Doctorate / Habilitation / Infothek

New doctoral candidates can find information under:

"Doctoral studies start from June 2012" . 

Doctoral candidates who were accepted by the faculty according to the previous regulations were transferred with the start of the doctoral regulations from 15.11.2016 to them. Information and forms for the opening of the doctoral examination procedure can be found under "Start of doctoral studies from June 2012" . 

We would like to point out that a doctorate according to the doctoral regulations in the version of 12.01.2010 is only possible for those doctoral candidates who have already submitted a certificate of supervision (transitional regulation) to the faculty by 31.12.2012. Further information and forms can be found under "Doctoral studies start till May 2012" .

According to § 9 paragraph 4 of the Lower Saxony Higher Education Act (NHG), the doctoral students' representation advises on issues concerning doctoral students and makes recommendations to the organs of the university. The Faculty Council must give the doctoral students' representation the opportunity to comment on drafts of doctoral regulations. A member of the doctoral students' representation usually attends the meetings of the Senate and the Faculty Council in an advisory capacity.

The statutes of the doctoral students' representation of Clausthal University of Technology can be found here . 

For the Faculty of Natural and Material Sciences the following person(s) was (were) elected to the doctoral students' representation of the Clausthal University of Technology:

Alexander Simon Gödde M. Sc. (Institute of Electrochemistry).

Deputy: Gargi Shankar Nayak M. Sc. (Institute of Metallurgy).

Term of office: April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2024.

Information on habilitation can be found in the habilitation regulations dated July 15, 2008.

• Guideline on the assessment of aptitude for admission to the doctoral procedure (interpretation of § 4 para. 2 of the doctoral regulations in the version dated November 15, 2016)
• Habilitation regulations
• Basic Regulations of the TUC
• General Rules of Procedure of the TUC

• General Examination Regulations
• Implementation regulations for the Bachelor's degree program in Materials Science and Materials Engineering
• Implementation regulations for the Master's degree program in Materials Science and Materials Engineering
• Implementation regulations for the Bachelor's degree program in Energy and Materials Physics
• Implementation regulations for the Master's degree program in Energy and Materials Physics
• Implementation regulations for the Bachelor's degree program in Chemistry
• Implementation regulations for the Master's degree program in Chemistry
• Implementation regulations for the Bachelor's degree program in Sports Engineering

• Notes on the doctoral procedure
• Internship Office
• Internship regulations and internship guidelines
• Study Day Materials Science and Engineering e. V.