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.
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, 10.05.2022 - Sunday, 01.05.2022
Tuesday, 24.05.2022 - Sunday, 15.05.2022
Tuesday, 07.06.2022 - Sunday, 29.05.2022
Tuesday, 21.06.2022 - Sunday, 12.06.2022
Please note that we can only accept officially certified copies of the documents. (e.g. officially certified copy of the 3rd state examination for the issuance of the doctorate confirmation).
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.
Second Doctoral Degree Regulations from 2021
First Doctoral Degree Regulations from 2017
- Doctoral degree regulations from 13th Juli 2017 (DE)
- Doctoral degree regulations from 13th Juli 2017 (EN)
Q&A directory to different topics
- Q&A directory (DE)
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.
After Admission to the Qualification Phase
After admission to the qualification phase, enrollment as a doctoral student takes place. According to § 67 para. 5 HG, doctoral students with a completed university degree are also required to enroll in a doctoral program.
For all doctorate candidates whose supervision agreement was submitted to the doctoral office after October 09, 2017, attendance of the course "Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten" is mandatory during the qualification phase.
Please note that we can only accept officially certified copies of the documents. (e.g. officially certified copy of the 3rd state examination for the issuance of the doctorate confirmation).
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: Inaugural Dissertation
In this case, the dissertation is written as a monograph. Below you will find instructions and templates for writing an inaugural dissertation.
Option 2: Cumulative Dissertation
In contrast to the inaugural dissertation, this dissertation form briefly describes previously published work in light of the current state of knowledge. Instructions and templates for the preparation of a cumulative dissertation can be found below.
Step 3: Application for the Admission to the Examination / Audit Phase
After you have completed the dissertation and submitted all documents to the Dean's Office, the examination phase will be opened. As soon as all reviewer feedbacks are available, the dissertation is submitted to the doctoral committee. After approval of the dissertation by the doctoral committee, the oral examination can be arranged.
You will receive the final written permission after the examination documents have been received. When all the required documents have been received by the doctoral office, you will be allowed to receive your certificate at the next doctoral graduation ceremony.
Checklist: Documents application for admission to the examination phase (EN)
Checklist: Publication dissertation (DE)
Checklist: Inaugural dissertation/monograph (DE)
Application for admission to the examination phase (DE)
Declaration of own contribution + waiver (DE)
Proposals for second reviewer (DE)
Declaration of printing/ULB (DE)
Declaration of compliance with good scientific practice (DE)
Other Documents
If you wish to extend or terminate your supervision agreement or change your doctoral supervisor, please consider the following documents.
Furthermore, we ask you to take into consideration our notes on data protection and the implementation of the DSGVO.
Doctorate Award Ceremony
The dates of this year's doctorate award ceremony are as follows:
Summer semester: Saturday, 02.07.2022
Winter semester: will be announced here
If you have any questions regarding the doctorate awardceremony or the documents required for it, please contact your contact person (see below).
Impressions of the ceremonies will be published here afterwards.
215
Completed doctorates 2020
184
of these as Dr. med. / Dr. med. dent.
100
of these by female doctorates
Contacts
Janine Bernabei
Medical Deanery Building 33, Promotionsbüro
Venusberg-Campus 1
53127 Bonn
Aleksandra Surkova
Doctoral Office
Venusberg-Campus 1
53127 Bonn
Martina Suhre
Availability: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays
Venusberg-Campus 1
53127 Bonn