Study conference

The Department requests the Department Conference to have the doctoral degrees issued. The relevant lists of names and the original examiners’ reports are then sent to the Doctoral Administration Office. The following information must be included:

• doctor title to be issued
• family name, first name
• approved title of the dissertation
• date of the oral exam
• foreseen date of the Department Conference.

Both the title and the contents of the dissertation cannot be changed once it has been approved by the Department Conference. The official family name approved at the Department Conference can also not be changed even subsequent to a later name change.

The Department Conference should send the above information to the Doctoral Administration Office at least three days before the Study Conference takes place. if this is not possible, the concerned departments should inform the Doctoral Administration Office in advance.

In the case of failing the doctoral exam or having to rewrite the thesis, the head of the examination committee informs the doctoral student in writing about the necessary steps that have to be taken and indicates the deadline by which the thesis must be completed or the doctoral exam has to be repeated. The time period of six months granted in such cases cannot be exceeded. The Doctoral Administration Office and the responsible Department Conference must be informed in writing about the agreement with the doctoral student.