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The Minds, Media, Machines Integrated Graduate School (MMMIGS) supports doctoral candidates and supervisors within the interdisciplinary high-profile area Minds, Media, Machines (MMM) at the University of Bremen.

In particular, the MMMIGS promotes the establishment of structured doctoral programs, serves as a hub for existing programs, and offers comprehensive qualification, networking, and support opportunities for all doctoral candidates in the doctoral programs and MMM working groups. The MMMIGS program complements the transferable skills workshops offered by the Bremen Early Career Researcher Development (BYRD) as well as the thematic courses offered by the doctoral programs themselves.

Background

At the University of Bremen, the right to award doctorates is exercised by the faculties, whose doctoral committees develop the corresponding regulations and procedural rules. Approval by the Vice President for International Affairs, Academic Qualification, and Diversity ensures the quality of the procedures.

Academic supervision of doctoral candidates is usually carried out individually by a university professor. Individual supervision can, however, be supplemented by various instruments that serve quality assurance and promote the academic independence of the doctoral candidates. This includes the involvement of additional (external) supervisors and reviewers, e.g., within the framework of structured doctoral programs, measures to embed doctoral candidates in an appropriate academic context, and training programs that prepare doctoral candidates for careers – including those outside of academia.

The Minds, Media, Machines Integrated Graduate School carries these measures into the high-profile area and promotes their implementation. In particular, the MMMIGS focuses on establishing structured doctoral programs, involving doctoral candidates in the high-profile area, and offering a subject-specific qualification program.

MMMIGS spokesperson

Group of Computer Architecture
Phone: +49 (0) 421 218-63932
Email: drechsler (at) uni-bremen.de

MMMIGS spokesperson

Digital Media Lab
Phone: +49 (0) 421 218-64402
Email: malaka (at) tzi.de

MMMIGS coordinator

MMMIGS
Phone: +49 (0) 421 218-64443
Email: wollschlaeger (at) uni-bremen.de

What are structured doctoral programs?

Structured doctoral programs are characterized by a thematically focused research program and a complementary study program. Typically, five to ten faculty members and up to 30 doctoral candidates are involved in such a doctoral program.

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Establishment of new doctoral programs

The MMMIGS supports MMM members in establishing structured doctoral programs and in acquiring third-party funding for such programs, for example as a DFG Research Training Group or an EU MSCA Doctoral Network.

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Network of structured doctoral programs

Structured doctoral programs involving at least two faculty members from the high-profile area MMM are eligible to join the MMMIGS network. The network currently consists of eight doctoral programs.

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Doctoral candidates

Doctoral candidates from the doctoral programs within the MMMIGS network are accepted as members of the Minds, Media, Machines Integrated Graduate School. In addition, individual membership in the MMMIGS is open to doctoral candidates whose doctorate is supervised by a member of the high-profile area Minds, Media, Machines (MMM). All members receive access to the MMMIGS's networking, qualification, and support measures.

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Faculty members

Faculty members involved in one of the doctoral programs within the MMMIGS network, as well as members of the high-profile area Minds, Media, Machines (MMM), are eligible for membership in the Minds, Media, Machines Integrated Graduate School. Upon request, they will receive access to the online community and the MMMIGS handbook, as well as to the graduate school's other networking opportunities.

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Doctoral programs

Structured doctoral programs involving at least two faculty members of the high-profile area Minds, Media, Machines are eligible to join the network of the integrated graduate school MMMIGS. This applies to both third-party funded doctoral programs and programs that meet the minimum standards for recognition as a structured doctoral program at the University of Bremen.

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