As a faculty branch of the central Graduate Centre of the University of Augsburg, the GGS aims to support and promote young researchers in the humanities and social sciences. Doctoral students and postdocs from the Faculty of Philosophy and History, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Faculty of Catholic Theology can benefit from the comprehensive training programmes, funding opportunities, and research infrastructure of the GGS.

research infrastructure. The GGS also offers doctoral students the opportunity to complete their doctorate in a structured and focused manner, using the GGS structure model (see below).