THM offers outstanding research opportunities for early-career researchers pursuing their doctorates in a practical and application-oriented environment. THM
studies can be undertaken as a cooperative program with a university in Germany or abroad, or through the Graduate Centre for Engineering Sciences at the Research Campus of Central Hessen of Justus Liebig University Giessen , Philipps University Marburg, and the Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen (PZI). THM authorized to conduct independent doctoral programs leading to the Dr.-Ing. in the field of Life Science Engineering These doctoral programs are led by THM within the framework of the PZI.

Doctoral candidates are integrated into research (and teaching) at THM Centres of Competence ( https://www.thm.de/Centres Centres of Competence / THM
doctoral candidates , for example, in good scientific practice, academic writing, and project management.
The THM supports doctoral candidates with seed funding, completion grants, and subsidies for travel and publication costs.