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Documents must be submitted to the doctoral committee at least two weeks before the next meeting of the doctoral committee.

Promotional Intention

According to PromRahmO §6, paragraph 2, indent 6, electronic registration is required. However, until a technical solution has been implemented, please submit the following documents by email (Dean’s office):

  1. Letter of application to dean (indication of desired doctoral degree, provisional working title)
  2. Registration form 
    Please note the supervision rights of the professors.
  3. Curriculum vitae (complete, in tabular form)
  4. Certificates and transcripts of university degrees obtained to date (officially notarized)
  5. Exposé
  6. Supervisior agreement
  7. Seclaration under oath (principles of scientific practice and doctoral procedures)
  8. Cooperation agreement between supervising institutions*

* Necessary for universities and equivalent higher education institutions in Germany and for higher education institutions with the right to award doctorates abroad / highly desirable for universities of applied sciences in Germany

Application and Processing Deadline

Your application with all documents is first submitted to the Doctoral Committee and then presented to the Faculty Council on the following meeting date.

After submission, your registration will be reviewed by the faculty council within up to three months. You will be informed of the result.

If the faculty accepts the application, the day of acceptance is considered the start of the doctoral phase and you will receive your doctoral degree.

Enrolment of Doctoral Students

According to the Brandenburg Higher Education Act, all doctoral students are required to enrol. If you do not wish to enrol, please note the following on the supplementary form (page 2): "If an enrolment as doctoral candidate should not be wanted, this must be declared in written form. / If an enrolment as doctoral candidate should not be wanted, this must be declared in written form."

Exposé and Further Information

Exposé

Contents of the prospectus

 HeadingInformationNumber of pages
1Title pageWorking title, university, department, institute, names of supervisors, name / contact details of authorexclusive
2Brief description3–4 lines on the topic: brief – simple – objective 
(appears on the website in the list of doctoral studies)		10 - 15 pages
3Table of contents 
4Selected problem / choice of topic
  • Localisation in subject discipline / field of research
  • Source of the selected problem (appeal between theory and reality, everyday problem, reading, etc.)
5State of research
  • Overview of the relevant schol. State of discussion
  • Explanation of the research gap or enrichment of the research field
  • Mention own preliminary work on the topic
6Research question / aim of the thesis 
(derived from the problem statement)
  • Definition of fundamental concepts and terms
  • Main research question and sub-questions
  • Formulation of hypotheses / formulation of assumptions
7Research design
  • Methodology and methods
  • Samples
8Timetable and work plan
  • Work steps and provisional timelines
9Bibliography/List of sources exclusive

As of: October 2024

Gender-sensitive Language

Language influences the images we have in our minds. Language influences our thoughts and actions.

The Brandenburg Higher Education Act (BbgHG) incorporated this important fact into the text of the law as early as 2014. In accordance with Section 7(6) of the BbgHG and in implementation of the BTU’s equality policy, the Senate took note of and approved guidelines on the use of gender-sensitive language in 2017. The guidelines are based on the gender-sensitive writing style recommended by the Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency.

Statutes for Good scientific Practice

The guidelines set out in the Statutes are orientated towards the basic principles of good scientific practice, the observance of which is a fundamental prerequisite for scientific work at BTU. All academic staff at BTU are obliged to make the regulations of these statutes the basis of their academic work and to actively contribute to the prevention and clarification of academic misconduct in their area of activity.

In addition, the regulations listed in the new BTU statutes implement the code "Guidelines for Safeguarding Good Scientific Practice" of the German Research Foundation (DFG). They are legally binding for all persons involved in research or research support at BTU.