Please observe the following procedure when starting your doctoral studies:
- You submit your signed supervision agreement, your CV and your qualifying degree certificate to the doctoral office.
- After confirmation by the doctoral committee, you will receive the signed document "Promotionanzeige" (Intent to Pursue a Doctoral Degree) by postal mail; you will receive the supervision agreement via your supervisor.
- With the "Promotionsanzeige", you can then enroll online via the Student Secretariat.
Please also note our FAQs!
Pre-requisite for the doctorate
Registration your intent to undertake doctoral studies
Please note when partially submitting the documents digitally
Binational doctorates - cotutelles
What happens after the submission of the documents?
You want to enrol as a doctoral student?
General guide lines
1. DFG: "Guidelines for Avoiding Conflicts of Interes"
2. DFG: "Sicherung guter wissenschaftlicher Praxis/Safeguarding Good Scientific Practice"
3. UP: "Selbstkontrolle in der Wissenschaft - Regeln zur Sicherung guter wissenschaftlicher Praxis an der Universität Potsdam" (AmBek 3/2022)
Your Contacts at the office of the doctoral committee
Doctoral procedures within the Faculty of Science
Jeanette Ziegler
University of Potsdam
Faculty of Science
house 28, room 1.101
Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25
14476 Potsdam OT Golm
consulting hours
Tuesday from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Thursday from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Doctoral procedures with extramural institutions
Sylke Pfeiffer
University of Potsdam
Faculty of Science
Building 28, Room 1.101
Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25
14476 Potsdam OT Golm
consulting hours
Tuesday: 09:00 - 11:00 und 13:00 - 15:00
Thursday: 09:00 - 11:00
Binational doctoral studies (Cotutelle)
Dr. Susanne Hollmann
University of Potsdam
Faculty of Science
Building 28, Room 1.102
Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25
14476 Potsdam OT Golm
consulting hours
only by arrangement