Why do a doctorate?
A doctorate proves your expert status in your field and lays the foundation for an academic career. Skills acquired here, such as problem-solving, self-organization and motivation, also qualify you for management positions in large companies.
Above all, however, the doctorate gives you the opportunity to work on your area of interest in a largely self-determined and very intensive way. If you enjoy scientific work, a doctorate can be very fulfilling – computer science in particular is a forward-looking scientific discipline that is developing rapidly and constantly offers new questions and challenges that are just waiting to be solved.
Why do a doctorate at our faculty?
The ecosystem of our faculty offers unique opportunities for an exciting doctoral project in which you will be supervised by renowned researchers. Thanks to a close network of universities, research institutes, such as the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy or the Center of Advanced Internet Studies, and a strong IT industry, the city of Bochum is increasingly developing into the capital of IT and IT security. This is not least due to the excellently trained specialists who receive a wide range of support from us during their doctorate.
RUB Research School
All doctoral students from the 21 faculties are part of the RUB Research School. The RUB’s central graduate school provides doctoral students and post-docs with a comprehensive interdisciplinary qualification, service and support program.
