Doctorate

At the University of Zurich, it is possible to complete a doctorate in Gender Studies with 12 ECTS credits.

Dissertations in Gender Studies are supervised by Prof. Dr. Bettina Dennerlein and must correspond to the Islamic Studies profile of the chair (gender studies with a regional focus on North Africa and the Middle East; Islamic family law; women’s and human rights movements; gender in law and religion; sexual politics).

All information, forms, and legal bases relating to the doctorate (admission, financing, graduation, recognition of achievements, etc.) can be found on the website of the Graduate School. 

The Gender Studies doctorate at UZH is part of the Interuniversity Doctoral Program in Gender Studies Switzerland (IDP), in which the Universities of Zurich, Basel, and Bern participate.

Guest lecture by Dr^x Antke Antek Engel
22.10.2025, 16.15 bis 17.45
“Für den queer-feministischen Werkzeugkasten: Queerversität und trans*versale Gerechtigkeit”further information

Forschungswerkstatt Gender Studies (PhD Working Group Gender Studies)
28.11.2025
The one-day PhD Working Group Gender Studies, organized by the Gender Studies Department, allows doctoral students from all disciplines who are writing a dissertation with a focus on gender to discuss excerpts from their dissertation with peers.
further information
program (PDF, 102 KB)

Semester program IDP Bern
Program fall semester 2025

The interdisciplinary certified doctoral program in Gender Studies was closed in 2023. The network and collaboration with the doctoral programs in Gender Studies in Basel and Bern continues through the Interuniversity Doctoral Program in Gender Studies Switzerland (IDP).

A list of dissertations completed in the doctoral program in Gender Studies can be found on the Research Projects page.