International Doctorate Programme European Urban Studies and Doctorate Research Group Urban Heritage

Application Deadline: March 31, 2012
Contact: Jennifer Plaul, E-mail: jennifer.plaul@uni-weimar.de

Admission Requirements
At least an excellent bachelor's degree or equivalent from a recognised university in a subject related to the European Urban Studies programme as well as a very good previous academic performance are required for admission to the doctorate programme. Candidates must be proficient in English. German is strongly recommended.
 
Suppporting Documents
The application should be organized according to the application guidelines which you can downlowad here. If you wish to apply for admission to the doctorate programme European Urban Studies at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, you must provide the following documents (unstapled and no data media such as CDs or disks):  

• Application Form:
Please fill in our online application form first. After submitting it online, print it out and submit it with the other application documents in paper form.
 
• Curriculum Vitae:
A one to two page summary of your academic and professional career. You might also want to list special achievements or qualifications as well as publications.

• Letter of Motivation (one page)

• Research Proposal (Exposé):
A detailed description (ca. 5 pages) of your research proposal should outline the topic of your doctoral dissertation and your research methods. It should reflect on the state of the art research in the field you are interested in. Finally, a bibliography of books and research articles, which are most relevant for your topic, should be attached to the exposé. You can download a form for the research proposal from the link above.
 
• Certificates and Transcripts:
The application must include an officially authenticated copy of the student's university entrance qualification, i.e. general certificate of secondary education or high school leaving certificate depending on your country's educational system. Complete and official certificates and transcripts of all previous college or university study must be submitted. Official transcripts should either be submitted as an original document or the submitted copies should be officially certified. All documents must be provided in the original language. Documents in languages other than English or German must be accompanied by officially certified translations into English (or German). Official certifications can be carried out by a notary public, the German Embassy or Consulate in your home country, and the institutions that originally issued the document. The certificates and transcripts should include the grade point average, the grades received in each subject each year, the number of weeks and the number of hours per week that each subject was studied.
 
• Letter of Recommendation:
A  letter of recommendation from your academic mentor and/or employer. You can download a form of the letter of recommendation from the link above.
 
• Language Skills:
Applicants who are not native speakers must prove/document their proficiency in the English
language through:
- Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) 550 (paper-based)/213 (computer-based) (for details see: www.toefl.org )
- Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English, level C
- IELTS Band 6.0 (for details see: www.ielts.org )
- UNIcert Stufe 3
- or other comparable certificates.
Exceptions are possible in the case of a successful completion of an English-speaking degree programme in the past.
Applicants who are not German native speakers are strongly advised to improve their proficiency in German (TestDAF Stufe 4, "Zentrale Mittelstufenprüfung" offered by the Goethe-Institute or comparable certificate) to take full advantage of the programme.
Intensive language workshops and semester courses are offered in Weimar for those
applicants whose English or German has not quite reached the required level of proficiency.

Application Deadline
March 31
 
Submitting the Application
Applications for admission should be submitted to the below  mentioned address. Applications or documents of application submitted by fax or e-mail cannot be accepted.
 
Applicants from China
Before you can apply for the programme, you need to have your application material (certificates etc.) checked by the Akademische Prüfstelle (APS).
Any application forwarded to us must be accompanied by the original APS certificate.
 
Deutsche Botschaft
Akademische Prüfstelle
8 North Dongsanhuan Road
Chaoyang District
100004 Beijing
Fon: +86 (0)10 - 6590 7138
Fax: +86 (0)10 - 6590 7140
https://www.aps.org.cn/web/kuaps@163bj.com
 
Further Information
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Department of Architecture
Institute for European Urban Studies
Jennifer Plaul M.A.
99421 Weimar
Germany
Tel.: + 49 (0)3643 - 582645
Fax: + 49 (0)3643 - 582642
E-Mail: jennifer.plaul@uni-weimar.de
 
Admission
Admission to the European Urban Studies Programme is highly competitive. A pre-selection for the programme will be made by an admission committee on the basis of the documents of application by May 15th. In addition, personal interviews, usually carried out in the home country of the student in June, are part of the admission process. 
 
Start of Programme
The beginning of the programme is October 1st. Intensive language courses are offered in August and September.

Scholarships
We would like to point out that the Institute of European Urban Studies does not supply scholarships.