The doctoral procedure
All information on your doctoral procedure can be found in the doctoral regulations (amendments to the doctoral regulations and previous doctoral regulations can be viewed here). Admission to the doctoral programme (1st phase), the opening after submission of the dissertation (2nd phase) and the completion of your doctoral procedure are carried out by the Doctoral Committee. We have linked the documents to be submitted in each case for you in the form of clear handbooks with checklists below. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at any time.
1st phase:
Procedure for admission to the doctoral programme(new: as of September 2021)
This requires, among other things, the supervision agreement from KW (NEW: as ofAugust 2020).
2nd phase:
Procedure for opening the doctoral programme with submission of the dissertation (NEW: AS OF April 2021)
Are you interested in further information about the doctoral procedure? Below you will find links to central pages on the topics of formalities, doctoral committee, publication of your doctoral dissertation and completed doctorates at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Paderborn University.