The individual Ph.D.

1. a qualifying degree, like a Master's degree or equivalent in medicine, veterinary medicine, a natural science, pharmacy, health sciences or a related subject with at least 240 ECTS. The equivalence of the degrees is checked by the program coordinator or the MMRS.
2. APS certificate (only required for degrees from China, India and Vietnam)
3. A research project for a minimum of 3 years of full-time research and a maximum of 5 years at a time. It is not possible to shorten the minimum of 3 years, divide it into different blocks or complement it with phased part-time research. Physicians should be able to provide evidence of a leave of absence from their clinical duties for at least 3 years.

1. Your 1st TAC member, must already be known at the time of application and fulfill the following requirements:
   • have a professorship, be habilitated or at least accepted for habilitation (with a few exceptions)
   • be a member of the LMU Medical Faculty
   • offer at least one training opportunity, e.g. a course day or one-day workshop for doctoral candidates in the individual Ph.D. program
   • must be willing to provide you with a letter of recommendation and submit it to the MMRS via the online application platform
2. You must submit a tabular curriculum proposal in which you describe how you intend to complete the required 30 ECTS (17 ECTS methods, 8 ECTS conferences and 5 ECTS skills). You can find the allocation of the various activities on our homepage. Participation in the MMRS lecture series on “Good Scientific Practice” is a compulsory part of the curriculum. An example of the structure of the curriculum can be found here (PDF, 536 KB).
3. Another person who is willing to provide you with a letter of recommendation and submit it to the MMRS via the online application platform
4. Proof of sufficient English language skills (e.g. TOEFL, ILTES, degree in a degree program taught entirely in English), proof can be submitted later within the first 2 semesters if necessary.
5. If possible, the composition of your thesis advisory committee (TAC) should already be known at the time of application.

Potential candidates can apply for the summer and winter semester. The deadlines are:

• January 31 for the following summer semester
• July 15 for the following winter semester

The Graduate Center's application portal opens around 6 weeks before the deadline.

You must upload all applications via the Graduate Center's application portal. Unfortunately, we cannot consider applications that are not submitted via the portal.

1. Letter of motivation (max. 3000 characters)
2. List of publications
3. 2 people who agree to write a letter of recommendation for you (one of which must be from the 1st TAC member)
4. Curriculum vitae
5. University entrance qualification certificate, original and certified translation.
6. Bachelor's degree (certificate and transcript), or state examination, diploma or other qualifying degrees, in the original and as a certified translation.
7. Master's degree (certificate and transcript), if applicable, in the original and as a certified translation.
8. Research project (4-8 pages, excluding title page, references, figures and tables). The project objective, the classification of the project in the scientific context, the milestones and all necessary additional information should be included.
9. planned curriculum with 17 ECTS Methods, 8 ECTS Conferences and 5 ECTS Skills. The classification of the various activities can be found on our homepage. Participation in the MMRS lecture series on “Good Scientific Practice” is a compulsory part of the curriculum. Please list in table form
   • the specific event planned,
   • the planned semester,
   • the number of ECTS credits
   • the allocation to methods, conferences or skills.
   • You can find an example (PDF, 536 KB) here (PDF, 536 KB).
10. Proof of sufficient English language skills for non-native speakers (e.g. TOEFL, ILTES, degree in a degree program taught entirely in English)
11. All documents must be submitted in German or English

Your application must fulfill these conditions in order to be reviewed:

• all application documents must be complete and received by the deadline
• Both letters of recommendation must be submitted by the deadline
• The doctoral committee selects which applications will be accepted. If necessary, the committee may interview you before a final decision is made.
• The selection of projects accepted for the Ph.D. is usually made within 2-3 months after the deadline for the letters of recommendation

The selection of projects accepted for the Ph.D. is usually made within 2-3 months after the deadline for the letters of recommendation. The MMRS will inform you immediately about the decisions of the doctoral committee. After you have been accepted into the MMRS, please register your project in the Campus Portal so that we can issue you with a letter of admission.

You should then use the letter of admission to enrol as a doctoral student at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität.