GSD

Supporting early-career researchers is a top priority at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. In 2012, the Graduate School of Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences (GSD) was established – the first of its kind at a university of applied sciences in Hesse and one of the first in Germany.

As the central point of contact for all matters relating to doctoral studies, the GSD offers a wide range of support for anyone interested in pursuing a doctorate and for doctoral candidates, supervising professors, all faculties, institutes and departments at h_da, as well as all cooperation partners. In particular, the GSD helps students to make the most of h_da’s diverse international opportunities. 

It houses the administrative office of the Doctoral Centre for Sustainability Sciences and acts as the local point of contact for the Doctoral Centres for Applied Computer Science and Social Work. When organising collaborative doctoral programmes, the Graduate School facilitates coordination with partner institutions and draws up the necessary agreements.

Through its own right to award doctorates in research-intensive disciplines within the doctoral centres and the organisation of collaborative doctoral programmes, h_da offers its graduates a continuous academic education from the Bachelor’s degree right through to a doctorate.