Georg-August-Universität Göttingen - Göttingen Graduate School of Social Sciences

The Göttingen Graduate School of Social Sciences (GGG) was founded in 2005 to combine Ph.D. programmes of five different faculties and to offer post-graduate education on a very high level as well as excellent support. The five founding faculties contribute to the programme and provide a wide range of classes covering methods and interdisciplinary topics. Ph.D. students are also given the opportunity to take advanced classes in their field of specialization.
Some of these classes are offered within the ‘Methodenwoche’, an annual summer school that is part of the programme.

The main tasks of the Graduate School include:

further developing a structured Ph.D. program in the faculties

supporting over bridging cooperations, i.e. in PhD programs

improving of Ph.D. supervision by further developing thesis committees and support networks

supporting Ph.D. students and networking

integrating international Ph.D. students, amongst others by the helpdesk for international Ph.D. students and further developing the internationalisation

qualifying Ph.D. students: methodology, key skills, job entry

further developing and improving job entry chances with the SME-network

providing services and support programmes