Overall, KLU offers seven PhD courses:
- Philosophy of Science (Prisca Brosi), biennial
- Teaching Skills (external: Ina Gray), annual
- Scholarly Writing (Christina Raasch), annual
- Quantitative Empirical Methods (Jan Becker/Christian Barrot), biennial
- Modeling and Simulation Research aka Research Methods (Maria Besiou), biennial
- How to design surveys and experiments for top tier publishing (Christian Tröster/Niels Van Quaquebeke), biennial, next: 2024 (winter)
- Qualitative Research (t.b.d./offered externally)