The WGS is open for all doctoral and postdoctoral researchers whose research project is located in water research.

Every doctoral researcher and postdoc interested in participating in the Water Graduate School (WGS) must apply for becoming a member of the WGS. Annual deadlines for applications, which must be submitted to the management team, are January 1st, April 1st, July 1st or October 1st. The final decision of each application will be sent to the applicant by the 15th of the corresponding month.

If you want to apply for the WGS as an doctoral or postdoctoral researcher please contact Dr. Vanessa Kramer in order to get all required forms and further information.

Doctoral researchers who want to apply for the WGS must fulfill the following requirements:

• The project of the applying doctoral researcher has a water-related research focus (demonstrated by a short project description).
• The applicant must officially be enrolled at the host faculty before applying to the WGS. Please note, that the application to the WGS is not the official enrollment for the doctoral research thesis.
• The 1st supervisor must be a member of the Centre for Water and Environmental Research (ZWU) at the University of Duisburg-Essen. In coordinated programs with at least the same number of PIs that are members of the ZWU than non-member PIs, it is sufficient if the second supervisor is a member of the ZWU (the first does not have to be).
• All doctoral researchers applying to the WGS must have a supervisory team consisting of at least; one supervisor (1st supervisor); one co-supervisor (2nd supervisor, if feasible from another discipline as the 1st supervisor) and one non-academic mentor from industry, NGOs, drinking water supplier or comparable
• All doctoral researcher applicants need to have a very good command of English (either B2 or confirmation by the supervisor) as all events will be held in English. It is also highly recommended to learn German as some workshops etc. will also be offered in German. Courses for learning both languages will be offered by the WGS.

Note: Applications are only accepted in English and should be submitted electronically to vanessa.kramer@uni-due.de with the required documents in pdf format.

Postdoctoral researchers who want to apply for the WGS have to fulfill the following requirements:

• Postdocs applying to the WGS have to be officially employed at an university or an university of applied science before applying to the WGS.
• The postdoc project has to be related to water research (needs to be demonstrated by a short project description).
• Postdocs may be members of the WGS for a maximum of six years after completing their doctorate. If the postdoc has staff responsibility for a doctoral researcher or another postdoc, the postdoc can no longer be a member of the WGS.
•  The professor of the working group has to be a member of the Centre for Water and Environmental Research (ZWU) at the University of Duisburg-Essen.
• All postdoc applicants need to be skilled in the English language as all events will be held in English. It is also highly recommended to learn German as some workshops etc. will also be offered in German. Courses for learning both languages will be offered by the WGS.

Note: Applications are only accepted in English and should be submitted electronically to vanessa.kramer@uni-due.de with the required documents in pdf format.