Admission requirements to PhD programmes (status of a doctoral candidate) are fixed in the regulations of the respective faculty.

With foreign applicants an equivalence examination of their university degrees is needed. This will be carried out by the university's group Evaluation/Post-Graduate Support.

Doctoral candidates can be enrol.

 Application form for admission to doctoral studies for German applicants*

 Application form for admission to studies for international applicants
 Application form for admission to doctoral studies for international applicants

Enrolled doctoral students must hand in the fieled-in form
 Bestätigung für die Rückmeldung als Doktorand/in [pdf]
for re-registration (take it to building 06, room 108).

To prepare for a dissertation you may apply for a scholarship ( post-graduate support) according to the post-graduate support law  (Graduiertenförderungsgesetz).*

During the period when you are receiving a doctoral scholarship you must submit a report on your dissertation project every six months.

* in German only