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Our Offer
The Department of Technology and Systems 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 'Cyber Physical Systems'
Content
The doctoral program focuses on the value creation processes of physical systems that incorporate inherent partial intelligence through embedded software. In addition, the program addresses the topic of ‘Instrumentation and Control’.
Target Group
Doctoral candidates from the related disciplines of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, mechatronics, medical engineering, and technical computer science, who are pursuing doctoral projects related to the topics and research questions of the program.
Doctoral Degrees
Dr.-Ing.
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 dates and deadlines.
Contact Us
If you have any questions, please contact Dr. David Gilgen (david.gilgen@pknrw.de).
Doctoral Degree Regulations
of the Department of Technology and Systems of the Doctoral School for Applied Research in North Rhine-Westphalia from 24.04.2023 (.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)
