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Do you have any questions about the Department or need further information? Please contact us.
Our Offer
The Department of Construction and Culture trains its early-career researchers within a structured doctoral program that offers a wide range of benefits.
Targeted Qualification
By participating in lectures, seminars, workshops, and colloquia offered by the department and the Doctoral School NRW, doctoral candidates expand their academic expertise and strengthen their methodological and transferable skills, equipping themselves for future careers inside or outside academia
Intensive Supervision
Doctoral candidates benefit from supervision by three professors, regular progress meetings, and a mandatory supervision agreement.
Interdisciplinary Networking
The department understands itself as a networking platform. Doctoral candidates exchange ideas within their own research communities and in inter- and transdisciplinary contexts.
Doctoral Program 'Built Environment and Cultural Heritage'
Content
The doctoral program addresses the design of landscapes, cities, spaces, and buildings, the construction methods of structures, as well as techniques for the preservation and communication of art and cultural heritage.
Target Group
Doctoral candidates with a degree in technical, natural or engineering sciences as well as a degree in design, humanities or cultural studies who are dealing with the topics and issues of the doctoral program in their doctoral projects.
Doctoral Degree
Dr.-Ing.
Dr. phil.
Dr. rer. nat.
Language
German
Program Duration
3 years
Admission and Enrollment
You can apply for admission and enrollment at any time. Please refer to the information on admission and enrollment as well as our schedule of dates and deadlines.
Contact Us
If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Britta Köhler-Hoff (britta.koehler@pknrw.de).
Writing a Research Proposal (gem./eng.)
Advice from the Department of Construction and Culture (.pdf)
Doctoral Degree Regulations
of the Department of Construction and Culture of the Doctoral School for Applied Research in North Rhine-Westphalia from 14.03.2023 (.pdf)
Framework Doctoral Degree Regulations
of the Doctoral School for Applied Research in North Rhine-Westphalia dated 31.01.2023 in the version dated 05.05.2025 (.pdf)
