Research doctorate (PhD)
Promotion an der Fakultät für Architektur und Bauingenieurwesen
Doctorate at the Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering
University of Wuppertal · Fakultät für Architektur und Bauingenieurwesen · Wuppertal, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Official award
- Doktor der Ingenieurwissenschaften, Doktor-Ingenieur (Dr.-Ing.) or Doctor philosophiae (Dr. phil.), depending on the emphasis of the dissertationDr.-Ing.
- Pathway
- ResearchStated for Germany
- Format
- On campus
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Research doctorate under the faculty doctoral regulation of 11 July 2016, covering architecture and civil engineering; the degree is Dr.-Ing. or Dr. phil. depending on the dissertation's emphasis.
- Subject
- Architecture
- Department
- Fakultät für Architektur und Bauingenieurwesen
- Awarding body
- Bergische Universität Wuppertal
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 doctoral regulation says the degree is awarded on the basis of a dissertation and an oral examination.“Die Befähigung wird auf Grund einer beachtlichen wissenschaftlichen Arbeit (Dissertation), die einen Fortschritt des Standes der wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnis bedeutet, und einer mündlichen Prüfung festgestellt.”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
- Campus Haspel
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
Research degree details
- Department
- Fakultät für Architektur und Bauingenieurwesen (Fakultät 5)
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)