Doctorate at the TUM School of Natural Sciences

Contents

  • Doctoral studies at NAT: overview
    • Obtain a PhD in physics, chemistry, or bioscience (Promotion an der NAT)
    • Starting a doctorate at the TUM School of Natural Sciences
  • Apply for a doctorate (Bewerbung zur Promotion)
    • Admission requirements at the TUM School of Natural Sciences (Voraussetzungen)
      • Foreign degrees and degree recognition (Anerkennung)
    • Application process overview (Bewerbung)
    • TUM ID and TUM email address
      • Use your TUM email address for official communication
    • Register with the TUM Graduate School and join a Graduate Center (Mitgliedschaft)
      • Supervision agreement (Betreuungsvereinbarung)
      • Mentor for your doctoral project
    • Entry on the list of doctoral candidates (Eintrag Promotionsliste)
      • Required documents
      • Diplomas, certificates, and certified copies (beglaubigte Kopien)
    • Direct Track from a Master’s program
  • Membership and roles during your doctorate (Mitgliedschaft, Promotionsliste)
    • Memberships related to your doctoral project
      • TUM School of Natural Sciences
      • Graduate Center of Natural Sciences or another TUM Graduate Center
      • TUM Graduate School (TUM-GS)
      • Technical University of Munich (TUM)
        • TUM ID (TUM-Kennung)
        • Optional enrollment as a doctoral student at TUM (Einschreibung ins Promotionsstudium)
      • Confirmation of doctoral candidate status (Bestätigung)
    • Other roles and affiliations
      • Funding your doctoral project (Finanzierung)
      • External institutions and external Graduate Centers
  • Changes during your doctorate at NAT (Änderungen)
    • Change your personal data (persönliche Daten)
    • Change the doctoral degree regulations that apply to you (Promotionsordnung)
      • Documents and regulations
    • Change your Graduate Center (Graduiertenzentrum)
    • Change your mentor
    • Change your supervisor (Wechsel von Doktormutter oder Doktorvater)
  • Qualification program during your doctorate (Qualifizierungsprogramm)
    • Qualification program tailored to your doctoral project
    • Good scientific practice (gute wissenschaftliche Praxis)
    • Mandatory elements of the qualification program (Pflichtelemente)
      • Kick-off seminar of the TUM Graduate School
      • Subject-related training (Fachspezifische Qualifizierung)
        • Additional Courses not yet included in the catalog
        • External courses
      • Active participation in TUM’s academic environment (Einbindung ins akademische Umfeld)
      • Feedback discussion for your doctoral project (Feedbackgespräch)
        • Evaluation basis (settled in advance)
        • Confirmation
      • Presenting and discussing your research internationally
        • Address and Affiliation
        • Funding for publications
      • Minimum TUM-GS membership period of two years (Mindestmitgliedschaft)
      • Annual data confirmation in DocGS (Rückmeldung)
      • Further information
    • Optional elements of the qualification program
      • Internationalization
      • Transferable skills training
    • Report and confirm your qualification program (Bestätigung)
      • Report completed qualification elements
      • Do not enter qualification elements directly in DocGS
      • Confirmation of the qualification program (Bestätigung)
      • Physics-specific confirmation process
      • Chemistry-specific confirmation process
  • Funding for international research stays and conferences
    • Internationalization support from TUM-GS and GC-NAT (Internationalisierungsmittel)
      • Application and reimbursement (Erstattung)
    • TUM-GS Internationalization Support
    • TUM-GS Internationalization Grant
      • More information on the TUM-GS grant
    • Initiativ-Fonds of the Graduate Center NAT
    • TUM-GS information on internationalization support
  • Submit your doctoral thesis (Einreichung Doktorarbeit)
    • Submission steps
      • Title page for submission and publication (Titelblatt)
    • Submission date and earliest oral examination date
      • TUM-GS qualification program before submission (Qualifizierungsprogramm)
      • Earliest possible oral examination date
  • Dissertation assessment and acceptance (Annahmeverfahren)
    • Completing your doctorate: process overview
    • Examination committee and assessment process (Prüfungskommission)
      • Guidelines for doctoral examination committees (Prüfungskommission)
        • 1. Evaluation criteria (“Bewertung”)
          • Doctoral regulations as of October 2021
          • Doctoral regulations April 2014 – October 2021
        • 2. Principles for appointing doctoral examination committees
          • a) Rules on Conflict of Interest (“Befangenheit”)
          • b) Scientific independence
          • c) External reviewers
          • d) Participation of professorial members of the TUM School of Natural Sciences (NAT)
          • e) Exclusion of professional or personal dependencies
          • f) Conduct of the oral doctoral examination
        • 3. Special regulations for “summa” procedures
          • a) Composition of the committee
          • b) Overall evaluation
        • 4. Special regulations for “magna” procedures
          • a) Overall evaluation
    • Dissertation acceptance by circulation procedure (Umlaufverfahren)
      • Acceptance committee for Physics (Dr. rer. nat.)
      • Acceptance committee for Chemistry (Dr. rer. nat.)
      • Acceptance committee for Biosciences (Dr. rer. nat.)
      • Acceptance committee for Engineering (Dr.-Ing.)
  • Oral examination (Doktorprüfung)
    • Public announcements of doctoral examinations (Prüfungsankündigungen)
    • Information required for the oral examination announcement
    • Organization of the oral examination
  • Publish your thesis and complete your doctorate
    • Publish your thesis (Veröffentlichung)
      • Submit the final title page (finales Titelblatt)
      • Publication options
      • After publication
      • Embargoed publications (Sperrvermerk)
    • Final doctoral certificate (Promotionsurkunde)
    • TUM Graduate School certificate
  • Services from GC-NAT
    • Funding for international research stays and conferences
    • Grammarly license
    • Confirmation of membership (Mitgliedsbestätigung)
    • Annual performance review (Jahresgespräch)
  • Contact for doctoral studies at the TUM School of Natural Sciences
    • Email address
    • Postal address (Anschrift)
    • Dean’s Office for doctoral studies (Dekanat)
    • Graduate Center of Natural Sciences (GC-NAT)
      • Management and administrative support
      • Speaker of the Graduate Center (Sprecher)
      • Doctoral candidate representatives (Promovierendenvertretung)
  • Downloads, forms, and links
    • Regulations and general information for doctoral studies at NAT (Promotionsordnung, Regelungen)
    • Templates and forms (Formulare)
      • Supervision agreement (Betreuungsvereinbarung)
      • Membership forms (Mitgliedschaft)
      • Submission forms and templates
    • Confirmation of doctoral candidate status (Promotionsbestätigung)

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