Dr. Sarah Müller Monday - Thursday, 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (no appointment neccessary) (Auf der Morgenstelle 8, B-Building, 10th floor, room 10A38) and by appointment (29-75955).
Dr. Elaine Huggenberger Monday - 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).
Sebastian Schlemender Monday - 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.
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:
Scientists from abroad are allowed to supervise doctoral candidates at the Faculty of Science provided they have this right at the relevant university abroad.
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.
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.
State Postgraduate Fellowship Program 2024/2025 - "Landesgraduiertenförderung"
Following the unfortunate cancellation of the current call for applications for the State Postgraduate Fellowship Program ("Landesgraduiertenförderung"), the Rectorate of the University of Tübingen has fortunately decided to finance part of the scholarships using the university's own excellence funds. This means that you now have another opportunity to submit an application. The framework conditions of this call for applications correspond exactly to the framework conditions of the State Postgraduate Fellowship Program. Please therefore submit your applications in the same way as for this call. Applications already received for the State Postgraduate Fellowship Program will also be included in the substitute call.
Applications for scholarships (Original + digital version) can be submitted at the Dean's Office (Auf der Morgenstelle 8, 72076 Tübingen, building B, 10th floor) until January 22nd, 2025. Please send your digital documents to bereichsleitung.promotionspam prevention@mnf.uni-tuebingen.de. It is also possible to provide digital documents via secure link.
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.)
Further information and all application documents can be found here:
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)
Application for Acceptance as Doctoral Candidate and Supervision Agreement: 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
Application for Admission to the Doctoral Examination Procedure: pdf
Sample Title Page (2 pages !) → approved titlepage = print permission Please adhere to the format provided in this template. Deviations regarding wording, font, 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.
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 Dean of Studies (Contact).
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