Ph.D.
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Apart from various doctoral programs those interested in a doctorate must first be supervised by a person authorized to supervise doctoral candidates (see §3 of the Promotionsordnung) and receive a confirmation of supervision.
You can find the eligible supervisors under the lecturers on this page .
After the confirmation of supervision, a doctoral agreement must be signed between you and the the supervisor.
The prerequisite for acceptance as a doctoral candidate is the conclusion of a doctoral agreement with the supervisor.
You must submit the application for acceptance as a doctoral candidate online via HISinOne:
The application for acceptance as a doctoral candidate is generated in the last step from the information entered.
After completion, please send the printed and signed application together with all other necessary documents (§ 6 (2)) to the Dean's Office of the Faculty, Ernst-Zermelo-Str. 1, room 428. Please note that a decision on acceptance as a doctoral doctoral candidate can only be made on the basis of a complete application. The decision on acceptance is made by the doctoral committee.
You will be informed of the decision of the doctoral committee by a letter which, in the event of rejection, includes reasons for the rejection (§ 7 para. 3 sentence 3 RPO).
After acceptance as a doctoral candidate by the faculty, you must register in the Study Service Center at the University of Freiburg (see § 38 para. 5, sentence 1, first half-sentence of the State Higher Education Act [LHG]). The enrollment obligation applies to all doctoral candidates who are accepted as a doctoral candidate at the University of Freiburg as a doctoral candidate after March 30, 2018.
There is an exception for doctoral candidates who work full-time at the University of Freiburg (employment contract with at least half of the regular working hours); they can be exempted from the be exempted from the enrollment requirement.
Note: The "Application for enrolment/registration for doctoral doctoral students" can be found on the website of the Service Study Center. Download link: Information sheet and application for enrolment/registration
After completing the dissertation, submit an application to the Dean's Office for the opening of the doctoral procedure. The application must be accompanied by the documents listed under § 7 Promotionsordnung.
After receipt of all reviews and the proposal of the reviewers for acceptance of the dissertation, the doctoral doctoral committee appoints the examination board for the oral examination and the determination of the overall result of the doctorate.
The doctoral candidate arranges a date for the oral examination committee a date for the oral examination (disputation).
The oral defense, which can be held in German or English, is an in-depth scientific debate debate, which is intended to show that the doctoral candidate has mastered the subject area from which the dissertation originates and is familiar with current developments in his/her field. It also extends to selected topics in topics in related subject areas that are factually and methodologically related to the field of work. The disputation has duration of approximately 90 minutes; it begins with an approximately 30-minute presentation by the doctoral candidate on the dissertation. The chairperson of the examination committee leads the defense; he/she may also take questions from the questions from the public about the doctoral candidate's doctoral candidate. The disputation is open to the faculty.
The doctoral candidate is obliged to submit a thesis within one year after passing the oral examination, where applicable with the amendments requested or approved by the or approved by the examination committee, to the scientific public in an appropriate manner by means of by reproduction and dissemination.
Prior to publication, the dissertation must be submitted to the permission to print to the supervisor responsible for the thesis. The permission to print must be submitted on a form and added to the doctoral file.
Printing permission according to §13 para. 2
The dissertation is deemed to be published if it fulfills the conditions according to §13 para. 3 of the doctoral degree regulations.
The doctorate is awarded by handing over the certificate is completed.
The doctoral degree certificate is only issued when the doctoral candidate has submitted the deposit copies of the dissertation to the Faculty of Mathematics and Mathematics and Physics.
Before the doctoral certificate is issued, the doctoral candidate must doctoral candidate does not have the right to use the doctoral degree degree, not even with a supplement.
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These are regulated in the doctoral agreement. In particular the responsible supervisor ensures that the doctoral candidate ensures that the doctoral candidate has been familiarized with the rules of good scientific practice.
Two years after acceptance as a doctoral candidate, the responsible supervisor reviews whether the doctoral project can be continued and informs the doctoral project can be continued and communicates the result of the of the review to the doctoral committee.
The Institute of Mathematics and the Institute of Physics each have a person of trust. They are elected by the Doctoral Convention for each elected for two years.
The currently elected liaison officers are:
For the Institute of Mathematics Prof. Nadine Große; E-mail address:
nadine.grosse@math.uni-freiburg.de
For the Institute of Physics Mr. apl. Prof. Thomas Filk; E-mail address:
Thomas.Filk@physik.uni-freiburg.de
They perform the following tasks:
The doctoral student representatives of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics take care of the networking of doctoral students by organizing events organizing events and representing their rights. All further information can be found on the website of the doctoral student representation:
https://www.phd.mathphys.uni-freiburg.de
New doctoral candidates can subscribe to the mailing list of the doctoral student representation by sending a blank email to :
phdstudents-subscribe@mathphys.uni-freiburg.de
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Documents for the promotion can be found on the download page.