You play in the premier league. Then get the title too.
You play in the premier league. Then get the title too.
As a doctoral candidate, you will enhance the innovative strength of the company with the latest academic findings. This will enable you to develop and nurture expertise, both for yourself and your colleagues. The aim of the Volkswagen doctoral programme is to academically explore future issues of relevance for the company and to give you the opportunity to complete your doctorate in the best possible setting in collaboration with your university.
- Target group: University graduates aiming to undertake a doctorate
- Start: The call for applications and start take place all year round
- Duration: Fixed period of three years
The prerequisites
To apply for a position on our doctoral programme, you need to have completed a university degree at masters or diploma level before you start working with us. A PhD at bachelor level is unfortunately not possible. You do not need to have a doctoral supervisor in place to apply. However, it is recommended to have had initial discussions with potential doctoral supervisors concerning your fundamental doctoral project.
Your university and Volkswagen: A strong team
You complete your doctorate in the classic way at your university. Responsibility for ensuring compliance with the PhD regulations and for your acceptance as a doctoral candidate lies solely with your university. We at Volkswagen will support you in practice as a reliable partner in the framework of our three-year doctoral programme. In this respect, Volkswagen is guided by the joint position of BDA, BDI, HRK (German Rectors' Conference of 21 March 2018) and Stifterverband on doctoral degrees offered in partnership between doctorate-conferring universities and companies.
The programme in detail
Programme content
Volkswagen offers a comprehensive doctoral programme in conjunction with the AutoUni, the VW Group’s institute of higher education. The programme includes:
- Seminars on academic texts
- Seminars on interdisciplinary training
- Use of a private room for doctoral students with a clean desk policy and the facility to access a large number of e-journals and computer programs
- Participation in a doctoral colloquium on the exchange of academic information with representatives from the teaching profession and other doctoral candidates in the Volkswagen Group.
- An option to publish your dissertation in the AutoUni’s series of academic journals
The inside story
Who could be better qualified to provide a clear and credible report about our doctoral programme than a doctoral candidate at Volkswagen? Take a look here at an interesting report.
Impressed? Then apply now.
Deadlines and durations:
We advertise positions for the doctoral programme at Volkswagen all year round. You can therefore apply to us at any time. The respective job description indicates roughly when you will start working with us. You should clarify the details together with Human Resources and your department.
Is this your first time to apply to us?
Not a problem: to make sure you get it right we can tell you first how it works.
Current positions
You will find all the latest positions available for the doctoral programme in our job portal. Should you not find a suitable doctoral offer, simply check back at a later time or activate the push notification (Job Agent).
