Doctorate Dr. med. & Dr. med. dent.

Welcome to the website for the Dr. med. & Dr. med. dent. doctoral process. Here you will find all the information you need about the organizational aspects of your doctorate.

Latest information

If you have any questions about the doctoral procedure, please take a look at the document “Q&A Doctorate”. If your question is not included in the Q&A, please send an e-mail to the relevant contact person.

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Dates

The meeting dates of the doctoral committee as well as the respective deadlines regarding the submission of documents are as follows:

Dates Application deadlines

Tuesday, 15.04.2025 - Sunday, 06.04.2025

Tuesday, 29.04.2025 - Sunday, 20.04.2025

Tuesday, 13.05.2025 - Sunday, 04.05.2025

Tuesday, 27.05.2025 - Sunday, 18.05.2025

Tuesday, 17.06.2025 - Sunday, 08.06.2025

Overview of the Promotion Procedure

Process to obtain the Doctoral Degree

The essential steps for obtaining the doctorate are listed below. However, as a first overview we recommend to read the doctoral regulations and to have a look at the Q&A directory. This offers you helpful information on enrolment, leave of absence and other topics that may be relevant to you.

Doctoral Regulations / Q&A

First Doctoral Degree Regulations from 2017

Doctoral degree regulations from 13th Juli 2017

Second Doctoral Degree Regulations from 2021

Doctoral degree regulations from 9th December 2021

Q&A directory to different topics

Q&A Doctorate

Admission criteria for applicants with a foreign university degree

Admission criteria

Step 1: Application for Qualification Phase

Supervision Agreement

For admission to the qualification phase, a supervision agreement is mandatory and must be approved by the doctoral committee.

Documents: Admission to the qualification phase

Checklist: Documents application for admission to Qualification Phase

Supervision agreement

Application to the Ethics Committee

Instructions on writing the abstract

Doctorate statistic

Course

All doctoral candidates who are not participating in a doctoral program, a doctoral college or a graduate college are required to attend the course.

Documents: Course

Course “scientific work”

Doctoral studies

After admission to the qualification phase, enrolment as a doctoral student is possible. For doctoral students who have completed a university degree, the obligation to enrol for a two-semester doctoral program is based on Section 67 (5) HG. In our Q&A you can see from a chart whether you are affected by the enrolment requirement.

Documents: Doctoral studies

Q&A about the doctoral confirmation

Application confirmation of doctorate

Step 2: Choice of the Dissertation Form

Here you will find all the templates, sample pages and information on formal criteria necessary for writing the dissertation. You have the choice between two different dissertation forms, which are explained in more detail below.

Option 1: Monograph

In this case, the dissertation is written as a monograph. Below you will find information and templates for writing a monograph.

Documents: Monograph

Instructions on writing the Monograph

Sample pages 1 + 2 (EN)

Structure of the Monograph (EN)

Option 2: Publication dissertation

In contrast to a monograph, this form of dissertation briefly describes previously published work in the light of the current state of knowledge. Instructions and templates for preparing a dissertation for publication can be found below.

Documents: Publication Dissertation

Instructions on writing the publication dissertation

Sample pages 1 + 2 (EN)

Structure of the publication dissertation (EN)

Step 3: Application for the Admission to the Examination Phase

Once you have completed the dissertation and submitted the documents in full to the Dean's Office, the doctoral procedure will be initiated after examination. As soon as all reviews have been received, the dissertation is submitted to the doctoral committee. Once the dissertation has been approved by the doctoral committee, the oral examinations can be taken.

You will receive the final publication permit once the examination documents have been received. Once all the necessary documents have been submitted to the doctoral office, you will be able to receive your certificate at the next doctoral award ceremony.