Research doctorate (PhD)
Promotion an der Fakultät Architektur und Stadtplanung
Doctorate at the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning
University of Stuttgart · Fakultät 1 Architektur und Stadtplanung · Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Official award
- Doktor der Ingenieurwissenschaften (Dr.-Ing.) or, depending on the supervisor, Dr. phil.Dr.-Ing.
- Pathway
- ResearchStated for Germany
- Format
- On campus
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Research doctorate in architecture and urban planning (Dr.-Ing. or Dr. phil.) supervised by a faculty member, with admission decided by the faculty doctoral committee.
- Subject
- Architecture
- Department
- Fakultät 1 Architektur und Stadtplanung
- Awarding body
- Universität Stuttgart
Qualification and professional pathway
Pathway is classified only from a statement on an official page. A degree title such as B.Arch, BA, BSc, M.Arch or MSc does not decide it, and no degree by itself grants permission to practise as an architect.
- Degree level
- Research doctorate (PhD)A research doctorate focused on architecture (PhD, Dr.-Ing. and equivalents).
- Pathway
- Research degreeA research degree. It does not qualify anyone to practise as an architect.
- Why we classify it this way
- The faculty states that it offers engineering (Dr.-Ing.) and, depending on the supervisor, humanities (Dr. phil.) doctorates.“Die Fakultät Architektur und Stadtplanung biete die Möglichkeit zu ingenieurwissenschaftlichen (Dr.-Ing.) und, abhängig von der betreuenden Person, geisteswissenschaftlichen (Dr.-Phil.) Promotionen.”Source
- Previous architecture degree required
- Not published
- Applicants without an architecture degree
- Not published
Accreditation, validation and recognition
Recorded for this program and campus, with the authority’s role. Institutional recognition, degree-awarding authority, program accreditation, professional validation and eligibility toward registration are different things; none of them is full professional registration.
No accreditation, validation or registration-pathway record for this program has been verified yet. That does not mean none exists; check the national authority and the institution.
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- Not published
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- University of Stuttgart
Teaching language
- Taught in
- Not stated on the pages we checked
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Portfolio
- Not published
- Interview
- Not published
- Previous qualification
- Master or recognised equivalent degree
Research degree details
- Department
- Fakultät 1 Architektur und Stadtplanung
- Finding a supervisor
- Applicants first contact a faculty member entitled to supervise doctorates; formal acceptance is then applied for at GRADUS and the faculty doctoral committee.
- Previous qualifications
- A master's degree or an equivalent recognised qualification; special admission rules apply to graduates of universities of applied sciences, cooperative/dual institutions and foreign universities.
Fees and costs
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per year, per credit, whole program), academic year and student category, and is never converted. Annual tuition and whole-program tuition are different figures.
The institution does not publish tuition for this program on the pages we checked. Ask for current fees, what they include and whether studio, materials, printing, software, equipment and field-trip costs are extra.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, duration, full-time or part-time options, intakes, portfolio requirement, whether a previous architecture degree is required, accreditation or validation record.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 19 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 19 October 2026)