PhD
The number of PhD students who conduct research at a university of applied sciences and are supervised by their researchers, is continuously increasing. This entails growing institutional responsibility, which UAS7 actively adopts.
Universities of applied sciences are committed to research through their statutory mandate. Research activities at the individual locations of the UAS7 universities have increased significantly in recent years. The large number of mostly third-party funded R&D projects creates opportunities and structures at UAS7 universities that can be used for cooperative doctoral projects. Doctorates cover all subject disciplines of the universities. However, universities of applied sciences cannot grant PhD degrees on their own. In order to allow students to obtain a PhD, UAS7 universities cooperate with "traditional" research universities.
UAS7 has published a position paper on doctoral studies at universities of applied sciences, which defines quality standards for all UAS7 universities.
