation in individual courses (including participation confirmations and transcript of records/TOR)
Option 2:
Participation in individual courses and fulfilment of the requirements of the basic curriculum (structured doctorate) and, if applicable, specialised modules of a doctoral (degree) programme (final certificate of completion)
The University of Oldenburg is a young, research-oriented university with about 15,000 students, of which approx. 1,400 are PhD students. Since its founding in 1973, the university has brought economic and cultural innovation to north-western Germany. Strengthening the region as a centre of science and research is the goal of its close cooperation with the University of Bremen. Combining and developing scientific excellence with outstanding teaching characterises the agenda.
The Graduate School Science, Medicine and Technology (OLTECH) is one of two graduate schools of the University. The aims of the graduate schools are to train doctoral candidates in scientific knowledge to international standards, to enhance a structured doctorate and to develop interdisciplinary competences in preparation for a career in science or in enterprises. The OLTECH Graduate School offers services for the doctoral candidates of the School of Mathematics and Science, the School of Medicine and Health Sciences and the Department of Computing Science of the School of Computing Science, Business Administration, Economics, and Law.
The OLTECH Graduate School started in 2009 and has constantly developed. Presently there are about 300 doctoral candidates registered in the graduate school. About 25% of them are international students. Doctoral candidates of the graduate school are enrolled at the university. The semester contribution is about 435 EUR.
Being a member of the graduate school requires a doctoral project and a supervisor in one of the research groups at the University of Oldenburg. The OLTECH Graduate School provides no scholarships! The university announces open doctoral positions on its website.
The city of Oldenburg (176,000 inhabitants) is the economic, scientific and cultural centre of north-western Germany. Oldenburg is a modern university city and was Germany's City of Science 2009. Oldenburg is home to excellent scientific institutions and first-class researchers.
Please find more information about Oldenburg on the website of the city of Oldenburg.
PhD tutors will help you find accommodation in Oldenburg.
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