How will I be supervised at the IWH?

In the IWH doctoral programme, each student has a supervisor who provides support and advice in all phases of the doctorate. This supervision is often individualised, whereby the supervisors are (junior) professors who have extensive research and publication experience.

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Thanks to the excellent staffing ratio at the IWH, supervisors are able to cater to the individual needs of doctoral students. This also includes the frequency and detail of consultations on research projects. Particularly at the beginning of the doctorate, it is advisable to maintain regular and active consultations in order to correctly narrow down and define the research topic.

The supervisors at the IWH are also available to answer doctoral students' questions about the examinations at the cooperating universities where the doctorates are ultimately awarded. Even after the examinations and the award of the doctorate, the supervisors remain an important source of support, for example with placement on the labour market, writing letters of recommendation and starting a career.