There are no tuition fees for the Doctoral Programme.

Doctoral students enrolled in the programme pay the following contributions each semester:

  • A contribution to the Student Services Seezeit (80 €).
  • An administrative fee for services of the University administration (60 €).
  • A student body contribution (10 €)

Further information on fees and contributions.

Employment in the Department of Economics as a teaching assistant at an academic chair or as a research assistant for a research project is a possible form of financing.

Job adverts of the University of Konstanz.

Interested applicants are also encouraged to apply to other institutions for funding. A wide range of public and private foundations offer postgraduate scholarships both in Germany and abroad:

Association of German Foundations

Federal Ministry of Education and Research - Scholarship Database

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).