Here you will find the regulations, handouts/information sheets and forms required for doctorates and habilitations.
Letter of intent
In accordance with the Higher Education Statistics Act of 2 November 1990 (BGBl. I p. 2414), which was amended by Article 3 of the Act of 7 December 2016 (BGBl. I p. 2826), TU Bergakademie Freiberg is obliged to provide annual statistical figures on its doctoral students to the State Statistical Office in Kamenz. For this reason, you are obliged to complete the following data collection sheet as an attachment to the declaration of intent. You can download the "Declaration of Intent" form itself after completing, printing and submitting this online registration. A new page will open after submitting the online form.
Extension of letter of intent
Agreement between supervisor and doctoral candidate
In accordance with the doctoral regulations of the faculties, supervision agreements should be concluded between supervisors and doctoral candidates. These agreements should serve as a basis for good cooperation and the successful completion of the doctorate. This template can be adapted to suit individual needs and updated at any time.
- Customisable template for a agreement between supervisor and doctoral candidate (German)
- Customisable template for a agreement between supervisor and doctoral candidate (English)
Doctoral degree regulations of the faculties
- Promotionsordnung der TU Bergakademie Freiberg, 2010 (valid for all doctoral candidates who started their doctorate before the doctoral regulations of the individual faculties came into force in 2017) / Regulation for the award of doctorates at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg, 2010 (valid for all doctoral candidates who started their doctorate before the doctoral regulations of the individual faculties came into force in 2017)
- Promotionsordnung der Fakultät 1, 07.08.2017 / Regulations for the award of doctorates at Faculty 1, 07.08.2017 (unofficial reading version)
- Promotionsordnung der Fakultät 1, 29.01.2025
- Promotionsordnung der Fakultät 2, 26.07.2017 / Regulations for the award of doctorates at Faculty 2, 26.07.2017 (unofficial reading version)
- Promotionsordnung der Fakultät 2, 17.07.2025
- Promotionsordnung der Fakultät 3, 28.08.2017 / Regulations for the award of doctorates at Faculty 3, 28.08.2017
- Promotionsordnung der Fakultät 3, 27.04.2020 / Regulations for the award of doctorates at Faculty 3, 27.04.2020
- Promotionsordnung der Fakultät 4, 12.06.2017 / Regulations for the award of doctorates at Faculty 4, 12.06.2017 (unofficial reading version)
- Amendment regulations to the doctoral degree regulations of Faculty 4, 06.12.2018 / Amendment of the regulations for the award of doctorates at Faculty 4, 06.12.2018
- Promotionsordnung der Fakultät 5, 05.07.2017 / Regulations for the award of doctorates at Faculty 5, 05.07.2017 (unofficial reading version)
- Promotionsordnung der Fakultät 6, 07.08.2017 / Regulations for the award of doctorates at Faculty 6, 07.08.2017
Habilitation regulations
- Habilitationsordnung, 2001 (availlable only in German)
- Satzungsänderung, 2005 (availlable only in German)
- Ordnung zur Verleihung der Bezeichnung "Privatdozent" (available only in German)
Handouts/information sheets for the design of cumulative (publication-based) dissertations
- Faculty 2, 2009 / Faculty 2, 2009
- Faculty 3, 2025 / Faculty 3, 2020
- Faculty 4, 2021 / Faculty 4, 2021
- Faculty 5, Novelisation, 2019 (availlable only in German)
Replacement of the rigorosum by other academic achievements
- Certificate Module (graded and ungraded) / Module completion certificate (graded or ungraded performances)
- Application for the substitution of the Rigorosum by equivalent academic achievements
- Application for the substitution of the Rigorosum by equivalent academic achievements
Forms
Other regulations
- Regulations on Safeguarding Good Scientific Practice, 2022 / Regulations on Safeguarding Good Scientific Practice, 2022 (non-official reading version)
- Guideline for the design of scientific papers / Guideline for the design of scientific papers