Admission requirements and pre-doctoral exam (until Sept 30, 2018)

Admission requirements (until September 30, 2018)

• The registration must have been submitted to the doctoral office by September 30, 2018
• The certificate of a Master's degree or an equivalent degree
• or a certificate that you have passed the veterinary examination, the first state examination in law, the first state examination for food chemists or the pharmaceutical examination
• If you have not completed your diploma, Master's degree or state examination in Germany, you must also provide proof the equivalency of your degree when applying.
• a certified translation of the certificate for foreign degrees
• Proof of the start/completion of two years of academic work with your supervisor
• the passed pre-doctoral examination

The pre-doctoral examination

Please enclose the following documents with your application for admission to the preliminary doctoral examination:

• a curriculum vitae in tabular form
• a certified copy of the certificate
• a certified translation of the certificate for foreign degrees
• Proof of the start/completion of the required two years of academic work

The procedure for the pre-doctoral examination

• The preliminary doctoral examination is an oral examination
• The doctoral committee appoints the exam chair
• The examiners will inform you of the examination topics at least 8 weeks before the examination. You can also ask the examiners directly about the examination subjects.
• For graduates of universities of applied sciences with a diploma, the subjects chosen by the doctoral candidates are taken into account when determining the examination topics and your work
• Immediately after the preliminary doctoral examination, the three examiners will decide whether you will be admitted to the doctoral degree and inform you of the result.

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