On this page you will find important information on applying for acceptance as a doctoral candidate and on admission to the doctoral process.
The legal basis for a doctoral project at the Faculty of Philosophy are Thüringer Hochschulgesetz (Thuringian Higher Education Act), Allgemeine Bestimmungen für Promotionen an der Universität Erfurt (General Regulations for Doctoral Procedures at the University of Erfurt) and Promotionsordnungen (the doctoral regulations of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Erfurt) in their current version:
Allgemeine Bestimmungen für Promotionen an der Universität Erfurt
Promotionsordnung für die Philosophische Fakultät der Universität Erfurt vom 06. September 2012
Promotionsordnung für die Philosophische Fakultät der Universität Erfurt vom 10. Januar 2007
Promotionsordnung für die Philosophische Fakultät der Universität Erfurt vom 20. September 2001
For a doctorate at the Faculty of Philosophy, the requirements according to § 8 of the doctoral regulations for the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Erfurt must be fulfilled.
For acceptance as a doctoral candidate at the Faculty of Philosophy, an application must be submitted via Docata - the web portal for doctoral candidates at the University of Erfurt. Docata provides a step-by-step assistant that guides you through the application for acceptance as a doctoral candidate.
The web portal for doctoral students at the University of Erfurt can be found at https://docata.uni-erfurt.de/home.
The application can be submitted after online registration in Docata. You will then receive your personal access data with which you can log in and process your application at any time.
You must have the following documents ready and submit them electronically or by mail:
(1) Documents in electronic form
(2) Documents in paper form
1 Declaration of supervision, supervision agreement, cotutelle contract, consent of the second person authorized to examine, application for other language can also be submitted directly to the Dean's Office via the supervisor.
To complete your doctoral studies, you must apply for admission to doctorate. The application must be submitted via Docata - the web portal for doctoral students at the University of Erfurt. Docata provides a step-by-step wizard that guides you through the application for admission to the doctoral procedure.
To the web portal for doctoral students at the University of Erfurt → https://docata.uni-erfurt.de
According to the most recent doctoral regulations, you must have the following documents ready, which you must submit electronically (via Docata) as well as by mail::
(1) Documents in electronic form
(2) Documents in paper form
If you are applying for admission according to an older version of the doctoral regulations, please refer to the doctoral regulations for information on which documents must be submitted
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