Please submit all your regular application documents as one PDF-document to irtg-transtip(at)tu-braunschweig.de before the application deadline!
You should prepare the following documents:
PostDoc candidates should also submit:
Application documents that are neither in English nor German must be translated into one of these two languages. During the application, unofficial translations serve well. Upon admission and to register as a doctoral researcher at the Technische Universität Braunschweig, the Leibniz Universität Hannover, or the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, officially certified translations are required.
The TransTiP selection committee (project PIs) prescreen the applications and select promising candidates.
Promising applicants will be invited to a Candidate-Colloquium in Braunschweig (2-3 days). International applicants will be interviewed by video-conference. Skype interviews will possibly be held prior to invitation.
During the Candidate Colloquium the applicants
The final selection is made in mutual agreement with the Chinese partners by video-conference, as those are also the responsible persons during residence of the German doctoral researcher in China. A timely selection procedure is crucial for the application of field work permits by our Chinese partners. The selection committee will also decide twice a year about the acceptance of doctoral researchers funded by other sources than TransTiP.