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Yes in part, please send all required documents in ONE e-mail to prommnf@uni-potsdam.de.

1. the fully completed and signed supervision agreement. 
2. CV
3. scan of the Bachelor's and Master's transcripts.

Attention! An exception is the supervision agreement: Here, digital signatures of the doctoral candidate and the supervisory team are accepted. However, the original signature of the subject representative is required. This form must be submitted to the doctoral office.

• Disputations/habilitation colloquia/rehearsal lectures are to be conducted in attendance.
• The online participation of individual committee members is possible upon request.
• A subsequent nomination or online connection of individual commission members must be applied for by the chairperson of the examination commission in good time before the date on which the examination is to take place. The number of commission members connected should not exceed the number of commission members present in person.
• The online participation and the assignment of grades of the members connected online must be confirmed by them afterwards.
• Participation and guest lists for the minutes are also possible via a screenshot. For this purpose, all participants must be recognisable with their full names.

Please select at www.uni-potsdam.de/de/mnfakul/die-fakultaet/gremien/promotionsausschuss. The list follows the doctoral cmmittee meeting dates.

Many departments and institutes offer doctoral seminars. Please contact your supervisor for more information.
Further possibilities are offered by the Potsdam Graduate School (https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/pogs/).

Delays in the course of the doctorate can have various reasons. If more than six years elapse between the notification of a doctorate and the submission of the dissertation, an application must be made for an extension of the acceptance as a doctoral candidate by a further year. A further extension is only possible in exceptional cases (periods of childcare and personal hardship can be taken into account). The decision on an extension is made by the doctoral committee.

As long as the main supervisor remains a habilitated member of the University of Potsdam, there will be no changes.

However, if he or she is appointed to another university or rehabilitates to another faculty, the dissertation must be submitted to the doctoral office no later than three years after the change.

No, the goal of any scientific activity is ultimately the publication of the results. However, care must be taken to ensure that the name of the doctoral student is listed on the publication or poster. Anything else is a violation of recognized authorship rules.

You may use the title 'Dr. rer. Nat.' or 'Dr. Ing.' after you receive the certificate. Following  the successful disputation, the dissertation must still be published before you can receive the certificate.