New joint doctoral program between the University of Bayreuth and Deakin University, Australia

The University of Bayreuth and Deakin University have signed an agreement enabling joint PhDs at the two institutions in Germany and Australia.

by Dr. Irina Herrschner · 19.08.2021

PhD candidates at Bayreuth and Deakin now have the opportunity for an international, joint PhD in Bayreuth and at Melbourne’s Deakin University. This means that a candidate will be jointly enrolled, supervised by one supervisor in either country and will finally graduate with two PhD testamurs. During the candidature each joint candidate will spend at least 12 months at the other institutions and thus have the opportunity to gain international experience an exposure in two different linguistic, cultural and research environments.

Deakin University is a longstanding partner of the University of Bayreuth and has campuses in Melbourne and the western part of Victoria. Focus of the collaborations have so far been in the areas of sport science, health economics and law with participation in Bayreuth’s international summerschool, joint workshops and visits. The joint PhD program will add to this partnership and hopefully allow many PhD candidates to take advantages of this international program, as well as strengthen and further the relationship between the two Universities.

Prof. Dr. Stefan Leible (left) and Dr. Arnim Heinemann after the signing of the joint doctoral program.

Visit of the delegation from Bayreuth with scientists* from Deakin Health Economics in February 2020.

Dr. Irina Herrschner

Manager Gateway Office of the Universität Bayreuth in Melbourne

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