Important information about closing days
The office is closed from August 08, 2022 to August 28, 2022. Please note that displaying periods cannot be started and registrations for oral exams will not be processed.
Doctoral Studies at the Faculty of Science
Office Hours
Dr. Sarah Müller
Monday - Thursday, 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m.
(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.
(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.
(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
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Applications for acceptance as a doctoral student
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Ongoing doctoral procedures (Chemistry, Pharmaceutics, Biochemistry, Psychology)
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Verification and confirmation of doctoral degrees
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Information about doctoral guidelines of the Faculty of Science
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Cotutelle agreements
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Ongoing doctoral procedures (Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Mathematics, Physics)
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Verification and confirmation of doctoral degrees
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Information about doctoral guidelines of the Faculty of Science
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State Postgraduate Fellowship Programme (Landesgraduiertenförderung)
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Submission/Acceptance of doctoral dissertations
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Doctoral procedures (Biology and Geosciences)
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PhD Certificates
Doctoral Subjects
At the Faculty of Science, you can pursue a doctoral degree (Dr. rer. nat.) in the following fields:
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Archaeological Sciences and Human Evolution
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Biochemistry
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Bioinformatics
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Biology
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Chemistry
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Cognitive Science
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Computer Science
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Didactics
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Environmental Sciences
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Geography
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Geoecology
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Geosciences
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Mathematics
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Medical Informatics
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Pharmaceutics
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Physics
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Prehistory and Early History
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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:
Scientists from abroad are allowed to supervise doctoral candidates at the Faculty of Science provided they have this right at the relevant university abroad.
Advice and Help
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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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Psychosoziale Beratungsstelle für Beschäftigte der Universität Tübingen
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Psychotherapeutic Counselling of the Studierendenwerk Tübingen-Hohenheim
Downloads and Information
Information
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Information Sheet for Doctoral Candidates: pdf
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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)
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Recommendations for Cumulative Dissertations: pdf
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Recommendations for Dissertations including Scientific Manuscripts with Co-Authors pdf
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Information on "systematic reviews" pdf
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Guidelines for Safeguarding Good Scientific Practice pdf
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Library Info Sheet Concerning Online Publication (only in German) pdf
Forms and Policies
Application for Acceptance
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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.
Admission to the Doctoral Examination Procedure
Please be aware that incomplete applications cannot be processed.
Oral Exam
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Information on online exam: pdf
Publishing Procedure
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Declaration of Changes: pdf
- Sample Title Page (2 pages !) → approved titlepage = print permission
- Oral Exams from April 1st, 2021: word | pdf
- Oral Exams before April 1st, 2021 and after August 19th, 2020 : word | pdf
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Remark: In case of English titles, please capitalize the first word and all the principal words, i.e. not the articles, prepositions and conjuctions.
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Please do not use double titles. Language of title should correspond to language of thesis.
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Supervisors' Approval for Online Publication: pdf
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.
Links
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StudIT: Help for new international students to settle down in Tübingen and to have a good time during their semester or year abroad.
Information regarding the Corona virus (COVID-19)
Please respect the general rules of the university.
From now on, our open office hours are Monday-Thursday, 10-12 a.m.
You can hand in your applications also by post or you can put them into the mail box of the Dean's Office (Auf der Morgenstelle 8, building B, 10th floor). We will check them and contact you in case of open questions and missing documents. Please note:
- Check if your documents are complete. Please asure to submit certified copies of your certificates/transcripts.
We accept scanned and digital signatures of supervisors and reviewers.
- Application for Admission: Send us just one copy of your thesis. The other two copies can be sent to the reviewers as soon as you have received the letter of admission from the PhD office.
Oral examinations in presence with audience are permitted again. Please respect all requirements/rules of the university.
- all participants envolved (phD candiate and examiners) have to agree to the examination mode
- ensure adequate ventilation of the room
- it is possible that single examiners participate by video chat
- the chair of the examination board is responsible for the compliance of all rules mentioned above
In special individual cases the Faculty of Science still offers the possibility of conducting online exams completely by video chat. Please note on the application form that you want to conduct an online-examination.
On this information sheet you can find all rules and requirements for online examinations by video chat.
Registrations for exams can be submitted in the PhD office as normal. Please take the process time of 10 days into account.
Please be aware that the situation (concerning conducting oral exams) can change at short notice. Therefore, please check the information on our webpage regularly. Compliance of all (epidemic) requirements and restrictions of government, city and university must be ensured at any time.