Nationwide doctoral survey Nacaps enters the next survey wave - take part!

TU Dresden is partner of the National Academics Panel Study (Nacaps) of the German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW) since 2020. Nacaps is a longitudinal study on doctoral candidates and doctorate holders.

Nacaps generates versatile research data on the study conditions for doctorates, career aims and professional development, as well as on the general life situation of doctoral candidates and doctorate holders in Germany.

The first results of the study are accessible via a data portal: www.nacaps-datenportal.de. At TU Dresden, in 2021, more than 1300 doctoral candidates participated in the survey. You can read some of the central results on doctorates at TU Dresden here (in German only). Please register for this with your ZIH login.

The panel study will enter its third survey wave in 2023. At the end of February, all doctoral researchers who have been registered in the past two years will be invited to participate in the study.

Take Part!

Even if you feel that you did not follow the usual path to, or during your doctoral studies, your participation is very important because only with a wide range of respondents can we gain a full picture of the doctorate landscape. This also applies if you discontinue your doctorate in the meantime or if you only came to Germany for your doctorate or if you intend to leave Germany after completing your doctorate.

Scientific research, HEIs and educational policy will benefit from this information – and so will you yourself as a doctoral candidate!

Further information can be found here: https://www.nacaps.de/en/teilnahme/