Information on the PhD program

Before admission

Contact a possible supervisor (university professor, associate professor or other person with teaching authorization (venia docendi)). Here you will find an overview of the departments and units of our faculty.

Agreement on a possible dissertation topic and preparation of a dissertation concept consisting of a maximum of 4,000 characters. The dissertation concept should contain:

Research question

Method

max. 5 selected references

Desired supervisor

Admission

Information on admission, including the required documents and deadlines, can be found on the website of the study department. As part of the required online application, the dissertation concept must be uploaded in addition to the certificates.

After all documents have been submitted with the online application, it will be checked whether the completed degree program allows admission to the doctoral program (general university entrance qualification) and whether the topic proposed according to the dissertation concept can be supervised at the faculty. The desired supervisor will be involved in this process. Coordination in advance (see “Before admission”) supports a prompt decision.

You will then be informed by the study department whether admission is possible and, if so, you will be invited to do so in person at thestudy department.

Please note: Admission does not replace the dissertation agreement after admission and is not an approval of the specific topic, the supervisor or a commitment of resources!

After admission

Attendance of the course SE Konzipierung der Dissertation (takes place every semester). During this course, the exposé is also written and the topic is presented to the faculty. The exposé should include the dissertation topic, the timetable and the courses agreed with the supervisor.

Registration of the dissertation (dissertation agreement) with the Examination Unit, enclosing the exposé and the team of supervisors.