Doctoral programs at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and their subfields allow you to pursue a structured doctorate. Here, you can develop your own research productively within an international group of committed doctoral students, attend courses and conferences, and establish yourself within a dynamic scientific community through your own initiative.

Doctoral programs funded by the Swiss Conference of Higher Education Institutions (SHZ)

Swiss Conference of Higher Education Institutions (SHZ) programs are interuniversity doctoral programs or positions funded on a fixed-term basis. The following programs are currently operating at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences:

The following SHZ-funded programs are integrated into the Graduate School of Social Sciences (G3S) as subprograms:

Associated interdisciplinary Doctoral Program



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