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Start of doctorate before May 2012

Please read the doctoral regulations carefully first


We would like to point out that a doctorate according to the doctoral regulations of 2010 is only possible for those doctoral candidates who have made use of the transitional regulation and have submitted a corresponding certificate of supervision by 31.12.2012. certificate of supervision (transitional regulation) to the faculty by December 31, 2012. If you have not submitted this by the deadline, you will be awarded a doctorate in accordance with the doctoral regulations of 2016 (for the procedure, see extra page Start of doctorate from June 2012 )!

1. Enrollment

According to § 9 para. 2 sentence 3 NHG, doctoral candidates must enrol as doctoral students. Enrolment takes place at the Study Center (Student Secretariat) .
Information on the semester fee can be found at: 
www.tu-clausthal.de/studierende/studierendensekretariat/semesterbeitrag

At the start of a doctorate, the main supervisor must submit a proposal for the workto be performed by his/herdoctoral candidate in accordance with § 5 para. 3 sentence 2 of the above-mentioned doctoral regulations. Doctoral degree regulations, the main supervisor must submit a proposal to the faculty for the work to be completed by his/her doctoral candidate as part of the doctoral studies (doctoral study program) ...to the form "Doctoral study plan".

The topic of the dissertation should be assigned at the latest after the first semester of the "doctoral studies".

2. The application for the opening of the doctoral procedure

In due course (after completion of the dissertation), the completed dissertation and the other required documents must be submitted to the Dean's Office in consultation with the main supervisor for the purpose of opening the doctoral examination procedure. The Faculty Council decides on the opening of the doctoral procedure at the next Faculty Council meeting (meeting dates) or by circulation procedure. For the opening of the doctoral procedure in a Faculty Council meeting, please submit the documents to the Dean's Office in good time, i.e. at least 2 weeks before the meeting.

The following documents are required for the opening of the doctoral procedure:

3. The publication of the dissertation (after the oral examination)

4. Alumni service

Clausthal University of Technology would like to maintain contact with its alumni. If you are also interested in keeping in touch with your university and your former fellow students and receiving invitations to university events, you can register free of charge and without obligation in the alumni database at the following link:

http://www.alumni.tu-clausthal.de/mitglied-werden/