Start of doctorate from June 2012

Doctoral candidates admitted under the doctoral regulations of June 5, 2012, will be automatically transferred to the doctoral regulations of November 15, 2016.

The guidelines for the cumulative dissertation in economics, in accordance with Section 9(2) of the doctoral regulations of November 15, 2016, can be found here.

The guidelines for the cumulative dissertation for Dr.-Ing. and Dr. rer. nat. degrees in the fields of energy and raw materials, in accordance with Section 9(2) of the doctoral regulations of November 15, 2016, can be found here.

Before beginning work on your dissertation (i.e., as soon as you have received confirmation of supervision), each doctoral candidate must submit an application for admission to the doctoral program to the faculty dean’s office. To assist you, we have compiled the following documents: - List of required documents


(to-do list) -
Application for admission - Supervision
agreement - Supervision agreement (Only the German version is legally binding
) - Proposal for doctoral program requirements (Doctoral Study Plan)
- Declaration of Doctoral
Attempts- Acknowledgment of the Rules for Ensuring Good Scientific Practice and Procedures in Cases of Suspected Scientific Misconduct at Clausthal
University of Technology- Rules for Ensuring Good Scientific Practice and Procedures in Cases of Suspected Scientific Misconduct at Clausthal
University of Technology- Binding Declaration on the Protection and Confidentiality of Confidential Information—mandatory for external doctoral candidates from non-EU countries to complete

In accordance with Section 9(2), sentence 4 of the NHG (Lower Saxony Higher Education Act), doctoral candidates are required to enroll as doctoral students.
To enroll, please contact the Student Center (Student Office) in the main building of Clausthal University of Technology.

Doctoral candidates should apply via the Clausthal University of Technology admissions portal, just like other prospective students.
The deadline for enrollment for the winter semester is October 15, and for the summer semester, April 15 of each year.

Information on tuition fees can be found at:

https://www.tu-clausthal.de/studierende/studierendensekretariat/semesterbeitrag

When the time comes (after the dissertation is completed), the dissertation, along with the additional documents listed below, must be submitted to the faculty in consultation with your advisor. The following documents are provided to assist you:

- List of documents to be submitted (to-do list)
- Application for the opening
of the dissertation - Short CV (must be submitted
along with the updated CV) - Affidavit (see also “Rules for Ensuring Good Academic Practice and Procedures in Cases of Suspected Academic Misconduct”)
- Statistics form 

Here you can view a sample of the title page of a dissertation in German and a sample of the title page of a dissertation in English.

The Faculty Council will decide on the initiation of the doctoral program at its next meeting or via a written procedure.

Before publication, which must take place within one year (the deadline begins on the day of the oral examination), you must first apply for permission to print. You must complete and sign this form, and it must also be countersigned by your advisor. The application must be submitted to the Dean’s Office of the faculty in order to obtain the necessary permission for final publication from the Dean.

- Application for Printing Permission (Form)
- Guidelines for Electronic Publication
(§ 12 (2) a of the Doctoral Regulations dated November 15, 2016)
- Guidelines for Publication as a Book by a Publisher
(§ 12 (2) c of the Doctoral Regulations dated November 15, 2016)

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/