Doctorate Studies
We are happy that you plan to do your doctorate at the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering. On this web page, you will find all important information for this endeavour.
The next PhD Committee session takes place on October 9, 2023. The last deadline for your applications is October 2, 2023.
Applications can be submitted in person during office hours (see contact information) and by prior appointment. Please send your inquires to: ute.wermuth@tu-dresden.de
The PhD office is closed from October 5 to October 13, 2023.
Admission to Doctoral Studies
The requirements of the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering for doctorate degree candidates are stated in the §6 of the doctorate regulations. 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 at Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering ) who agrees to take the responsibility for the academic supervision of your doctorate.
For all formal actions involved with doctorate procedures (e.g., application for acceptance), please use the online system Promovendus. You can access Promovendus at any time.
You will also need a valid ZIH user account to log in to Promovendus. Enrolled students as well as employees of TU Dresden automatically receive a ZIH login. If you do not have a ZIH login yet, you can file an application for a guest login, which your supervisor has to sign. Please contact the Service Desk in case of any questions or problems with the ZIH user account.
The application for acceptance as a doctoral candidate can be filed with the Faculty’s doctoral board according to §8 of the doctorate regulations. The doctoral board will verify whether all admission requirements are met. With acceptance as a doctoral candidate, you express the intention to complete your doctorate at the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering within 6 years.
If you should wish to carry out the doctoral studies according to §3 (3) of the doctorate regulations, the confirmation of acceptance as a doctoral candidate includes the request to enrol to the doctoral studies in Electrical Engineering (cf. enrolment). Enrolment to the doctoral studies allows you to replace the Rigorosum by an oral examination according to §7 of the academic study regulations for the doctoral studies in Electrical Engineering.
Promovendus will generate an application document for you, which you will have to hand in to the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering through
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PhD Office
NameMs Ute Wermuth
Send encrypted mail via the SecureMail portal (for TUD external users only).
Visiting address:
Barkhausen-Bau, Room 152 Helmholtzstr. 18
01069 Dresden
Office hours:
- Tuesday:
- 09:00 - 11:30
- 13:30 - 15:30
- Thursday:
- 13:00 - 15:30
as well as on appointment.
Please note that, together with the application for acceptance as a doctoral candidate, you will need to hand in and upload in Promovendus the following documents:
- the prospective topic
- certified copies1 and, if applicable, translations in German or English of the graduation certificates and of the overview of subjects and grades of the study degree relevant for admission (for degrees awarded by TU Dresden: free of charge copies can be acquired at TU Dresden’s certifying office),
- certified copies1 and, if applicable, translations in German or English of all other study graduation certificates (for degrees awarded by TU Dresden: free of charge copies can be acquired at TU Dresden’s certifying office),
- simple copy of the university entrance qualification certificate (e.g., A-levels),
- original of the supervision agreement with the responsible professor/young investigator at the Faculty (the form is available at the Graduate Academy),
- confirmation of removal from the register of students (ex-matriculation) in case of previous enrolment at a German university,
- curriculum vitae (C.V.) including scientific career, publications and signature, and
- confirmation (receipt) of application for a clearance certificate2.
Fußnoten
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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 not 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, your documents are 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. -
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 Electrical and Computer Engineering in compliance with §30 (5) BZRG. The clearance certificate is valid for about 3 months and can be requested on the day the application for acceptance as a doctorate candidate or opening of the doctorate proceedings is submitted. When requesting this certificate (e.g., at the records department, Theaterstr. 11, 01067 Dresden), the following recipient should be given:
Technische Universität Dresden
Fakultät Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik
Dekanat
Promotionsangelegenheiten
01062 Dresden
You can only enrol as doctorate student if the Faculty’s doctoral board has accepted you as doctoral candidate and put you on the doctoral list of the Faculty. You can find further information on the web pages of the admission office.
If you intend to replace the Rigorosum by an oral examination according to §11 (5) of the doctorate regulations, enrolment to the doctorate studies in Electrical Engineering is mandatory. The standard period of study is 6 semesters and you should enrol in good time after acceptance as a doctoral candidate. A confirmation of enrolment has to be handed in to the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Otherwise, enrolment is voluntary. The regulations for enrolment can be found in the enrolment regulations (in German only). To apply for enrolment, please use the web pages of the admission office.
Additional requirements
Acceptance as a doctoral candidate can be subject to additional requirements; e.g. the taking additional exams and passing with a mandatory minimum grade. The doctoral board will define these requirements and inform the doctoral candidate together with the confirmation of acceptance. The additional requirements must be fulfilled within two years after acceptance as a doctoral candidate (§7 of the doctorate regulations).
Doctorate proceedings
The application for opening of the doctorate proceedings must be submitted through Promovendus, which will generate an application document that you must hand in at the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering through
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PhD Office
NameMs Ute Wermuth
Send encrypted mail via the SecureMail portal (for TUD external users only).
Visiting address:
Barkhausen-Bau, Room 152 Helmholtzstr. 18
01069 Dresden
Office hours:
- Tuesday:
- 09:00 - 11:30
- 13:30 - 15:30
- Thursday:
- 13:00 - 15:30
as well as on appointment.
Please note that, together with the application for the opening of the doctorate proceedings, you will need to hand in the following documents (§9 of the doctorate regulations) in Promovendus as well as on paper:
Abbreviations in the title of your PhD-Thesis and company logos are not permitted.
Spiral binding will not be accepted.
- 4 hard-cover copies A4 including C.V., table of contents, list of abbreviations, and index of formulas bound and one electronic version (CD, stick,... ) of the dissertation
- 1 printed copy of the theses signed by the responsible supervisor (name, first name)
- 30 printed copies of the theses (computer typed and bound)
- 1 electronic short version to: as well as upload in Promovendus
- English and German short version (abstract)
- Application to conduct (parts of ) the doctorate proceedings in English language, if applicable
- Curriculum vitae (C.V.) including scientific career and signature (please upload also in Promovendus)
- List of scientific publications, in addition a summarized list of publications and prizes, stipends (please upload also in Promovendus)
- Original confirmation of acceptance as doctoral candidate at the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering and certified certificate stating the fulfillment of additional requirements
- Confirmation (receipt) of application for a clearance certificate (Führungszeugnis)1 to be sent to the Faculty, which is not older than 3 months, in compliance with Section 30 Paragraph 5 “Bundeszentralregistergesetz” (Federal Central Register Law) (please upload also in Promovendus)
Footnotes
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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 not issued by TU Dresden on the web page of the office of certified documentation of TU Dresden.
If you completed one of your studies outside Germany, your documents are 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.
After acceptance of the doctoral thesis (dissertation), the doctoral candidate needs to prove deep knowledge in the scientific field of the dissertation during a non-public, scientific oral examination (Rigorosum). Directly after the Rigorosum, the public defense will take place. By enrolling to the doctoral studies, the Rigorosum can be replaced by an oral examination according to §7 of the academic study regulations for the doctoral studies in Electrical Engineering. If such oral examination shall replace the Rigorosum or if the Rigorosum shall be carried out directly before the defense has to be decided when applying for the opening of the doctorate proceedings at the latest.
After having successfully completed the doctorate proceedings, the doctoral candidate is obliged to make the dissertation available for the general scientific public. Therefore, the dissertation that has to be published within one year after the date of the final oral exam (in general, the defense). The publishing is completed by the free submission of 15 printed copies of the thesis (A5), to the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the TU Dresden.
If the doctoral committee has imposed additional conditions to the dissertation, the a revised version of the dissertation must be reviewed and acknowledged by the responsible professor. The corresponding confirmation must be submitted to the doctoral office.
The Saxon State Library (Sächsischen Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden; SLUB) requires:
- five bound copies (not paper-back) of the edition accepted by the doctoral committee (must be handed over to SLUB office free of charge), as well as
- one electronic version in PDF/A format (verified error-free through Preflight) submitted via Qucosa.
Please pay attention to SLUB's general guidlines for dissertations as well as the guidelines for submission.
Abbreviations in the dissertation's title an company logos are not admissible. Spiral (ring) bindings will not be accepted!
Completed doctorates and alumni network
You can register for the alumni network for former junior researchers in Promovendus. If you do not have a ZIH login, 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.
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PhD Office
NameMs Ute Wermuth
Send encrypted mail via the SecureMail portal (for TUD external users only).
Visiting address:
Barkhausen-Bau, Room 152 Helmholtzstr. 18
01069 Dresden
Office hours:
- Tuesday:
- 09:00 - 11:30
- 13:30 - 15:30
- Thursday:
- 13:00 - 15:30
as well as on appointment.