Formal requirements

Prerequisite for enrolment as a doctoral student is admission to the doctoral programme or acceptance as a doctoral student by the Doctoral Committee of the faculty at which you wish to do your doctorate.  If you have not yet been admitted by the Doctoral Committee and are interested in a doctorate at TU Dresden, you should read about applying for acceptance as a doctoral candidate .

Deadlines for submitting application documents for enrolment

The following documents must be sent to the Admissions Office or the International Office within one month following your online application. 

• Signed application for enrolment: The application must be printed out after the online application has been submitted. It can be reprinted at any time in the Selma portal (menu item: "Documents").
• Form "Statement of the Faculty on the Application for Enrolment for Doctoral Studies" or a copy of the decision of the Doctoral Committee on the admission as a doctoral candidate. You will receive the form after you have applied to the Doctoral Committee of the faculty for admission to the doctoral list.  As a rule, separate documents must be submitted to the faculty. Information can be obtained from the relevant doctoral office of the relevant faculty.
• The first university entrance qualification (usually the Abitur (A-levels) certificate) as a simple copy.
• Copy of the certificate of the required university degree (if necessary with translation into German or English)
• Certificate of termination of enrolment (so called “Exmatrikulationsbescheinigung”)  if you have already attended a German university. Please apply for termination of enrolment in good time, as some universities need some time to issue the certificate.
• Application for parallel studies or application for a status as "Nebenhörer", if a parallel study in two degree programmes is applied for. You were already asked about this in the online application and were able to print out the respective application form.
• For the winter semester 2025/26 the following amount has to be paid: EUR 338.00  / For the summer semester 2025 the following amount has to be paid: EUR 290.48

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Notes on refund:
For your enrolment, a semester fee is to be paid in accordance with the applicable Contribution Regulations of the Student Council and the Studentenwerk. If enrolment takes place within the grace period, i.e. after the beginning of the semester, the entire semester fee must first be paid.  After you have received your enrolment documents (student ID, etc.), however, you have the option of having a partial amount for the semester ticket refunded by the Student Council of the TU Dresden for the months of the semester in which you were not enrolled.

Further links of interest

• Advice and information on scientific careers
• Graduate Academy

Contact

International doctoral students please contact Ms Monika Diecke at the International Office:

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Ms Dr. Monika Diecke

International PhD students

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Fritz Foerster Bau, Office 187 Mommsenstraße 6

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TUD Dresden University of Technology International Office

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