Doctorate at the Faculty of Psychology

Would you like to do a doctorate at the Faculty of Psychology or have you completed your dissertation and would like to submit an application to open the doctoral procedure?

You can find detailed information on the requirements, regulations and forms on the page"Important documents", as well as on the pages of the School of Science. to the pages of the School of Science

For detailed information on admission as a doctoral student and on opening the doctoral procedure, please also contact the Doctoral Examinations Office of the Faculty of Psychology - contact person: Kathrin Binye.

Important information:
In addition to the doctoral degree regulations, doctoral candidates at the Faculty of Psychology should note the procedural guidelines for doctorates at the Faculty of Psychology and the information on dissertations.

Please note that for publication-based dissertations, publications in so-called predatory journals may lead to rejection of the dissertation. Before submitting manuscripts to journals, please inform yourself about their status, e.g. on the pages
DFG(https://www.dfg.de/en/research-funding/funding-opportunities/programmes/infrastructure/lis/open-access/what-is-open-access/predatory-journals)
or the Predation Index
(https://www.ipsa.org/publications/predatory-publishing#:~:text=Journals%20with%20a%20score%20higher,the%20publishing%20and%20review%20processes).

Since June 1, 2021, the procedural guidelines for the implementation of the statutes of the GWP in doctorates at the Faculty of Psychology have been in force. Please note these before submitting the admission and opening applications.
Special attention is drawn to the following addition to the doctoral regulations:

• Two supervisors are required for the doctoral project for acceptance as a doctoral student.
• Doctoral candidates are required to provide evidence of participation in a course in good scientific practice lasting at least one day before the procedure is opened.
• The dissertation must be assessed by an external reviewer. Please use this form to check the criteria for external reviewers.