Doctorate (PhD)

The formal requirements for admission to a doctorate are regulated in § 7 of the General Doctoral Regulations. The following table provides an overview of the main points:

Post-graduates with a degree in another subject can be accepted as doctoral candidates if this is in the interest of interdisciplinary research and the candidates have the necessary expertise in the area covered by the doctoral thesis.

Acceptance as a doctoral candidate at the department is a prerequisite for registration or enrolment at the University.

Registration is mandatory for all doctoral candidates at the Technische Universität Darmstadt. Enrolment is optional.

The Doctoral Admissions Committee of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (etit) formally accepts doctoral candidates. The admissions procedure is as follows:

Choose a potential supervisor (full-time professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology ) for your doctorate. Discuss the possibility of supervision as well as the chances of applying for a position with this prospective supervisor in advance. The supervision by persons according to §11 (2) of the Doctoral Regulations is possible in justified cases.

In order to be admitted as a doctoral candidate you must officially apply to the Departmental Dean’s Office.

The submission is to be made electronically to promotionen@etit.tu-….

Your documents must be submitted to the Dean's Office no later than two weeks prior to the meeting of the Doctoral Admissions Committee . Only complete applications can be considered.

Based on your submission, the Departmental Doctoral Admissions Committee will make a decision on your application, including possible requirements. You will receive a written notification from the Dean's Office about the decision of the doctoral committee.

To initiate the doctoral examination procedure, please submit the documents listed below to the Dean's Office.

The submission is to be made electronically to promotionen@etit.tu-….

The Dean's Office does not require printed copies of the dissertation.

Your documents must be submitted to the Dean's Office no later than two weeks prior to the meeting of the Doctoral Admissions Committee . Only complete applications can be considered.

Based on your submission, the Departmental Doctoral Admissions Committee will decide on the composition of the Examination Board. The Dean’s Office will inform you about the decision.

After you have passed the disputation, the Dean's Office will arrange for your doctoral certificate to be issued.

In the meantime, please send the following documents to the Dean’s Office:

• Discharge note from the Kittler Student Centre stating that there are no (more) literature borrowings outstanding there.
• Declaration Relating to the Doctoral Thesis and Transfer of Rights (opens in new tab)

To the University and State Library Darmstadt:

• Electronic publication at the server for university publications of TU Darmstadt (recommended)

or

• Physical copies if your thesis has been published by a publishing house (in this case, lease clarify the formalities directly with the library).

The ULB will report the publication of your dissertation to the Dean's Office. You will then receive your doctoral certificate.

Please note that according to §21 (1) of TU Darmstadt’s General Doctoral Degree Regulations, it is only permitted to carry the doctoral degree once the doctoral certificate has been received. According to §20 (1) the publication has to take place within one year after the disputation.