General Concept
The Integrated Research Training Group (IRTG-IMPM) is designed to meet the following fundamental guidelines:
- Ensure quality standards of excellence for doctoral research
- Offer junior scientists high-quality interdisciplinary training
- Foster international mobility and communication with an international expert community
- Support doctoral researchers in becoming independent researchers at the earliest stage possible
All doctoral researchers of the SFB 1313 are members of IRTG-IMPM and all doctoral researchers of the University of Stuttgart and the international partners working in the field of porous media are invited to join IRTG-IMPM. You can find more information on how to apply here.
The Four Pillars of the Qualification Programme
Subject related courses:
- First year training: core study programme with selected courses from M.Sc. study programmes. At least 6 credits must be achieved by full and associate members of IRTG-IMPM.
- Second year training: specialised short courses given by the Principal Investigators and the international partners. At least 3 credits must be achieved by full and associate members of IRTG-IMPM.
Soft-skill courses:
- Members of IRTG-IMPM may choose soft-skill courses from the course programme offered by GRADUS or attend comparable courses, e.g., workshops and soft-skill courses for women organised (partly) by SFB 1313.
- At least 3 credits must be achieved by full and associate members of IRTG-IMPM.
IRTG-IMPM organises a bi-weekly doctoral seminar (aligned with the SFB 1313 seminar) with presentations by the doctoral researchers and invited external scientists. An annual doctoral workshop and a 2-weeks summer school every second year complete the pillar.
IRTG-IMPM supports a stay abroad at one of our partner institutions for all doctoral researchers, with a duration of at least three months. Active participation at international workshops and conferences is highly encouraged as well. Full members can benefit from financial support by IRTG-IMPM for travelling.
IRTG-IMPM installs an advisory principle: each doctoral researcher is assigned a local advisors and two co-examiners. The advisor and the (prospective) co-examiners will be named in the admission application at the start of the doctoral programme and officially appointed for the milestone presentation. At least one co-examiner must belong to a foreign university or research institute.
Additionally, monitoring consists of:
- One presentation and an orientation interview with advisor and co-examiners during the first year
- Milestone presentation after 12-18 months
- At least one publication in a peer-reviewed journal
For further information please contact
Christian Rohde
Prof. Dr. rer. nat.Deputy Spokesperson, Principal Investigator, Research Projects B03 and C02, Project MGK
Grazia Lamanna
Dr.-Ing.Principal Investigator, Research Project A06, Project MGK
Samaneh Vahid Dastjerdi
Dr.-Ing.Postdoctoral Researcher, Management, Project MGK, Central Project Z