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Application and admission

You have familiarised yourself with the research profile of TU Bergakademie Freiberg and would now like to apply for a doctorate at our university?

The following explanations will guide you through the application process.

Application and admission

You have familiarised yourself with the research profile of TU Bergakademie Freiberg and would now like to apply for a doctorate at our university.

To do a doctorate, apply personally and directly to the relevant professors in your subject area or the contact persons of the relevant research groups or junior research groups.

Information about the research profile of TU Bergakademie Freiberg

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Admission requirements

  • Diploma, Master's, Magister degree or Staatsexamen from a university in Germany (degree equivalent to German standard)
  • Only in exceptional cases: Bachelor's degree with outstanding achievements at a university in Germany. A preparatory phase of at least two semesters and an aptitude assessment procedure are also required for admission to doctoral studies. The applicant should hold a degree in a subject area related to the dissertation topic.
  • Master's degree (FH) or Diploma (FH): under certain conditions (see § 4 of the doctoral degree regulations)
  • A degree from a university or higher education institution abroad: TForeign qualifications are checked by the Information System for the Recognition of Foreign Qualifications (www.anabin.de), taking into account equivalence agreements between countries, to determine whether they fulfil the requirements for admission to doctoral studies in Germany. On the basis of this examination, the Faculty Council of TU Bergakademie Freiberg decides on admission to doctoral studies. The Faculty Council may impose conditions on admission to doctoral studies. Good to very good knowledge of German or English is also required.
  • Doctorate in another scientific field: The responsible faculty council decides on additional examinations to be taken if the doctorate is to be in a branch of science that does not correspond to the completed university degree.

All doctoral candidates at TU Bergakademie Freiberg are subject to the doctoral regulations of the respective faculty.

Note that conditions may be imposed on admission to doctoral studies (attending additional modules and taking examinations) if the doctoral degree is sought in a scientific field that does not correspond to that of the university degree or if interdisciplinary dissertations are involved.

Doctoral students are responsible for independently acquiring the knowledge required to successfully work on the doctoral topic.

Application process

An application via the Graduate and Research Academy is possible for advertised topics.

Applicants who already have a valid scholarship or other funding commitment can submit their application to the Graduate and Research Academy at any time, regardless of the calls for applications, and propose their own doctoral topic.

The application documents will be forwarded to the potential supervisor responsible for the topic after checking for completeness and fulfilment of the admission requirements. The selection of suitable applicants is carried out exclusively by the respective representatives of the professorship.

What documents do I need to submit?

  1. CV
  2. Certified copies of degree certificates and degree certificates of the relevant degree programmes; for alumni of TU Bergakademie Freiberg a simple copy is sufficient
  3. List of previous scientific work and publications, if available (maximum one page)
  4. Detailed description of the planned topic (proposal) incl. work and time schedule (depending on the individual faculties and institutes)
  5. Proof of sufficient knowledge of German or English

Please note that only complete applications can be processed. Therefore, please ensure that you submit all necessary application documents. The selection of suitable candidates is conducted exclusively by the respective representatives of the professorial staff and the responsible faculty council.

And after the application?

If a professor agrees to supervise the planned doctorate, please complete the declaration of intent and submit it to the relevant faculty together with all the necessary documents about the supervisor. The faculty decides on admission to the doctorate. Please note that you must first register via an online form at the link above. You can only download the actual pdf form "Declaration of Intent" once you have completed and submitted this form.

Information on the declaration of intent and the admission procedure can be found in §7 of the doctoral regulations of the respective faculties.

Applicants who are subject to a visa requirement must submit an application for admission to doctoral studies.

All other doctoral candidates are also recommended to enrol as doctoral students. This is possible for all doctoral students, even if they have an employment relationship with TU Bergakademie Freiberg or another employer and regardless of the scope of their position. To enrol for the doctoral programme at TU Bergakademie, please apply via the university's application portal. You will then be guided through the online application and online enrolment process. Then send the signed application for enrolment together with the documents listed therein to the Admissions Office.

Note: Applicants who were already enrolled at TUBAF and have obtained their doctoral degree here only send the signed application for enrolment and the declaration of intent signed by the Faculty Council to the Admissions Office. All other documents are already available in your student file.

If you have any questions, please contact the admissions office.

Documents
Declaration of intent and doctoral regulations
Application portal
Enrolment for doctoral studies