- Degree
- Doctoral degree (Dr rer nat) / PhD
- Course location
- Hamburg
- In cooperation with
- • Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN), Hamburg
• Earth and Society Research HUB (ESRAH), Hamburg
• Cluster of Excellence "Climate, Climatic Change, and Society" (CLICCS), Hamburg
• Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-ESM), Hamburg
• Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon
• German Climate Computing Centre (DKRZ)
- Teaching language
- • English
- Languages
- All courses are held in English.
- Programme duration
- 6 semesters
- Beginning
- Winter and summer semester
- Application deadline
- Interested MSc graduates or doctoral candidates who already hold a scholarship or have an employment at Universität Hamburg or a cooperating institution are welcome to get in touch with the SICSS office by e-mail: sicss@uni.hamburg.de.
- Tuition fees per semester in EUR
- None
- Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
- No
- Joint degree / double degree programme
- No
- Description/content
- The curriculum focuses on basic research in climate system interactions and climate effects. The graduate school guides the doctoral candidates to become highly qualified in their discipline, while at the same time developing competence, interdisciplinary thinking, and international networking.
Expert and integrated courses serve to increase the qualification level of the doctoral candidates. Introduction courses on climate system sciences are compulsory, while expert courses and summer schools are optional. Scientific skills trainings on how to manage scientific projects and how to write scientific publications and proposals are integral to the programme.