Graduate School of Law (doctorate)

The Graduate School of Law offers excellent legal training under one roof. The PhD students

  • are in constant contact with other PhD students and professors at the Faculty of Law.
  • benefit from good internal and external networking and establish contacts with interesting contacts for their dissertation projects.
  • have the ideal forum to present and discuss their dissertations with the doctoral colloquia "diss:kurs" ius.
  • develop their technical and methodological skills through a wide range of courses in the field of law.
  • choose specific training courses in practical skills that promote their career and personal development.
  • obtain a doctorate in the general doctorate or in the structured doctorate program.

Both the general doctorate and the doctorate program "Law in Transition" pass the doctorate as a double doctorate with a partner university (so-called Cotutelle de thèse).

Further information can be found here

General doctorate
  • 12 credit points
  • PhD students are members of the Graduate School of Law
  • No initial scholarships
  • Participation in "diss:kurs ius", subject-methodological training courses and "transferable skills" courses
Doctoral program "Law in transition"
  • 18 credit points
  • PhD students are members of the Graduate School of Law
  • Application for initial scholarships possible
  • Participation in internal doctoral student meetings and doctoral colloquia of the doctoral program
  • Participation in the extended range of specialist and methodological training courses and transferable skills courses tailored to the interests of PhD students
  • Additional participation in "diss:kurs ius" possible
  • Assumption of travel costs or participation in conference visits, workshops, etc.

Rules of Procedure of the Graduate School of Law

DocLunch is an informal meeting for PhD students where they have the opportunity to discuss specific subjects and exchange ideas with each other. The content is determined exclusively by the PhD students.

Previous events:

DocLunch on April 3 on the subject of "Methodology"

DocLunch on 29 May on the subject of "Social media in everyday university life: opportunities and risks" (incl. input presentation by Dr. Apollo Dauag on the subject of "What to look out for on LinkedIn?")

Next DocLunch: (tbd)

  • #iusbasel DocNet

PhD students in both general and structured doctorates have the opportunity to register for the ADAM-Workspace DocNet and get in touch with other PhD students of the Graduate School of Law. Access to the workspace can be applied for by sending an e-mail to forschungsdekanat-ius@clutterunibas.ch.

  • Support services for research groups

PhD students with common thematic or methodological research interests can form a research group. For activities of such research groups (joint meetings or events, possibly combined with the possibility of inviting external experts), the Graduate School of Law passes various support offers (e.g. support with the organization or provision of infrastructure, etc.). Corresponding applications should be sent by e-mail to martin.reimann@clutterunibas.ch. Research groups can have themselves listed in DocNet. This has the advantage that other PhD students with similar interests can contact the group.


Further information on doctoral studies at the University of Basel can be found on the website of the Graduate Center (GRACE).

Information on funding or financial support for the doctorate can be found here.

Link to Dean's Office contact area

Faculty of Law
Dr. iur. Martin Reimann
Peter Merian-Weg 8
P.O. Box 4002 Basel

Tel: +41 61 207 25 17