Doctoral programme: European Business School, International University Schloß Reichartshausen Oestrich-Winkel

The innovative doctoral programme of EBS constitutes an important part of our range of services. Our objective is to provide doctoral students with an inspiring and challenging research environment. Unique in its form in Germany, the programme complements the supervision by a professor with the following modules:

• Obligatory courses conveying a theoretical and methodological background supplemented by specialized electives customized to the student’s individual field of research.
• Annual proposal defences guaranteeing regular feedback and involvement of the candidate’s second supervisor in the research process.
• The opportunity to spend a research semester at one of our international partner universities.
• Obligatory presentation of a competitive paper at an international scientific conference.
• Presentations and discussions at the monthly Research Colloquium of the EBS.

Admission Requirments

To be accepted and enrolled as a doctoral student, applicants need to be accepted both by a supervising professor and by the Doctorates Committee.

As a minimum requirement, applicants need to have a master degree (with a cumulated minimum of 300 ECTS in their bachelor and master) or a "Diplomkauffrau/-mann" with a GPA of 2.5 or higher (“Prädikatsexamen”).

In the case of international degrees, additional three months processing time may be required. Accordingly, documents need to be submitted well in advance. In addition the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) is required of all applicants.