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Contents:
- General information
- Application as a doctoral student at NAT
- Membership and roles as a doctoral candidate
- Changes of your doctorate at NAT
- Internationalisation funds of the TUM Graduate School
- Qualification program
- Submission of the doctoral thesis
- Acceptance of the dissertation and doctoral examination
- Publication of the thesis and final steps
- Services at the GC-NAT
- Contact for doctoral matters at the TUM School of Natural Sciences
- Downloads and links
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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.
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 application you will be officially registered on the list of doctoral candidates at the TUM School of Natural Sciences, confirming your academic affiliation.
The Dean’s office of NAT manages your Application as a doctoral student at NAT and the Acceptance of the dissertation and doctoral examination.
Graduate Center of Natural Sciences (or another TUM Graduate Center)¶
Responsible for the qualification program and supporting your academic development.
You become a member of a Graduate Center and the TUM Graduate School. This includes:
Participation in the Qualification program
Receiving Subject-Related Training
Access to Internationalisation funds of the TUM Graduate School
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 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 TUM-ID and TUM email address 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 TUM-ID as described in section TUM-ID and TUM email address.
It is essential that we are always able to reach you through your TUM email.
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 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 Confirmation of status as PhD student.
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)
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.
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 Funding of your Ph.D. project. 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.