Diversity through cooperation – Recommendations of the UniWiND board on procedures for doctoral qualification with partner institutions

Diversity through cooperation – Recommendations of the UniWinD board on procedures for doctoral qualification with partner institutions

English Translation of the German Paper „Vielfalt durch Kooperation –
Empfehlungen des UniWinD-Vorstands zu Promotionsverfahren mit Partnereinrichtungen“ (2019).

The English translation of the German position statement „Vielfalt durch Kooperation – Empfehlungen des UniWinD-Vorstands zu Promotionsverfahren mit Partnereinrichtungen“ (February 2019) is now available. „Doctoral qualification in cooperation with partner institutions“ or so called „cooperative doctorates“ describes cases in which, in addition to a university or institution of higher education, external partners are involved. This may relate to cooperation with other universities, with non-university research institutions, with companies, with colleges or universities of applied sciences (in Germany Fachhochschulen, FHs, and Hochschulen für angewandte Wissenschaften, HAWs), with international partner institutions (for instance in form of Cotutelle or double degree programs) or other forms of external or extra-occupational doctorates with partners such as cultural institutions, foundations, archives, schools or churches. The aim of this position statement is to give general recommendations for procedures during cooperative doctoral research, independent of the nature of the partner institutions.