The doctoral office is responsible for all doctoral procedures and programs of the Faculty of Medicine. Please note that each doctoral procedure has its own doctoral regulations as well as its own forms, which can be found under the respective heading
Office for doctoral affairs
All doctoral procedures at the Faculty of Medicine are accompanied and supervised by the Office for doctoral affairs.
Office hours
07071 29-76865Monday 14:30 - 16:00,
and
Thursday 12:00 - 13:00
Contact
Faculty of Medicine Tübingen
PhDs
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E-mail address: promotionen@med.uni-tuebingen.de
Application documents and dissertations please send by mail.
Dissertations can also be handed in at the post office :
Geissweg 3 (first floor), 72076 Tübingen.
From Monday to Thursday: 9:00-15:00 and Friday: 9:00-12:00
Your contact persons
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Dr. med. / Dr. med. dent. / Dr. sc. hum. |
Opening hours: promotionen@med.uni-tuebingen.de Address: Geissweg 5, 72076 Tübingen Phone number: +49 7071 29-72589 |
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Dr. med. / Dr. med. dent. / Dr. sc. hum. |
E-mail address: promotionen@med.uni-tuebingen.de Address: Geissweg 5, 72076 Tübingen Phone number: +49 7071 29-72589 |
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Dr. sc. hum., International, Doctoral College |
E-mail address: tanja.riess@med.uni-tuebingen.de Address: Geissweg 5, 72076 Tübingen Phone number: +49 7071 29-77926 |
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PhD, Dr. sc. hum. |
E-mail address: sandra.schmid@med.uni-tuebingen.de Address: Geissweg 5, /2076 Tübingen Phone number: +49 7071 29-72589 |
International candidates
To register as doctoral candidates, please follow these steps:
- Contact your supervisior to discuss and sign a doctoral candidate supervisor agreement
- Contact Tanja Rieß and Melissa Zanetti Franchi Christofoletti (for Dr med or Dr.sc.hum) or Sandra Schmid and Melissa Zanetti Franchi Christofoletti (for PhD)
- Contact Welcome Center
Further information:
- Accomodation / visa issues: Welcome Center
- Language skills: for non-native speakers, an English proficiency at C1 level is essential
Dr.med., Dr.med.dent.
As of February 01, 2022, the new doctoral regulations for the Dr. med. and Dr. med. dent. procedures will come into force.
Procedure for registration as a doctoral candidate
- Search for doctoral topic and supervisor (see more: https://www.medizin.uni-tuebingen.de/de/medizinische-fakultaet/promotionen/promotionsbrse)
- Attendance of the event "Good Scientific Practice (GWP) for Doctoral Candidates
- E-mail to the PhD office with scan of the certificate of attendance GWP for PhD seekers with the request to send the access code to the online application portal (promotionen@med.uni-tuebingen.de)
- Preparation / completion of the application documents in Word, together with habilitated supervisor
- Transfer of the contents into the online portal
- Submission of the signed application and further documents (supervision agreement, copy of certificates, CV, if applicable ethics vote or animal experimentation permit) to the doctoral office
- Review by scientific supervisor
- In case of a positive opinion: acceptance as doctoral candidate for three years
Information and forms
| Information | Status | Download |
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| Doctoral Regulations 2022 (in German) | 02/2022 | |
| Guidelines on the doctoral procedure Dr.med./Dr.med.dent. | 03/2022 | pdf |
| Logbook for the doctoral procedure Dr.med./Dr.med.dent. | 08/2022 | pdf |
| Recommendations keeping research notebooks | 2024 | pdf |
| Information about dissertation and oral defense | Status | Download |
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| Dissertation guidelines | 02/2022 | |
| Information on oral defense | 10/2014 | |
| Declaration of Contributions | 07/2015 | pdf |
| Forms | Status | Download |
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| Application for admission Dr. med./Dr. med. dent. | 09/2019 | |
| Application for extension of the deadline for submission of registration documents | 08/2022 | |
| Checklist dissertation | 07/2021 | |
| Request for remote access (Fernzugang - in German) | With immediate effect, remote access can only be requested via the IT Service Portal. Only remote access requests from doctoral students who have an active employment relationship with the UKT will be processed. | |
| Supervision agreement | 06/2021 | |
| Declaration of oiginality | 06/2021 |
Dr.sc.hum.
The doctoral procedure for the degree of Dr. sc. hum is intended for graduates of non-medical courses of study (e.g. biotechnology, molecular medicine, medical technology, certain engineering and natural sciences, psychology, in individual cases also subjects such as social sciences, law and economics, etc.) who would like to do their doctorate at the Faculty of Medicine within the framework of an interdisciplinary project.
| Information about dissertation and disputation | Status | Download |
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| Doctoral Regulations 2016 (in German) | 05/2022 | pdf |
| Guidelines for writing the dissertation | 02/2022 | pdf |
| Information Procedure cumulative Disputation | 01/2025 | pdf |
| Recommendations keeping research notebooks | 2024 | pdf |
| Forms | Status | Download |
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| Application for acceptance as doctoral candidate Dr. sc. hum. | 07/2019 | pdf |
| Application for acceptance as doctoral student Dr. sc. hum. | 08/2023 | pdf |
| Application for extension of the deadline for submission of admission documents | 08/2023 | pdf |
| Consent to electronic publication | 12.07.2016 | pdf |
| Checklist dissertation writing | 07/2021 | pdf |
| Request for remote access (Fernzugang - in German) | With immediate effect, remote access can only be requested via the IT Service Portal. Only remote access requests from doctoral students who have an active employment relationship with the UKT will be processed. | |
| Supervision agreement | 08/2023 | pdf |
| Declaration of originality | 06/2021 | pdf |
PhD in Experimental Medicine
The target group of the PhD program Experimental Medicine are graduates of medical programs and natural sciences who are interested in an intensive scientific education and would like to prepare for a job in the field of medical research and basic research. Particularly talented medical students can start the PhD program already after passing M1.
