Digital signatures of the doctoral candidate and the supervising team are accepted for the Agreement of Supervision and the Request to open the examination process.
The original signature of the representative in the Doctoral Committee must be provided. This form must be submitted to the doctoral office.

• The Defense is to be carried out in presence and in compliance with the applicable rules of distance and hygiene.
•  A subsequent nomination or online inclusion of individual commission members must be requested by the examination board chairman in good time before the disputation.
  The online participation and the grading of the online members are to be confirmed by them afterwards.
• A complete video defense is only possible in justified exceptional cases upon request by the chairman of the examination board.
  An independent scientist (habilitated) on the side of the doctoral candidate must supervise the proper execution of the disputation.
• Participation and guest lists are also possible via screenshot. For this purpose, all participants must be recognizable with their full names.