Postgraduate Education in Russia and Germany: Drawing Together

The paper is concentrated on the study and understanding German and Russian reforms and initiatives at the Doctoral level. The primary focus of this publication is the international joint supervision of doctoral students. It is aimed at the solution of critically important issues like provision of the most effective mechanism of the doctoral researches supervision, overcoming different formal requirements to thesis preparation and defense while securing the best HEIs traditions in training the third level specialists.

continental model of doctoral studies, American model of doctoral studies, Full-time doctoral studies, Doktorandenkolleg, Excellence clusters, Cotutelle