Compulsory Enrollment: Since 30.03.2018 for newly accepted doctoral candidates
After being accepted as a doctoral candidate by the faculty, you must enroll at the Student Administration of the University, see section 38, paragraph 5, 1st half of sentence one in the “Landeshochschulgesetz” [LHG], which is the Higher Education Law of Baden Württemberg. On the website of the Student Administration you can find further information on enrolling as a doctoral candidate. There are advantages to being enrolled - for instance, you get a student email account and you can use University facilities, such as the university library.
Exceptions
- Doctoral candidates whose main employer is the University of Tübingen, that means if the employment contract is for at least half of a full-time position, can be exempt from compulsory enrollment according to section 38, paragraph 5, 2nd half of sentence one in the LHG.
- All doctoral candidates that have already been accepted as a doctoral candidate before March 30th 2018 are entitled to enrollment, but there is no obligation to enroll.