Regulation for Doctorates

• General Regulations for Doctorates (05.10.2017)
• Regulations for Dotorates at the faculty 1 Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (02.03.2018)
   
• General Regulations for  structural PhD-programs  (RahmenO PhD, 08. 02.201)
• Special Regulations for the  PhD-program Dependable Systems (19.03.12)
• Statute for Safeguarding Good Scientific Practice
• Video-based (final) examination (VE) during the limited operation of the university due to the Corona pandemic
  • REQUEST to conduct an video-based (final) examination

Applications for the opening of doctoral procedures

• Application documents: checklist

• The submission of applications occurs in two steps:

  1.

  Please send your electronic application consisting of Application letter to the dean, copies of certificates, curriculum vitae and all declarations in a pdf file and a pdf version of your dissertation for the formal pre-examination to fakultaet1+qualifikation(at)b-tu.de

  2.

  After the pre-examination, applications for the opening of a doctoral procedure with all documents should be submitted to the Dean's Office of Faculty 1. Please send your documents either by post to BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg Dean's Office of Faculty 1 Educational Building 1A Room 115 Konrad-Zuse-Straße 1 03046 Cottbus or submit your documents personally to Ms. Mareike Weber (pre-registration by telephone 0355 69 2432 is required).

  If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Inna Spivak
  (Tel .: +49(0) 355 69 3970, HB 3.34 (by appointment)).
   
• Templates:
   
  •  Template Declaration
  •  Template Title page submission doctoral thesis
  •  Template Title page publication doctoral thesis
  •  Template Doctoral agreement
  •  Template Cotutelle Agreement BTU

• Information about theses and postdoctoral theses treatises from the university library
   

Application as doctoral candidate

Application documents:

1. Registration form for the application as doctoral candidate of Faculty 1
2. Copies of certificates of former academic degrees including
   • Copies of your original higher education entrance qualification (e.g. high school diploma or German Abitur certificate)
   • Copies of certificates and transcripts of records from prior university degrees
   • Additionally for applicants with foreign university degrees:.If the original certificate or transcript of record is not in English or German, then you will need to also submit a certified translation to German or English from a sworn translator.
3. Declarations  concerning former applications (see  §6 (3)  4 and 5 of the General Regulations for Dotorates)
4. Declaration about the knowledge of Safeguarding Good Scientific Practice
5. Curriculum Vitae

Please submit  applications for admission as a doctoral student only electronically.

Electronic applications should be sent in only one pdf-file with all documents mentioned under 1.-6. to fakultaet1+qualifikation(at)b-tu.de.

If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Inna Spivak
(Tel.: +49(0) 355 69 3970, HB 3.34 (by appointment)).

The International Relations Office verifies for foreign applicants the fulfilment of the formal assumptions for the admission to a doctorate.

The faculty council will decide about the admission as a doctoral candidate and inform the candidate and the International Relations Office about the decision. Than the candidates become an official admission letter from the  International Relations Office with all information concerning the enrollment as phd-student.

• Information of the International Relations Office for the application for an individual doctoral degree