General information
Are you considering working on a topic in a scientifically sound and in-depth manner and presenting this in writing and orally to your peers? Then perhaps a doctorate is an opportunity that challenges you and that you would like to pursue! You can find our current doctoral regulations HERE
1. Search for a supervisor
2. An important decision: Monograph or cumulative dissertation
3. Binational doctoral procedure (cotutelle procedure)
4. Acceptance as a doctoral candidate
The application for acceptance as a doctoral candidate Link as well as the complete application documents and an exposé must be submitted to the Examinations Office on time and in paper form.
The dates of the meetings of the Doctoral Committee and the application deadlines can be found HERE
5. Interim reports
6. Opening of the examination procedure
(1) Informal application for the opening of the examination procedure with nomination of first and second assessor or third assessor in the case of a cumulative doctorate as well as proposals for two further professorial members for the examination committee. HERE
(2) 3 printed copies of the dissertation, each with an additional data carrier (labeled and glued in, on which all text documents and other data contained in the written version are included).
(3) Furthermore, the dissertation must be sent to the examination office Mailadresse promotionen as a pdf file.
7. What happens now?
8. After the disputation
You will receive a certificate confirming that the examination procedure has been completed. The certificate will be issued to you as soon as the publication required by the doctoral regulations has taken place. For this purpose, the certificate from the University Library (in the case of electronic publication via https://jlupub.ub.uni-giessen.de ) or a publishing contract (signed by both parties) and the abstract (maximum 1000 characters with the approval of the supervisor in German and English) must be submitted to the Examination Office. The doctoral degree may only be awarded once the certificate has been issued. Furthermore, you are obliged to send 4 specimen copies to the University Library and 2 to the Examination Office in the case of publication by a publisher.