Membership and roles as a doctoral candidate ============================================ As a doctoral candidate at NAT, you may hold several types of membership and roles. Some relate directly to your Ph.D project, while others are only loosly connected. .. index:: TUM School of Natural Sciences, Graduate Center of Natural Sciences, TUM Graduate School .. index:: list of doctoral candidates, membership of the Graduate Center NAT, TUM-ID, enrolment Memberships directly related to your doctoral project --------------------------------------------------------------- TUM School of Natural Sciences ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your degree-awarding institution. This is where you complete your doctoral examination and receive your doctoral degree. Your doctoral advisor (Doktormutter or Doktorvater in German) must be a university lecturer at the TUM School of Natural Sciences (NAT). After completing your :ref:`application ` you will be officially registered on the **list of doctoral candidates** at the TUM School of Natural Sciences, confirming your :ref:`academic affiliation `. The Dean's office of NAT manages your :ref:`application` and the :ref:`promotionsverfahren`. Graduate Center of Natural Sciences (or another TUM Graduate Center) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Responsible for the qualification program and supporting your academic development. You become a :ref:`member of a Graduate Center and the TUM Graduate School `. This includes: - Participation in the :ref:`qprogram` - Receiving :ref:`subject-related` - Access to :ref:`internationalization` - Access to transferable skills courses and networking opportunities TUM Graduate School ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The central TUM body that provides the overarching structure for all doctoral programs. You become a :ref:`member of the TUM Graduate School ` together with your membership at a Graduate Center. The TUM Graduate School (TUM-GS) offers both a `Website `_ and a `Wiki `_ with more information about doctoral matters at TUM. Technical University of Munich (TUM) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Membership at TUM: a :ref:`tumid` are required for all doctoral candidates at NAT. TUM-ID (TUM-Kennung) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If you do not yet have a **TUM account**, please register at TUM and obtain a :ref:`TUM-ID ` as described in section :ref:`tumid`. It is essential that we are always able to reach you through :ref:`your TUM email `. .. index:: Enrollment, Student status .. _enrollment: Optional enrollment as a doctoral student at TUM ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ You may choose to enroll as a doctoral student at TUM, gaining formal student status. All doctoral candidates must enter the doctoral candidacy list, while enrollment is optional. Enrolled doctoral candidates must pay a `base fee per semester `_. You generally have to be accepted on our list of doctoral candidates to enroll as a student at TUM. **Enrollment is NOT handled by the Graduate Center or the TUM School of Natural Sciences.** **Enrollment is handled by the** `TUM Center for Study and Teaching (TUM CST) - Admissions and Enrollment `_. They have more information on `fees `_ and a `FAQ `_. Further information on the enrollment process can be found in the `TUM-GS Wiki `_. Please note that your chair or the Dean’s Office has to take care of your :ref:`TUM account ` after your enrollment runs out. Confirmation of status as doctoral candidate ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you need a confirmation of your status as a PhD student or as a member of the Graduate School, please have a look at section :ref:`confirmation-membership`. Not directly related to your doctoral project -------------------------------------------------------------------- These aspects can be part of your doctoral journey but do not define your Ph.D. project at TUM: - Employment contract or other funding arrangements - Membership in external institutions, external graduate programs, or professional societies (e.g., DPG, GDCh) .. index:: internal doctoral candidate, external doctoral candidate, funding .. _funding: Funding of your Ph.D. project ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Depending on the funding of your Ph.D. project and the location of your workplace, you are either an **internal** or an **external** Ph.D. student. - **Work contract at TUM:** you are a member of the scientific staff at TUM and an **internal** Ph.D. student. - **Stipend or other funding with the workplace at TUM:** You are a member of TUM and an **internal** Ph.D. student. - Contract with an external institution or company and **no workplace at TUM**: you are an **external** Ph.D. student and an external scientist at TUM. As an external Ph.D. student: - You still conduct your academic research at TUM. - You retain access to TUM resources (e.g., IT services and other research-related infrastructure). - You typically have fewer obligations than internal Ph.D. students. .. Workplace .. ------------- .. .. - at NAT at TUM: **internal** Ph.D. student .. - at TUM, but not at NAT, eg. FRM2 (including Jülich, Gesthacht), MIBE, WSI: **internal** Ph.D. student .. - at a partner institution (usually Garching) .. - at WMI .. - far away External institutions or external Graduate Centers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ External organizations, including external Graduate Centers like IMPRS, are **not responsible** for your TUM doctoral project. **Your academic home remains TUM.** Requirements from external institutions may apply to your *work contract* or other :ref:`funding`. but they do not affect the formal conditions of your TUM Ph.D. project. Membership in external institutions or professional societies like DPG or GdCh, `Freunde und Förderer der Physik an der TUM e.V. `_ and the like has no formal relation with your academic Ph.D. project.