Graduate School of Spatial Sciences

Are you curious, research-driven, and eager to learn? Then consider our PhD programme in urban and regional studies. The Graduate School of Spatial Sciences offers high quality research-driven education for talented students who want to be trained as academic researcher in Spatial Sciences at PhD level. The Graduate School has a unique multidisciplinary perspective and combines research methodologies from cultural geography, demography, economic geography, and planning.

The prime objective of the PhD programme within the Graduate School of Spatial Sciences is to provide PhD researchers with a solid basis for independent research. The programme emphasizes the knowledge and skills that researchers need to write a dissertation, which is the ultimate proof of an individual’s proficiency in empirical research.

To obtain this objective, PhD researchers complete an educational program consisting of various modules, which help them to develop a number of academic skills. Some modules are related to the field of theory, some to methodology and analytical skills, others to personal and research competences. Moreover, they focus on developing skills for the PhD researcher's subsequent career.