Acceptance of applications for the Dr. rer. nat.

• Certificate of eligibility from a faculty of natural sciences at LMU
• Proof that you have passed the preliminary examination (if a preliminary examination is required, this is noted on the Certificate of eligibility)
• Certificate of your university degree: Proof of a relevant degree in a natural science subject (mathematics, computer science, statistics, physics, chemistry, pharmacy, biology, geosciences or similar)
• Official, private certificate of good conduct (not older than 3 months)
• Curriculum vitae with signature

• Application for acceptance as a doctoral candidate: Application form
• Doctoral supervision agreement
• Certified copy of your university degree (certified copies only, no originals, we do not return documents)
• Certificate of eligibility from a faculty of natural sciences at LMU (original)
• Official private certificate of good conduct (original - not older than 3 months)
• APS certificate (only required for degrees from China, India and Vietnam)

• fill out and specify subject area
• date
• sign
• send it by regular mail to the Doctoral Office (Doctoral Office, Dean's Office, Bavariaring 19, 80336 Munich)

• To be accepted as a Dr. rer. nat. candidate at the Faculty of Medicine, you must prove that you would be accepted as a doctoral candidate at one of the faculties of natural sciences at LMU.
• Please contact the faculty responsible for your university degree to request a certificate of eligibility.
• The following LMU faculties can issue certificates of eligibility:
  • Faculty of Biology
  • Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy
  • Faculty of Physics
  • Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics
  • Faculty of Geosciences

Students who are only entitled to become doctoral candidates at one of the faculties of natural sciences at the LMU after passing a pre-doctoral examination there, can take the preliminary doctoral examination either at that faculty or at the Faculty of Medicine in accordance with the respective doctoral regulations.

• Goal: Proof of knowledge and skills that can be expected to lead to a successful doctoral project
• For admission to the pre-doctoral examination, you must submit a written application to the doctoral committee, stating your major subject and two minor subjects. Please contact the doctoral office for more details.

Procedure for the preliminary examination:

• The doctoral committee appoints the three examiners and selects the chair
• The chair sets the examination date and invites the candidate at least eight weeks before the date and names the examiners.
• The pre-doctoral examination is an oral examination (duration approx. 30 - 45 min), topic: the specified major subject and the two minor subjects. The minor subjects must be appropriate to the doctoral project.