General information

The first step to starting your doctorate is to find a supervisor among the teaching staff at the TUM School of Natural Sciences. You will discuss and agree on a research topic with your supervisor. As part of your supervisor’s research group, you will receive guidance and support for your doctoral project. Since individual scientific research is a crucial part of any PhD project, embedding into your supervisor’s research group and with colleagues with similar interests is essential. Hence, you apply for Ph.D. positions in the research group that best fits your scientific interests – you do not apply at a large, anonymous organization but form a personal bond with your supervisor.

The TUM School of Natural Sciences and the Graduate Center of Natural Sciences provide the organizational framework for the doctorate with a flexible and individual qualification program. Alternatively, there are some other (thematic) graduate centers supporting your professional qualifications.

After finding your supervisor and research topic, the application procedure runs through the central online platform Doc-GS. Please remember that the TUM School of Natural Sciences issues the degree Dr. rer. nat. for most Ph.D. students. The Dr.-Ing. might be more suitable for the chemical engineering field. Please discuss this topic with your supervisor. You will find more information on the application process and the required documents at the TUM Graduate School.

In addition, we have more information on your Application as a PhD student at NAT.

After completing the online registration in Doc-GS, please hand in the documents at the Dean’s Office.

More about our team, our organizational structure and the contact information is found in section Contact for doctoral matters at the TUM School of Natural Sciences.