Dr. Sarah Müller
Tuesday - Thursday, 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (no appointment neccessary)
(Auf der Morgenstelle 8, B-Building, 10th floor, room 10A29) and by appointment (29-75955).

Dr. Petya Georgieva
Tuesday - Thursday, 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (no appointment neccessary)
(Auf der Morgenstelle 8, B-Building, 10th floor, room 10A23) and by appointment (29-72751).

Sophie Kühnast
Tuesday - Thursday, 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (no appointment neccessary)
(Auf der Morgenstelle 8, B-Building, 10th floor, room 10R38) and by appointment (29- 76853).

 Feel free to contact us, if you have any further questions. However, we recommend reading the information sheet first, as it usually resolves most of the questions.

Dr. Sarah Müller

• Applications for acceptance as a doctoral student
• Ongoing doctoral procedures (Chemistry, Pharmaceutics, Biochemistry, Psychology)
• Verification and confirmation of doctoral degrees
• Information about doctoral guidelines of the Faculty of Science
• Cotutelle agreements

Dr. Petya Georgieva

• Ongoing doctoral procedures (Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Mathematics, Physics)
• Verification and confirmation of doctoral degrees
• Information about doctoral guidelines of the Faculty of Science
• State Postgraduate Fellowship Programme (Landesgraduiertenförderung)

Sophie Kühnast

• Submission/Acceptance of doctoral dissertations
• Doctoral procedures (Biology and Geosciences)

Annette Goller

• PhD Certificates

At the Faculty of Science, you can pursue a doctoral degree (Dr. rer. nat.) in the following fields:

• Archaeological Sciences and Human Evolution
• Biochemistry
• Bioinformatics
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Cognitive Science
• Computer Science
• Didactics
• Environmental Sciences
• Geography
• Geoecology
• Geosciences
• Mathematics
• Medical Informatics
• Pharmaceutics
• Physics
• Prehistory and Early History
• Psychology
• Soil Science

In general, all persons with professorship and all persons with a Habilitation are allowed to supervise doctoral candidates at the Faculty of Science.

Scientists without professorship and Habilitation have the possibility to apply for the supervision of doctoral candidates provided the funding of these candidates is provided by the scientists themselves.

Please submit the following application at the PhD office:

• Application for supervision (German) word |  pdf
• Application for supervision (English) word | pdf

Scientists from abroad are allowed to supervise doctoral candidates at the Faculty of Science provided they have this right at the relevant university abroad.

Code of Conduct for the Doctoral Phase

The Doctoral Covention of the Faculty of Science represents the interests of doctoral candidates at the Faculty of Science. Further information and contact persons can be found here.

The University's Graduate Academy is the central coordination centre for all interdisciplinary advisory, further education and support services for doctoral candidates. It is the umbrella organisation for the faculties' graduate academies and also integrates the university's structured doctoral programs and doctoral networks. The central aim of the Graduate Academy is to improve the quality of supervision and training for early career researchers.

Information on the upcoming doctoral days can be found here.

In addition to the individual doctorate, which is not tied to a structured training program, there are various forms of structured doctoral programs at the MNF. These aim to make the doctoral phase transparent, offer good supervision and complete the doctoral thesis within a manageable time frame. Some programs also offer special interdisciplinary training, international networking and an accompanying program of specialist and interdisciplinary courses. Information on structural doctoral programs can be found on the pages of the respective departments.

The current call for applications for scholarships of the "State Postgraduate Fellowship Program" (Landesgraduiertenförderung) starting from April 2026 is open. Applications (Original + digital version) can be submitted at the Dean's Office (Auf der Morgenstelle 8, 72076 Tübingen, building B, 10th floor) until January 7th, 2026. Please send your digital documents to bereichsleitung.promotionspam prevention@mnf.uni-tuebingen.de. It is also possible to provide digital documents via secure link.

Further information and application documents can be found on the following webpage:
https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/research/support/research-support/research-funding-baden-wuerttemberg/state-postgraduate-fellowship-programme/

In case of any further questions please contact Ms. Mona Schmidhuber (central management, lgfspam prevention@zv.uni-tuebingen.de) or Ms. Georgieva (doctoral office MNF, bereichsleitung.promotionspam prevention@mnf.uni-tuebingen.de)
 

We would like to point out that you are not eligible for a scholarship if you receive or have received funding for the same work project from public or private sources.

Postal address:
Dean's Office Administration MNF
Landesgraduiertenförderung
Auf der Morgenstelle 8
72076 Tübingen

(Applications can be handed in personally at the Dean's Office or dropped into the silver letterbox opposite the lifts on the 10th floor of Building B.) 

The Dean's Office accepts applications both for the continued approval of current scholarships and for new applications for funding.

• Information Sheet for Doctoral Candidates: pdf
• PromO-Rules and Guidelines for Doctoral Studies 2015: pdf (This is a courtesy translation. The sole legally binding regulations are the Promotionsordnung der Mathematisch Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Tübingen, in der Fassung vom 24. April 2015 pdf)
• Guidelines for Cumulative Dissertations^NEW: pdf
• Recommendations for Dissertations including Scientific Manuscripts with Co-Authors pdf
• Information on "systematic reviews" pdf
• Guidelines for Safeguarding Good Scientific Practice
• Guidelines for Using Generative AI Tools
• Library Info Concerning Online Publication
• Postgraduate Affairs Board

Application for Acceptance

Required documents:

• Application for Acceptance as Doctoral Candidate and Supervision Agreement: pdf
• Additional Information_Application for Acceptance: pdf

Please be aware that incomplete applications cannot be processed. We need all required certificates and documents, the filled out supervision agreement, and the signatures of the docotral candidate and both supervisors

According to German university law (LHG §38 (5)) PhD candidates must be enrolled as students (until date of oral exam). You can register as student at the Student Administration with the acceptance letter of the PhD Office.

Exceptions:

• Doctoral students accepted by their faculty prior to 30 March 2018 may enroll but are not compelled to do so.
• Employees of the university of Tübingen can apply for an exception of this compulsory duty (application on webpage of Student Administration).

 Admission to the Doctoral Examination Procedure

Required documents:

• Application for Admission to the Doctoral Examination Procedure: pdf
• Declaration Collaborative Publications^NEW: word | pdf
• Additional Information_Application for Admission: pdf

Please be aware that incomplete applications cannot be processed

Oral Exam

• Registration Form Oral Exam: word |pdf
• Abstract (Please hand in pdf file): word | pdf
• Information on online exam: pdf
• Self certification for online exam: word | pdf

Publishing Procedure

• Declaration of Changes: pdf
• Sample Title Page (2 pages !) → approved titlepage = print permission
  Please adhere to the format provided in this template. Deviations regarding wording, font size, paragraphs, etc. are not permitted
  • Template Title Page (for oral exams from April 1st, 2021): word | pdf
     
  • Remark: In case of English titles, please capitalize the first word and all the principal words, i.e. not the articles, prepositions and conjuctions.
  • Please do not use double titles. Language of title should correspond to language of thesis.
  • Please use the German spelling of the place of birth.
  • Please do not use the university logo on the title page. For more information check the webpages of the Corporate Design.
• Supervisors' Approval for Online Publication: pdf
• Link to Dissertation Center of the University Library

The ZDV offers the possiblity of conduction a similarity analysis for free by the software "Turnitiin". We recommend to make use of this offer before submitting the thesis. More information can be found under Link.

Please contact your supervisor if you do not have the authorization for using "Turnitin" yourself.

• The ombudsperson assists the doctoral students in settling conflicts or solving problems. All matters are treated as strictly confidential and neutral. Ombudsperson is the Dean of the Faculty, the Vice Dean for Research and the Vice Dean of Studies (Contact).
• First Points of Contact within each Department
• Confidental Representatives - Good Scientific Practice
• Psychosocial Counseling Service for University Employees
• Psychotherapeutic Counselling of the Studierendenwerk Tübingen-Hohenheim
• Legal Advice of the Studierendenwerks Tübingen-Hohenheim
• Family Office - Advice Concerning Work/Life Balance
• Advice on sexual harassment/mobbing

• Dissertation Center of the University Library

• Doctoral Studies at the University of Tuebingen

• Code of Conduct for the Doctoral Phase

• Welcome Center for Visiting Researches & Scholars

• International Doctoral Candidates

• Career Service: Consulting and Coaching on Career Entry