The admission procedure regulates the acceptance as a doctoral candidate at Faculty 3. The doctoral regulations and all necessary templates for the documents to be submitted can be found in the downloads:
Documents for acceptance as a doctoral candidate must be submitted digitally. We require the documents two weeks before the respective meeting of the Board of Professors.
The doctoral procedure is divided into two steps. Firstly, there is the application for acceptance as a doctoral candidate and secondly, the application for the opening of the doctoral procedure (see: Opening procedure.) with the submission of the dissertation. Both steps can also be applied for at the same time.
Step 1: Acceptance as a doctoral candidate
Acceptance as a doctoral candidate primarily serves to ensure that the candidate fulfils the requirements for a doctorate. Acceptance is granted by the Board of Professors of the respective Department. Through acceptance, the doctoral candidate acquires the right to evaluation of the dissertation.
The application for acceptance as a doctoral candidate must be accompanied by the following documents:
A1-Surname-Application The application for acceptance as a doctoral candidate (informal) must be addressed to the Dean of the Faculty (3) of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences. It has to contain the candidate's home address and e-mail address as well as the date, signature and indication of the topic of the prospective dissertation (at the latest when applying for opening).
A2-Surname-Degrees-Certificates Master's degree and Master's certificate or diploma examination degree and diploma certificate from a German university or equivalent proof in accordance with § 3 Admission requirements of the doctoral degree regulations. All certificates must be submitted as originals and copies. The originals will be returned immediately / instead of submitting the original, a certified photocopy is sufficient as well, but will not be returned.
A3-Surname-Supervision-Agreement Supervision agreement between the supervisor and the candidate on the assumption of academic supervision
A4-Surname-Curriculum-Vitae Curriculum vitae and educational background with contact details, date and signature
A5-Surname-Declaration Declaration of current or previous doctoral applications (§4(3d) of the doctoral regulations)
A6-Surname-Statistics-Sheet (HStatG) A Form according to the Lower Saxony Higher Education Act
A7 Certificate-of-Equivalence issued by the International House of TU Braunschweig This certificate is only required if you obtained your Master's or Diploma degree at a university outside the Federal Republic of Germany.
The documents must be submitted digitally two weeks before the meeting of the Board of Professors.
