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Faculty 3 Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Energy Systems

Opening of doctoral procedures

The following documents have to submit to fakultaet3+forschung(at)b-tu.de:

  • Cover letter to the dean with the title of the dissertation, the doctoral degree, the name of the person who primarily supervised the work, and a proposal for the doctoral committee
  • updated curriculum vitae
  • list of publications
  • electronic version of the dissertation (please make available via a cloud area)
  • Declarations according to the template

At least 4 printed copies of the dissertation (1x chair, 1x dean's office, 1x per reviewer) have to submit to the Dean's Office, Central Campus, Siemens-Halske-Ring 14, 03046 Cottbus, Teaching Building 3A, Room 312 or sent by post to the Dean's Office.

Further general procedure:

  1. The application documents will check in the Dean's Office.
  2. The Faculty Council decides on the opening of the doctoral procedure and the composition of the doctoral committee at the next working session (meeting dates with submission deadline). You and the doctoral committee will then be informed of the decision in writing by the Dean's Office.
  3. The reviewers are asked to prepare their reviews within a period of 3 months.
  4. After receipt of the reviews, the chairperson decides on the continuation of the procedure.
  5. The reviews are displayed in the Dean's Office for 14 calendar days; the deadline for submitting objections is 2 working days. All faculties are informed of this.
  6. Academic debate open to the public at the university, for which invitations must be issued in good time.
  7. Fulfilment of the requirements of the doctoral committee by the doctoral candidate.
  8. Granting of readiness for printing by the chairperson of the doctoral committee.
  9. Publication of the dissertation with the title page, be sure to observe the publication deadline of 6 months in the case of the doctoral regulations of 3d of May 2012 or 12 months in the case of the framework doctoral regulations of 5th of October 2017 and, if necessary, apply for an extension in good time by e-mail to fakultaet3+forschung(at)b-tu.de.
  10. Submission of the deposit copies to the university theses department.
  11. After delivery of the confirmation of receipt from the University Press Office to the Dean's Office, the bilingual issuing of the doctoral certificate as well as the transcript can be carried out. Please send the title of the dissertation in German and English to fakultaet3+forschung(at)b-tu.de.
  12. Announcement of the completed doctoral procedure on the homepage of the faculty. If no online publication is made, please send an abstract in German and English to fakultaet3+forschung(at)b-tu.de.

Please contact Dr.-Ing. Bettina Ketzmerick for any questions.