Doctorate places and one GSSP-Scholarship in the Graduate School Language & Literature Munich (Class of Language)

The Class of Language of the Graduate School Language & Literature Munich is inviting applications for PhD-places starting the forthcoming summer semester 2023.

Within the current application round, the Class of Language invites applications for regular programme places (without funding) as well as for one PhD-scholarship within the Graduate School Scholarship Programme (GSSP) of the DAAD.

The scholarship is aimed at excellent international applicants who will have lived in Germany for no longer than 15 months by February 2023 and have a good knowledge of German (B2 level).

Within the Class of Language, doctoral students enjoy excellent conditions in an interdisciplinary environment with around 50 participants working on a broad variety of linguistic topics. The programme is research oriented and has a systematically structured interdisciplinary curriculum. It offers an individual and intensive advisory programme for doctoral candidates, an international guest-speaker program, financial support for international research projects as well as a variety of courses to strengthen personal and analytical skills. Double-degrees within the framework of ‘Cotutelle de Thèse’ are supported.

Requirements for a successful application, both for the scholarship and for the regular program places, include an above-average first university degree in a linguistic subject, the willingness to actively participate in a structured doctoral program, and a convincing project outline.

Deadline for applications: December 11, 2022.

Further information:
• Regarding the Class of Language: https://www.lipp.uni-muenchen.de/index.html
• Regarding the application process: https://www.lipp.uni-muenchen.de/bewerbung/index.html
• Regarding the DAAD-Scholarship: https://www.daad.de/de/infos-services-fuer-hochschulen/weiterfuehrende-infos-zu-daad-foerderprogrammen/gssp/

Contact:

Dr. Felix Bokelmann
Graduate School Language & Literature Munich
LMU Munich
Telephone: +49 (0) 89 2180 6880
Mail: [email protected]