FAQ - Doctoral Procedure

• An enrollment on the doctoral list is not obligatory according to the current doctoral regulations of the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, see also Art. 4 Doctoral Regulations, but it is highly recommended. By registering on the list of doctoral candidates, you can apply for enrollment at the University of Leipzig and thus obtain the right to vote for your representative, the PhD Council.
• Due to the new version of the doctoral regulations, adopted by the Faculty Council on 24.03.2025, it will be mandatory in future to be a member of the doctoral candidate list at the latest at the time of submission of the dissertation.
• Doctoral candidates who are members of the doctoral candidate list by the time the new version comes into force will be treated according to transitional rules.
• An application for admission on the doctoral candidate list can only be submitted via the digital doctoral administration system DPVS at: dpvs.uni-leipzig.de/home. Please send the original signed application to the Dean's Office.
• Further information will follow as soon as the new version comes into force (as of 28.03.2025).

• Due to the new version of the doctoral regulations, adopted by the Faculty Council on 24.03.2025, it will be mandatory in future to be a member of the doctoral candidate list at the latest at the time of submission of the dissertation.
• An application for admission on the doctoral candidate list can only be submitted via the digital doctoral administration system DPVS at: dpvs.uni-leipzig.de/home. Please send the signed application to the Dean's Office.
• The entry in the list of doctoral candidates expires upon completion or termination of the doctoral process, but no later than 5 years after entry in the list.

• An extension of one year is possible upon request and will be decided by the corresponding doctoral committee.

  Further information will follow as soon as the new version comes into force (as of 28.03.2025).

   

To apply for a doctoral procedure, please submit an informal application for a doctoral degree and enclose the documents required by the doctoral degree regulations according to § 7. We kindly ask you to provide these documents in original and digitally via a download link.

• Three bound copies of the dissertation, one copy in electronic form (preferably in pdf format) as well as 30 copies of the abstract of maximum four pages. If additional copies of the dissertation are required in the course of the doctoral procedure, they must be submitted by the applicant. We kindly ask that only one copy of the abstract be submitted for the time being, as it has not yet been determined whether the defense will take place in attendance. The printed summaries are to be submitted later in case of a presence defense.
• Tabular curriculum vitae with description of the scientific career and picture of yourself;
• List of scientific publications and lectures;
• Officially certified copies of the documentary evidence of the fulfillment of the prerequisites according to § 5 for admission to a doctoral procedure;
• Declarations of the applicant on the acceptance of the doctoral regulations, on the fact that the submitted work in the same or similar form has not been submitted to another examination authority for the purpose of a doctorate or another examination procedure; on whether and, if so, where, when and with which subject previous unsuccessful attempts at a doctorate have taken place.
• If applicable, endorsement of the application by a professor of the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science (§ 5 para. 1 item 4);
• If applicable, approval of the application for admission in a language other than German or English.
• If it is a binational doctorate, the framework agreement with the foreign university.
• Without any claim to consideration, at least four reviewers should be proposed. (We recommend that you obtain prior consent for the reviewer proposals in order to avoid a delay in the procedure due to reappointment.)

• An enrollment on the doctoral list is not obligatory according to the current doctoral regulations of the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, see also Art. 4 Doctoral Regulations, but it is highly recommended. By registering on the list of doctoral candidates, you can apply for enrollment at the University of Leipzig and thus obtain the right to vote for your representative, the PhD Council.