Faculty of Science

Important information about closing days

The PhD office is closed from Monday, August 12 2024 to Friday, August 30 2024. Please note that displaying periods cannot be started and registrations for oral exams will not be processed. Displaying periods will be extended accordingly. Registrations for oral exams during this closing period must be submitted until Wednesday, August 07 2024 the latest.

Doctoral Studies at the Faculty of Science

Office Hours

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.

Areas of Responsibilities

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. Elaine Huggenberger

  • 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)

Sebastian Schlemender

  • Submission/Acceptance of doctoral dissertations

  • Doctoral procedures (Biology and Geosciences)

Annette Goller

  • PhD Certificates

Doctoral Subjects

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

Supervision of Doctoral Candidates

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

Doctoral Convention of the Faculty of Science

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.

Graduate Academy MNF

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.

Doctoral Days

Information on the upcoming doctoral days can be found here.

Structured Doctoral Programs

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 - "Landesgraduiertenförderung"

There is currently no ongoing call for tenders for the federal state subsidy. The next call for proposals in 2025, with funding starting in April 2025, is expected to begin in autumn 2024.

Further information (on how to apply) can be found at the following link:

Information on State Postgraduate Fellowship Program (Landesgraduiertenförderung)

Downloads and Helpful Information

Information

Forms and Policies

Application for Acceptance

  • 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

  • Declaration Colaborative Publications: word | 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, font size, paragraphs, etc. are not permitted
    • Oral Exams from April 1st, 2021: word | pdf
    • Oral Exams before April 1st, 2021 and after August 19th, 2020 : word | pdf

    • Oral Exams before August 19th, 2020: 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

  • Library Info Sheet Concerning Online Publication pdf

  • Link to Dissertation Center of the University Library

Checking plagiarism

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.

Advice and Help

Links