Doctorate

Admission to doctoral studies (§ 6 PromO) and enrolment (§ 3, Abs. 3 PromO)

Whoever fulfils the admission requirements according to § 5, Doctoral Regulations, and intends to write a dissertation, should apply to the Faculty of EITP for admission to doctoral studies and thus for acceptance as a doctoral student. (§ 6, Para. 3). The Faculty Council decides on admission to doctoral studies on the following FKR meeting dates.

At the latest 2 weeks before the respective FKR meeting, the following documents (according to § 6 paragraph 3, PromO) should be available at the doctoral office:

• Form Application for admission to the doctoral procedure
• Formular Supervision agreement
• Curriculum vitae with a description of your personal and professional background
• Certified copies or production of the originals of diplomas and certificates of completion
  (Certificates can also be issued by the supervising institute, for example)
• Form collection of doctoral student data (German) or (English)
• In the case of a degree from another subject: application by the supervisor or mentor for recognition of the thesis or subject suggestions for knowledge examinations to be completed.
• In the case of a foreign degree: certificate of equivalence from the International Office of the TU BS, if no contact has been established: more(at)tu-braunschweig.de
• Copy of identity card or copy of passport

Following the FKR meeting, a written notification of admission to doctoral studies will be sent out, which will enable students to enrol/register for doctoral studies at the TU Braunschweig in accordance with § 3, Paragraph 3 of the PromO.
If you have any questions regarding enrolment, please contact the enrolment office

All (complete) applications may also be submitted by post.

If you have any further questions, please contact the doctoral office.

Opening of the doctoral procedure (§ 8 PromO)

• Form  application for the opening of the doctoral procedure
• Curriculum vitae with a description of your personal and professional background
• List of scientific publications and scientific lectures
• Abstract of the dissertation in German and English (one A4 page each)
• Form Legally binding declaration
• At least three copies of the dissertation
• Title page of the submitted doctorate
• An electronic version = CD with the PDF of the dissertation
• Copy of identity card or copy of passport (if not yet submitted for admission to doctoral studies)

a) Dr.-Ing: The Faculty Council decides on the opening of the doctoral procedure to become a doctoral engineer (Dr.-Ing.).

Faculty Council meeting dates

At the latest 2 weeks before the respective session, the forms and documents listed above must be submitted to the doctoral office for the opening of the doctoral procedure.

b) Dr. rer. nat.: The Dean decides on the opening of the doctoral procedure for a doctorate in natural sciences (Dr. rer. nat.). The above-mentioned forms and documents must be submitted to the doctoral office.

All (complete) applications can also be submitted by post.

If you have any further questions, please contact the doctoral office.

Notes on submission to the dissertation office in the university library

The presentation of an identity document is required for the collection of documents.

The TU Braunschweig has committed itself in its basic rules to observe the principles of good scientific practice.
The relevant regulations "Grundsätze zur Sicherung guter wissenschaftlicher Praxis an der TU Braunschweig" of 8 May 2013 (TU-Verkündungsblatt Nr. 887) can be found below.

• https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/Medien-DB/gb1/nr-887.pdf
• https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/struktur/verwaltung/praesidium/kommissionen/gutepraxis/index.html

In doctoral procedures at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, Physics (FK EITP), a declaration of compliance with these principles is mandatory and an integral part of the documents to be submitted to the faculty within the framework of the procedure. The basis for this is § 6 of the doctoral regulations FK EITP of 27 March 2014 (TU BS Verkündungsblatt Nr. 958).
A sample document can be found in the list of documents (Supervision Agreement form).