Registration as a doctoral student
Students with an appropriate educational background can apply for registration as a doctoral student. Information on the conditions of admission for the doctoral studies are provided by the Admissions Office. For additional information concerning the application procedure, please consult the Students Administration Office. For questions regarding your study programme please contact the corresponding department of your faculty.

Mobility Programmes
Doctoral students can also participate in the mobility programmes of the University of Lucerne, though some limitations do apply. For further information please refer to the academic advisory service of your department or faculty. The Swiss Government provides university grants for foreign postgraduate students. Information on the offers and registration requirements are provided by the Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students, ESKAS.

Housing for Incoming Doctoral Students
The University of Lucerne does not offer housing. Information on housing in Lucerne and a broad offer of flats and rooms is provided by the Verein Studentisches Wohnen Luzern (StuWo Luzern).

Funding and Grants
There exist different possibilities of funding and grants for doctoral students who plan a stay abroad or would like to come to the University of Lucerne.

The following list is not to be considered as exhaustive and is being updated regularly:

• The Research Promotion Unit of the University of Lucerne
• Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students ESKAS
• Rectors Conference of the Swiss Universities CRUS (in German)
• Swiss National Science Foundation SNF
• Janggen-Pöhn-Stiftung (in German)
  
• Eidgenössische Stiftungsaufsicht (in German)
• Association of Swiss Grantmaking Foundations Swissfoundations
• German Academic Exchange Service DAAD
• British Council
• CampusFrance