Doctoral Matters

Doctoral matters

All applications and inquiries regarding doctoral matters should be addressed to the office of the Doctoral Committee:

Doctoral Committee of the Department of Social Sciences
attn. Chairman Prof. Bernd Sommer
Emil-Figge-Str. 50
44227 Dortmund

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Please note that applications for admission to doctoral studies must be submitted digitally and by mail.

Chairperson of the Doctoral Committee

Vice chairperson of the Doctoral Committee

Secretariat of the doctoral committee

The photo shows Saskia Kreuznacht, Nicole Stadtfeld, Yvonne Zech and Katja Hohns. They form the deanery administration team under the leadership of Managing Director Nicole Stadtfeld.

The Dean's Office administration team processes inquiries about doctoral matters at promotionsausschuss.fk17tu-dortmundde.

Doctoral Regulations

Doctoral Regulations (in German only)

Forms and Templates

Checklist (in German only)
Antrag auf Zulassung zur Promotion (in German only)
Antrag zur Annahme der Dissertation (in German only)
Formular zur Bescheinigung der Eigenanteile (in German only)
Strukturiertes Promotionsprogramm (in German only)
Musterbetreuungsvereinbarung für Promovierende (in German only)

Doctoral Committee

The following members of the Doctoral Committee were elected by the Department Council:

Prof. Bernd Sommer (chairperson)
Jun.-Prof. Dorothee Gronostay (vize chairperson)
Prof. Jürgen Howaldt
Prof. Angelika Poferl
Prof. Mona Motakef (deputy)
Dr. Alina Schmitz
Dr. Rick Hölsgens
Lukas Conrad Brandt (deputy)
Maria Rabadjieva
Hanna-Lena Wilmes (deputy)

Habilitation

The habilitation is a university and professional qualification. It enables the person concerned to teach and conduct research independently at a university.

The habilitation regulations can be found at the following link:

Habilitationsordnung der Technischen Univerisität Dortmund vom 02.07.1993 (in German only)