FAQ - Doctoral Studies at the IRTG
You must have completed a master’s degree in one of the following disciplines represented by the Institute for Latin American Studies (LAI): Cultural and Social Anthropology, Gender Studies, History, Literatures and Cultures of Latin America, Economics, Political Science or Sociology. Moreover, your research project should be thematically related to the IRTG “Temporalities of Future - Dynamics of Aspiration and Anticipation”, and specifically to one of the following research lines: protagonists of the future, projections into the future or processes that affect the future.
Finding a supervisor is your responsibility. As with your master’s degree, the supervisor of your doctoral project has to be from one of our disciplines. On our website, you can find all our disciplines as well as the contact information of our professors and lecturers. Please contact them directly.
Freie Universität Berlin is a public university. It charges some fees and contributions, which are around €313 per semester. This amount includes a semester ticket for public transportation in Berlin. The legal justification for these fees and contributions may be viewed here (in German and English).