Two faculties – One doctoral training programme

The Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology is run by historians and sociologists from the University of Bielefeld. This close cooperation is not a chance development. Mutual, strongly theoretical research and training relations have existed between the two sides for a while. With the Graduate School, an interdisciplinary structure has now been integrated. The School prepares doctoral students for various postdoctoral career fields. The research focuses on six topic lines: * Science and technology research * The political as a communication space in history * World society * Historical and comparative semantics * Social injustice * Structures between relatives A highly competitive selection process, intensive support and advice services, visiting professors from home and abroad, and an “Autumn School” – organised by doctoral students – are some of the trademarks of the Graduate School. The recruitment of foreign doctoral students and specific support for German doctoral students on their stays abroad, attendance of international conferences, and publications in international journals all aim, naturally, to create an international setting and focus.