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Researching Real-World Societal Problems
The Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences (BAGSS) is a school that joins the Faculty of Social Sciences, Economics, and Business Administration with the Faculty of Human Sciences and Education at the University of Bamberg. Social, empirical, and educational sciences are major fields of research in Bamberg, and this research has a highly regarded international reputation. Bamberg itself is located in Franconia, a region in southern Germany.
A Focused Interdisciplinary Profile
BAGSS seeks to stimulate and guide state-of-the-art doctoral research on vital concerns faced by modern, knowledge-based societies. Specialised research agendas have been grouped into four thematic pillars at BAGSS:
- Education, Personal Development, and Learning from Early Childhood to Adulthood
- Educational and Social Inequality Across the Entire Life Course
- Changes in Human Capital, Labour Markets, and Demographic Structures and Their Impact on Social Inequality in Modern Societies
- Governance, Institutional Change, and Political Behaviour
These thematic research agendas are linked by a sound methodological base in the empirical social sciences, a shared interest in the interaction between institutions on the one hand and individual choices and societal processes on the other hand.
The substantial problems with which BAGSS scholars are concerned often cross the boundaries of academic disciplines. BAGSS pools the expertise of sociologists, psychologists, educational and political scientists, economists, demographers, and statisticians to provide state-of-the-art, multi- and interdisciplinary supervision of doctoral researchers.
- Faculties
Human Sciences and Education
- Educational Science
- Psychology
Social Sciences, Economics, and Business Administration
- Political Science
- Sociology
- Economics
- Statistics and Econometrics
- Course language
Due to the international community, the language of instruction at BAGSS is English.
- Financial support
- Yes
- Structured research and supervision
- Yes
- Research training / discussion
- Yes
- Career advisory service
The Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences partners with its host institution, the University of Bamberg, in advising doctoral students about career paths in and outside of academia through courses and individual counselling.
- Support for international students and doctoral candidates
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- Welcome event
- Tutors
- Specialist counselling
- Help with finding accommodation
- Support with registration procedures
- General services and support for international students and doctoral candidates
- Key skills development
- career advising
- extra-curricular support
- activities
- frequent mini-workshops
- tailored courses and workshops
- research and travel support
- teaching opportunities
BAGSS cooperates closely with different departments at the University of Bamberg, e.g. the Welcome Centre (International Office) and the Graduate Centre Trimberg Research Academy (TRAc).
- List of doctoral programmes and other offers
Doctoral Training: Tailored to Your Needs
At BAGSS, doctoral researchers are supported by a committee of three supervisors. Doctoral researchers also benefit from a structured, well-funded training programme tailored to their individual needs. The language of instruction at BAGSS is English. You can write and defend your thesis in English or in German.
The programme is designed to be completed in three years. During this time, defined milestones will help you and your supervisors to evaluate the progress of the doctoral research project.
Excellent Conditions
Our aim is to create an optimal research environment for doctoral researchers and to provide you with every possibility for networking.
Training: Personalised and Responsive
- Close personal supervision by three professors
- Individual and flexible course programme
- Methodological and theoretical courses
A Community of Scholars
- Inter-institutional and international cooperation
- Internationally renowned visiting scholars
- Frequent mini-workshops
Preparation for the Job Market
- Workshops in transferable and professional skills
- Teaching opportunities
- Higher education didactics
- Career development workshops
University of Bamberg
Since the founding of the University of Bamberg in 1647, it is the people who have been its top priority. The close proximity of students and instructors provides for excellent advisory services, personal communication and interdisciplinary studies.
The University of Bamberg, with about 12,000 students, is among Germany's medium-sized universities. The university currently offers roughly 100 programmes at the Bachelor's and Master's level.
The university’s main areas of academic focus lie in the humanities, social sciences, economics, business administration and human sciences. These are rounded out by numerous programmes in application-oriented computer science. The premises of the four faculties are concentrated in three main locations that are easily reached by bicycle or via the local network of bus routes.
One of the University of Bamberg's main strengths is its commitment to a focus on international studies. The university’s International Office maintains exchange programmes with approximately 300 universities in nearly 60 countries worldwide.
There are currently about 1,700 foreign students from 100 countries enrolled at the University of Bamberg. The range of courses offered at the university reflects this focus on international studies. Degree programmes in fields like international business administration and management, European economic studies, or the joint Master’s degree in English and American Studies all require that students spend up to one year studying abroad. Furthermore, international students receive a great deal of support outside the classroom.
In order to help visiting students from around the globe become better integrated and acquainted with daily life, the International Office organises a tandem programme that brings together local and foreign students.
The university's international guests also have the opportunity to participate in an extensive programme of excursions and events meant to present a broader experience of life in Germany, even beyond the city of Bamberg. An international "Stammtisch" provides students with the opportunity to socialise and share experiences.
www.uni-bamberg.de/en/university/profile/
https://www.uni-bamberg.de/en/studies/living-studying/
190 Number of BAGSS alumni and current doctoral fellows
44 Countries of origin of BAGSS alumni and current doctoral fellows
University location
Located in Northern Bavaria, it is easy to travel to and from Bamberg using many different means of transport. For those travelling by car, the city can be reached from all directions via the A70 and A73 motorways. Bamberg's railway station is also a stop on the ICE line between Munich and Berlin, which means that both cities can be reached without changing trains. Nuremberg, Bavaria's second-largest city, is approximately 45 minutes away by train, and its international airport provides flights to destinations worldwide.
www.uni-bamberg.de/en/studies/living-studying/mobility/
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