Feedback discussion of your PhD project

Regular dialogue is crucial for the goal-oriented progress of a doctoral project. You will discuss the status of your research project regularly with your supervisor and your mentor and adjust your project plan to new circumstances. Especially after one to at most two years, there will be an intensive feedback discussion (status discussion) in the context of a university-public talk or a contribution at a scientific conference. Alternatively or in addition, you shall provide a written summary of your up-to-date results or a scientific publication.

This feedback talk is an official milestone within the doctoral phase, according to PromO, so make sure to distinguish it from your regular meetings with your supervisor.

The TUM-GS Wiki has more information about the regulations

Evaluation basis (settled in advance)

  • Either a seminar talk publicly announced to internal university members (“hochschulöffentlicher Vortrag” = a TUM-internal talk announced in advance)

  • or a presentation at an academic conference

  • or a written interim report by the doctoral candidate on the progress of the research work

  • or a scientific paper submitted for publication if it reflects the results of the research work exhaustively

Confirmation

Please record the progress of the feedback meeting in a document. Both parties should review the document and sign it to acknowledge the accuracy of the recorded information.

Please ensure that the following essential documents are readily available:

  • Either the updated project plan or an interim report from the candidate (based on presentation, publication if appropriate)

  • The minutes of the meeting

  • The updated supervision agreement

At the Graduate Center of Natural Sciences you do not need to upload these documents, but your supervisor needs to confirm that all three are available and effectively illustrate the progress of your PhD project. Recording changes in the supervision agreement is optional, provided the other documents convey your advancements.

Important

Current members from Chemistry, who perform the feedback discussion:

Please upload the feedback talk form you can get on request from Dr. Drees and an updated version of the supervision agreement in Doc-GS.