Doctoral Studies

General Information

§ 38 (5) Law on Higher Education of the Land of Baden-Wuerttemberg (LHG):

Persons who are working on her or his doctoral thesis and have been accepted as a doctoral student since 30.03.2018 have to be enrolled as doctoral students. As soon as you have been accepted as a doctoral candidate, you are obliged to enrol in the semester in which you were accepted.

Doctoral students who were accepted before 30.03.3018 can enrol but are not obliged to do so.

Doctoral students* who are full-time students at the University of Ulm can be exempted from the obligation to enrol if they make a declaration to the president that they do not want to be enrolled.
 

If you have not concluded your previous studies at Ulm University please enter the data required for enrolment here online a doctorate student. Enrolment takes place after you been accepted as a doctorate student by the faculty (you need to hand in the form "Antrag auf Annahme als Doktorand" signed by your supervisor and the chairman of the doctorate committee.)

Please note that enrolment for the winter semester 2024/25 is expected to be possible on 01.10.2024.

Information sheet on enrolment - required documents (pdf)
(only for external applicants)

 

If you have concluded your previous studies at Ulm University, you will be enrolled once you you have been accepted as a doctorate student by the faculty (you need to hand in the form "Antrag auf Annahme als Doktorand" signed by your supervisor and the chairman of the doctorate committee.)

 

The duty to be enrolled as a doctoral student ends with the defense of the PhD thesis according to §8 RahmenPromO. PhD students have the option to be enrolled as a doctoral student until they receive their certificate.

Doctoral students are paying the same fees as any other enrolled student. (More information --> FAQs --> Re-Registration, please click: What is the amount to be paid?)

will find more information on the website of the International Office.

More informationen will be provided by the Promotionssekretariate:

Leaflet for doctoral candidates (pdf)