In the context of a doctorate, the doctoral student writes a thesis in German or English and then undergoes a viva voce examination. We have compiled all the important information for you here.
The supervision agreement must be concluded by the applicant with a person authorized to cooperate prior to starting out on the doctoral endeavour as a doctoral candidate. The supervision agreement must be drawn up in triplicate, for the supervising person, the doctoral candidate and the Board of Examiners for Doctoral Awards . The necessary signatures must be included on all three versions (3 originals). The following points, among others, must be specified in the supervision agreement concluded with your supervisor. This is because in order to register for the doctoral examination, you must prove that you have
The evidence must be presented when applying for admission to the doctoral examination.
The supervision agreement must be concluded by the applicant with a person authorized to cooperate prior to starting out on the doctoral endeavour as a doctoral candidate. The supervision agreement must be drawn up in triplicate, for the supervising person, the doctoral candidate and the Board of Examiners for Doctoral Awards . The necessary signatures must be included on all three versions (3 originals). The following points, among others, must be specified in the supervision agreement concluded with your supervisor. This is because in order to register for the doctoral examination, you must prove that you have
The evidence must be presented when applying for admission to the doctoral examination.
The written application for admission to doctoral study must be submitted to the chairperson of the faculty's Board of Examiners for Doctoral Awards.
The application must be accompanied by (cf. checklist (German)):
The application with the documents listed above must be handed in at the Dean's Office of the School of Business, Economics and Information Systems (Room 109 Economics Building) or sent by mail to the Dean's Office of the School of Business, Economics and Information Systems.
It is possible and also recommended that you enrol as a doctoral student. By doing so, you can take advantage of the associated social benefits and are also entitled to use the facilities of the University of Passau. Doctoral students are not bound by any enrolment deadlines and can therefore enrol throughout the year. Detailed information can be found on the pages of the Graduate Center as well as the page of the Student Registration Office.
Please note that in order to enrol, you will need, among other things, the notice of admission from the Board of Examniers for Doctoral Awards as proof of acceptance as a doctoral student.
The application for the doctoral examination takes place with the submission of your doctoral thesis.
Documents to be attached to the application (compare checklist (German)):
The doctoral thesis must be submitted to the Dean's Office of the School of Business, Economics and Information Systems (Room 109, Economics Building) together with the documents listed above or sent by mail to the Dean's Office of the School of Business, Economics and Information Systems.
After the admission to the doctoral examination, the doctoral thesis writing is forwarded to the two reviewers. As a rule, the written reviews of the doctoral thesis should be available in the Dean's Office within four months after appointment as a reviewer.
Once the written reviews have been received by the Dean's Office, the reviewed doctoral thesis will be made available for inspection by authorized faculty members for a period of three weeks.
The persons authorised to participate will be informed by the doctoral committee one week before the start of the display period.
Where the thesis is accepted, the Doctoral Examining Committee shall conduct the viva voce examination. The oral examination performance takes the form of a disputation, in which the doctoral student defends his or her doctoral thesis in a meeting of the doctoral examination committee that is open to the faculty. The disputation should take place three months after acceptance of the doctoral thesis at the latest. Further details are regulated by § 10 of the subject-specific doctoral degree regulations.
Only after the written permission of the chair of the Board of Examiners for Doctoral Awards (printing permission) has been obtained, the doctoral thesis can be reproduced and published. The doctoral student is obliged to make the doctoral thesis accessible to the scientific community through reproduction and distribution.
For this purpose, the doctoral student must, within one year after passing the oral examination (disputation), provide
free of charge to the faculty. The printed copies should be bound as adhesive binding in a durable manner. Ring binders and spiral binding are not accepted.
The deposit copies must be marked as doctoral theses written at the School of Business, Economics and Information Systems of the University of Passau. The reviewers and the date of the oral examination should also be indicated. The following template can be used here as a cover sheet.
Once the doctoral candidate has fulfilled all obligations in connection with the publication of the dissertation, the doctorate is awarded by handing over the doctoral certificate. Once the doctoral certificate has been issued, the doctoral candidate is authorised to use the doctoral degree.
Please note that after your registration as a doctoral student you must be enroled as such at the University of Passau for at least two full semesters in order to register for the doctoral examination. With the admission as a doctoral student, however, you are not automatically enroled! Rather, a second registration at the Student Registration Office of the University of Passau is required.
Doctoral candidates must report on their project at least every two years in the colloquium of the faculty. At the request of the supervisor, this period can be extended if there is a valid reason. Violation of the reporting requirement will result in termination of the doctoral student status.
According to § 13 of the Doctoral Degree Regulations (German), the registration for the doctoral examination takes place with the submission of your doctoral thesis. For this we need:
Admission as a doctoral student is defined in § 11 of the Doctoral Degree Regulations. Admission must be applied for in writing to the chair of the Board of Examiners for Doctoral Awards.
The application as well as documents to be attached to the application are to be submitted to the Dean's Office of the School of Business, Economics and Information Systems (Room 109).
A current overview of the modules from the doctoral program that are recognized as part of the doctoral degree can be found on the page of the doctoral program. In addition, a written declaration by the doctoral student is required that the modules submitted for recognition are not or were not the subject of another examination procedure or a previous degree program.
According to § 13 para. 2 no. 1 a. of the Doctoral Regulations (11th Amendment Statute), the Board of Examiners for Doctoral Awards may recognize equivalent modules upon request. The services to be recognized are basically for the purpose of further education (minimum duration one day) and therefore lectures etc. are not eligible for recognition. The application, a copy of the certificate as well as a detailed description of the course content must be submitted to the Dean's Office of the School of Business, Economics and Information Systems (Room 109).
In the Dean's Office of the School of Business, Economics and Information Systems (Room 109).
Contact details:
Phone: +49 851 509 4404
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For more information on admission to the doctoral examination, see § 13 of the Doctoral Degree Regulations (German) and the page on registration for the doctoral examination.
The following information refers to the 11th Amendment Statutes:
The formatting, structure and all content-related criteria of the doctoral thesis must be agreed upon with the supervisor.
Inspection is regulated in § 24 of the Doctoral Degree Regulations: "After completion of the doctoral procedure, the doctoral student is granted inspection of the doctoral files in accordance with the legal provisions.". Thus, no inspection of the expert reports is possible before completion of the doctoral project.
In addition, § 14 subsections 5 and 6 of the Doctoral Degree Regulation state that the doctoral thesis and the expert reports are laid out for the information of those entitled to participate in accordance with § 6(1) sentences 1 and 2 and thus only those entitled to participate can inspect them. These are: Professors, retired professors, associate professors and junior professors.
In the case of foreign degrees, the submitted foreign educational certificates are sent for evaluation to the Office of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany without exception. The Central Office for Foreign Education (ZAB) evaluates foreign qualifications in Germany. This can take several weeks.
Dean's Office
Room WIWI 109
Phone: +49 851 509-4404
Fax: +49 851 509-37 4404
promotion.wiwi@uni-passau.de
Website
Office hours
Monday - Thursday: 9am - 12.30pm
Consultation hours by appointment
Dean's Office
Room WIWI 109
Phone: +49 851 509 ext. 4401 or ext. 4404
Fax: +49 851 509 ext. 374401 or ext. 374404
E-mail: dekanat.wiwi@uni-passau.de
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University of Passau
School of Business, Economics and Information Systems
Innstrasse 27
94032 Passau
