The doctoral office does not have regular opening hours for visitors. You can send an e-mail at any time and we will reply as soon as possible.

Please make an appointment (by e-mail or telephone) to submit your dissertation or other documents. Alternatively, you can also use the letterbox of the doctoral and habilitation office in the entrance area of house 28 to hand in documents.

Digital submission of the dissertation/thesis is possible for the duration of the pandemic.

Please submit the documents completely in ONE email! You are also welcome to use the BoxUP and email me a LINK to download your documents. Furthermore, I ask you to give file names in the order according to the checklist of the opening application (for example: 01Thesis, 02OwnContribution, 03Abstract, 04Agreement of Supervision, 05CV...). Emails with file attachments that do not comply with this format cannot be processed. 

The original opening application must be accompanied by the fully completed and signed opening application form with the original signature of the subject representative on the doctoral committee; all other signatures can be submitted digitally.

The following documents must then be submitted in original as soon as possible:

• a printed copy of the dissertation/thesis
• affidavit of the first submission of the dissertation to a university and of independence
• certified copy of the degree certificate

We ask that disputations only take place within the appropriate circumstances to the respective pandemic situation and in compliance with the required rules of conduct and hygiene.