Doctorate Proceedings
Table of contents
- 1. Application requirements
- 2. Application for acceptance as a doctoral candidate and admission
- 3. Certified copies and verification of equivalence of foreign university degrees
- 4. Enrolment
- 5. Additional requirements
- 6. Opening of the doctorate proceedings
- 7. Clearance Certificate
- 8. Completed doctorates and alumni network
Doctorate at the Faculty of Education
We are happy that you plan to do your doctorate at the Faculty of Education. Since December 2018 the doctoral procedure is organized by Promovendus.
1. Application requirements
Requests should be submitted by email together with a CV, an initial version of the research synopsis (minimum 5 pages) and pdf copies of the qualifying Master's degree(s) or equivalent. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
The requirements of the Faculty of Education for doctorate degree candidates are stated in the § 6 of the doctorate regulations dated 24.11.2010. The minimum requirement for admission is a good to very good university degree (usually a master’s degree including a research oriented master’s thesis) which is equivalent to a German academic degree that qualifies to start a doctorate. You also need a supervisor (professor or young investigator at the Faculty of Education) who agrees to take the responsibility for the academic supervision of your doctorate.
2. Application for acceptance as a doctoral candidate and admission
The application for acceptance as a doctoral candidate can be filed with the doctoral board of the Faculty according to § 6 of the doctorate regulations dated 24.11.2010. The doctoral board will verify whether all admission requirements are met. With acceptance as a doctoral candidate, you agree to complete your doctorate at the Faculty of Education within 6 years.
You can find all valid regulations and committees here:
- doctorate regulations dated 24.11.2010
- Regulations for processing of personal data during the doctorate at TU Dresden
- Members of the doctoral board
For the application for acceptance as a doctoral candidate please use the online system Promovendus.
You can access Promovendus via the internet at any time. You will need a valid ZIH user account to login to Promovendus.
Enrolled students and employees of TU Dresden automatically receive ZIH access data. If you have not yet received ZIH access data, please ask your supervisor for an invitation to apply for a guest login https://selfservice.tu-dresden.de/guests/. If you have any questions or problems with your ZIH user account, please contact the TU Dresden Service Desk.
Promovendus will generate an application document for you which you will have to hand in to the Faculty of Education:
Please note that, together with the application for acceptance as a doctoral candidate, you will need to hand in the following documents:
- Certified copies and, if applicable, translations in German or English of all other study graduation certificates
- Simple copy of the university entrance qualification certificate (f.ex. A-levels) and, if applicable, translation in German or English
- Original of the supervision agreement with responsible professor/young investigator at the Faculty and, in case of a cooperation, the signature of the professor of a university of applied science
- Curriculum vitae (C.V.) including scientific career, publications and signature
- Certified confirmation of fulfillment of additional studies or examinations
- Confirmation (receipt) of application for a clearance certificate (Führungszeugnis) to be sent to the Faculty of the Computer Science in compliance with Section 30 Paragraph 5 “Bundeszentralregistergesetz” (Federal Central Register Law)
3. Certified copies and verification of equivalence of foreign university degrees
For the acceptance as a doctoral candidate, you need to hand in certified copies and, if applicable, certified translations of your graduation certificates and subject and grades overview. You can find further information on certified copies of certificates which have not been issued by TU Dresden on the website of the office of certified documentation of TU Dresden.
If you completed one of your studies outside Germany or if you have a foreign citizenship, your documents will be sent to the International Office of the TU Dresden to verify the equivalence of your degree. You can use the online database www.anabin.de for a preliminary check of the equivalence of your degree.
4. Enrolment
You can only enroll as PhD student if the doctoral board of the Faculty has accepted you as doctoral candidate and put you on the doctoral list of the Faculty. You can find further information on the website of the admission office.
Enrolment is voluntary. The regulations for enrolment can be found here.
To apply for enrolment, please use the website of the admission office.
5. Additional requirements
Acceptance as a doctoral candidate can be combined with additional requirements and the completion of additional tests. The doctoral board will define these requirements and inform the doctoral candidate together with the confirmation of acceptance.
6. Opening of the doctorate proceedings
For the application for opening of the doctorate proceedings please use the online system Promovendus.
You can access Promovendus via the internet at any time. You will need a valid ZIH user account to login to Promovendus.
Enroled students as well as employees of TU Dresden automatically receive ZIH login details. If you have not yet received ZIH login details, you can file an application for a guest login which your supervisor has to sign. You can find the application for a ZIH user account on the website of the ZIH. Please contact the Service Desk of TU Dresden in case of any questions or problems with the ZIH user account.
Promovendus will generate an application document for you which you will have to hand in to the Faculty of Education:
Please note that, together with the application for the opening of the doctorate proceedings, you will need to hand in the following documents:
- 4 printed versions of the dissertation in German or English language
- 4 electronic versions of the dissertation (as a pdf file on CD)
- Curriculum vitae (C.V.) including scientific career and signature
- List of scientific publications
- Original confirmation of acceptance as doctoral candidate at the Faculty of Education and certified certificate stating the fulfillment of additional requirements
- Confirmation of fulfillment of additional requirements
- Confirmation (receipt) of application for a clearance certificate (Führungszeugnis) to be sent to the Faculty of Education, which is not older than 3 months, in compliance with Section 30 Paragraph 5 “Bundeszentralregistergesetz” (Federal Central Register Law) - see section 7 below
The dissertation as well as the disputation (defense of PhD thesis) can be in the German or English language. You can find all further details in the doctorate regulations dated 24.11.2010.
7. Clearance Certificate
For application of acceptance as a doctoral candidate as well as the opening of the doctorate procedures, you will need a confirmation (receipt) of application for a clearance certificate (“Führungszeugnis”) to be sent to the Faculty of Computer Science in compliance with Section 30 Paragraph 5 “Bundeszentralregistergesetz” (Federal Central Register Law)
The clearance certificate is valid for about 3 months and can be requested on the day that the application for acceptance as a doctorate candidate or opening of the doctorate proceedings is submitted.
When requesting this certificate (for example at the records department, Theaterstraße 11, 01067 Dresden) the following address should be given:
Technische Universität Dresden
Fakultät Erziehungswissenschaften
Dekanat/Promotionsangelegenheiten
01062 Dresden
8. Completed doctorates and alumni network
You can view all doctorates in the doctorate archive.
You can register for the alumni network for former junior researchers in Promovendus. If you do not have a valid ZIH user account, you can also use the alumni sheet. Registration is voluntary.
We would also like to draw your attention to the general alumni network of TU Dresden.