Doctorate

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 (1) or by mail (2):

(1) Documents in electronic form

• Exposé
• Certificate of higher education entrance qualification (Abitur certificate, or similar)
• a curriculum vitae, which provides information about the educational background in particular

(2) Documents in paper form

• in Docata issued application for acceptance as doctoral candidate incl. declaration according to § 9 paragraph 1 No. 5 of the doctoral regulations which must be signed by the applicant
• certified copy of certificate of the admission-relevant degree (master's certificate or similar)
• informal declaration of supervision issued and signed by the supervisor¹
• if applicable, supervision agreement signed by applicant and supervisor, if already available ¹ (see template under Graduate Services)
• if applicable, (informal) consent of a second person authorized to conduct examinations, in the case of studies in a subject that is not represented at the Faculty of Philosophy¹
• if applicable, a justified informal application in case of a dissertation project in a language other than German or English with the consent of the supervisors¹
• if applicable, contract on binational doctoral procedure (Cotutelle) - this must be concluded prior to the application for acceptance

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

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

According to the latest doctoral regulations (2022!), you must have the following documents ready, which you must submit electronically (1 (via Docata)) as well as by mail (2):

(1) Documents in electronic form

• Curriculum vitae, which in particular provides information about the educational background
• complete list of publications of the doctoral candidate
• names (and contact details, if applicable) of the (external) reviewers
• a text-identical electronic version (PDF) of the dissertation
• certificate of payment of a doctoral fee, the amount of which can be found in the general fee scheduleof the University of Erfurt

(2) Documents in paper form

• in Docata generated application for admission to the doctoral procedure incl. declaration in accordance with § 11 Paragraph 1 No. 7 of the doctoral regulations, which must be signed by the applicant
• copy of the notice of acceptance as a doctoral candidate according to § 9 of the doctoral regulations
• Honorary declaration of the doctoral candidate according to the appendix to § 11 paragraph 1 number 8 of the doctoral regulations
• together with supervisor informally prepared and signed proof of three scientific presentations in academic contexts, at least one of which should have been given at the University of Erfurt on the dissertation topic; the doctoral committee decides on applications for exceptions
• four copies of the dissertation
• if applicable, proof of requirements according to § 8 paragraph 4 of the doctoral regulations