PhD Program in Jewish Studies

You can pursue a doctorate at the Institute of Jewish Studies. Upon completion of the doctorate, the Faculty of Humanities at Universität Hamburg awards the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Dr. phil.) in Jewish Studies.

Please check the website of the Faculty of Humanities to see if you meet the requirements for a doctorate at the faculty. The Faculty of Humanities provides a non-official reading version including amendments on its website.

Topic and Supervision

The first step in a doctoral project is to find a topic that you would like to write your doctoral thesis on. Check whether the topic is relevant to research and whether other work has already been done on this topic.

In addition, you will need a written confirmation of supervision or, in the case of a structured doctorate within the framework of the graduate school, the confirmation of a supervisory committee. Supervisors can be:

a full-time university professor employed at the Faculty of Humanities,
a habilitated scholar,
a retired or retired university professor of the faculty.

The amendment of April 12, 2017, to the doctoral degree program regulations of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Hamburg applies to persons suitable to serve as supervisors.

Individual or Structured PhD Programs

At the Faculty of Humanities, you have two options for doing a doctorate:

as part of a structured doctoral program in a graduate school.
as part of an individual doctoral program.

Both types of PhD at the Faculty of Humanities lead to the degree Dr. phil. However, they differ in their framework conditions.