Application for acceptance

Application for acceptance as a PhD candidate | New procedure due to the Covid-19 pandemic

The application for acceptance as a PhD candidate can be sent digitally. Please send everything in small sizes and at least two weeks before the respective meeting of the Board of Professors to:

promotionen-fk3(at)tu-braunschweig.de

For rapid processing, we kindly ask you to use the following filenames:

  • A1-familyname-application

Application letter to the dean of Faculty III, including your home address, phone number, email address, dissertation topic, date and signature. 

  • A2-familyname-degrees

Diploma or Master certificate and transcript. (Please note: The original certificate or an officially certified copy must be handed in at the latest with the opening request.)

  • A3-familyname-supervisionagreement

Supervision agreement, signed by candidate and supervisor.

  • A4-familyname-cv

CV, must be dated and signed.

  • A5-familyname-statement

Statement on ongoing or previous PhD applications (according to §4 (3d) of the doctorate regulations): Did you apply for a doctorate before? If yes: when, which topic, which supervisor and at which university? (Please note: The original statement must be handed in at the latest with the opening request.)

  • A6-familyname-datasheet

Datasheet in accordance with Niedersächsisches Hochschulgesetz NHG (Lower Saxony university regulations).

  • A7-familyname-equivalence

If your Diploma or Master`s Degree is not from a German university: Certificate of equivalence according to §3 (4) of the doctorate regulations. The certificate of equivalence can be applied for at International House of TU.


Application for opening the PhD examination procedure | New procedure due to the Covid-19 pandemic

The application for opening as a PhD candidate can be sent digitally. The dissertation title must be identical in all documents. Please send everything in small sizes and at least two weeks before the respective meeting of the Board of Professors to:

promotionen-fk3(at)tu-braunschweig.de

For rapid processing, we kindly ask you to use the following filenames:

  • E1-familyname-request

Application letter to the dean of Faculty III, including your home address, phone number, email address, dissertation topic, date and signature.

  • E2-familyname-acceptance

Official notification of your acceptance as a PhD candidate at Faculty III according to §4 of the Doctorate regulations and, if applicable, evidence of the fulfillment of restrictions.

  • E3-familyname-cv

CV including educational career and, if applicable, list of scientific publications, both dated and signed.

  • E4-familyname-affidavit

Affidavit according to §6 (2h) of the doctorate regulations.

  • E5-familyname-trainingdays

Confirmation of training days according to §6 (2c + 3) of the doctorate regulations, signed by your supervisor.

  • E6-familyname-abstract

Abstract of your dissertation, giving title and your name (approximately one DIN A4 page).

  • E7-familyname-committee

Proposal for the composition of the doctoral committee, agreed upon by the supervisor.

  • E8-familyname-dissertation

Dissertation as a datafile, using the cover page of Faculty III, uploaded here: (Link suchen!!!)

Please check with your supervisor if additional delivery of printed versions is necessary.

In addition:

  • Criminal record certificate, document type "0", not older than 6 months, intended purpose "PhD", to be requested at the residents' registration office and to be sent directly to:

Technische Universität Braunschweig
Fakultät III
Frau Groß
Mühlenpfordtstraße 23
38106 Braunschweig

Please remind that the dissertation title used in the application for opening the PhD examination procedure is binding. The title must be identical in all the documents (summary, dissertation et cetera).