FAQ about doctorates at the TU Darmstadt

Do any temporary provisions apply before the 9th amendment of the Doctoral Regulations come into force?

General Information about Doctorates

Doctorates: Online Registration and Enrollment – general information

What is the difference between registration and enrolment?

Can I change my mind between ‘registration’ and ‘enrollment’ afterwards?

Registration for courses / language courses as doctoral candidate

Do I get a TU-ID as a doctoral candidate?

Enrolment/Registration for former TU students

Why do I need to register as a doctoral candidate?

Doctoral candidates: Online Registration / Enrolment in TUCaN

Due to the imminent completion of my doctorate, I no longer wish to re-register as a student for the coming semester.

Registration / Enrolment with Guest-TU-ID

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PO/AT

Can certain conditions be applied as part of the aptitude assessment procedure?

When is an aptitude assessment procedure necessary?

Which qualifications are needed to be admitted to a doctorate programme?

What is the 5-year deadline?

What type of author’s declaration do co-authors need to submit?

Can members of the examination board be represented by another person?

In which language will the viva voce be conducted?

May the report on a doctoral examination be sent to external examiners electronically?

Which requirements apply to junior scientists who wish to be assessors?

Who can sit on the examination board?

When do I need to submit the declaration and to whom?

Who needs to submit a ‘Doctoral Thesis Declaration’?

Can a doctoral thesis be modified once it has been published on TUprints?

Can a document that has been published in TUprints be withdrawn or ‘unpublished’?

Declaration to doctoral thesis and transfer of rights

Does a printed copy of the doctoral thesis need to be filed in the departmental office’s archives?

Does the ISBN prove that the thesis has been distributed to book stores?

How is a doctoral thesis published?

Is there any financial support available for the publication of my thesis?

Titel Page Specifications

What does ‘released in book stores’ mean?

When, where and how does the electronic version need to be submitted?

Which type of license is the most appropriate for diffusing my research results?