Overview
Our BayWISS Joint Academic Partnership is a platform and network for both young and experienced researchers alike, and strengthens the culture of academic exchange between universities of applied sciences and universities – throughout Bavaria.
We promote doctoral candidates' personal development, provide a structured path towards gaining their doctorate and ensure academic quality
- clear supervision function, transparent expectations and structured milestones during the doctoral process via the BayWISS supervision agreement
- systematic introduction to the Scientific Community through external and internal network events and access to the Joint Academic Partnership universities´ graduate programmes (more on our events)
- exclusive platform for doctoral candidates, e.g. seminars, collegial advice, coaching, lecture series, symposia, training courses (can be jointly developed in a proactive and needs-oriented way)
- financial support for project-specific equipment, publications, conference trips, participation in workshops and training courses (including the cost of travel), as well as stays abroad for research purposes
- individual advice and organisational support by our coordinator.
Key components of the BayWISS "Verbundpromotion"
- university and university of applied sciences professors jointly and equally provide supervision and expert opinions on the doctorate
- no additional entrance hurdles according to type of university
- no differentiation in the doctoral degree according to academic origin
- name of supervising university of applied sciences on the university doctoral certificate
Upcoming

Past events
BayWISS Prize 2025
German Thesis Award – dissertations with relevance sought
Workshop Project Management in Science on 9 December 2024 (online)
"Die Rückkehr der Namen"
Online Weiterbildung für BayWISS-Promovierende aller Verbundkollegs
David Castro Lotero auf dem 3. Hermes-Kongress
Das Verbundkolleg Kommunikation & Medien lädt ein zum Netzwerktreffen 2021
IAMCR 2021 in Nairobi
Erfolgreiches 2. Netzwerktreffen des Verbundkollegs Kommunikation & Medien
Thomas Eckerl und Prof. Dr. Oliver Hahn auf der ECREA 2019 in Wien
Coordinator
Get in touch. We look forward to your questions and ideas for our Joint Academic Partnership communication, media & arts.
Mandy Fox
Koordinatorin BayWISS-Verbundkolleg communication, media & arts
Universität Passau
Philosophische Fakultät
Professur für Journalistik
Centre for Media and Communication
Innstr. 33a
94032 Passau
Telephone: +49 851 5092999
kommunikation-medien.vk [ at ] baywiss.de
