This innovative doctoral programme, which starts each year in the winter semester, offers a clearly structured and research-oriented three-year study programme of a high academic standard. In the winter semester 2002/03, the
International PhD Programme (IPP) in Literary and Cultural Studies was established at Justus Liebig University (JLU), Giessen. This programme is funded by the
DAAD within the framework of the “Promovieren an Hochschulen in Deutschland“ (PHD) programme.