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Do you want to do a PhD after completing your studies?

A PhD is an important step in your academic career. At the Faculty of Humanities, you can pursue a PhD either individually or as part of one of our structured doctoral programs.

Contact the Doctoral Office
Studentin in Bibliothek

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Docata: Online tool for doctoral procedures

Doctoral procedures in the Faculty of Humanities are administered exclusively via Docata. This online tool simplifies administrative processes and provides information throughout the entire doctoral phase.

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Orientation upon admission and during your doctoral project

The following pages offer guidance before and during your doctoral project at the Faculty of Humanities and provide information on important formal aspects, from finding a supervisor to admission and the final defense.

Beratungssituation am SchreibtischBeratungssituation am Schreibtisch

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Doctoral Committee

Chair
Prof. Dr. Gertraud Koch

Deputy chair
Prof. Dr. Yvonne Schulz Zinda

University teachers
Prof. Dr. Martina Seifert (Deputy: Prof. Dr. Anselm Steiger)
Prof. Dr. Hartmut von Sass (Deputy: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Corinna Körting)
Prof. Dr. Joan Bleicher (Deputy: Prof. Dr. Claudia Benthien)
Prof. Dr. Beáta Wagner-Nagy (Deputy: Prof. Dr. Christina Meyer)
Prof. Dr. Markus Friedrich (Deputy: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Mücke)
Prof. Dr. Thomas Krödel (Deputy: Prof. Dr. Stephan Schmid)
Prof. Dr. Gertraud Koch (Deputy: Prof. Dr. Iris Wenderholm)
Prof. Dr. Yvonne Schulz Zinda (Deputy: Prof. Dr. Thomas Eich)

Academic staff
Dr. Reiner Konrad (Deputy: Dr. Lynn-Salammbô Zimmermann)

PhD students
Lisa Thumm (Deputy: Markus Hengelhaupt)

  • 22.01.2025
  • 05.03.2025 (Meeting on demand)
  • 30.04.2025
  • 04.06.2025
  • 09.07.2025
  • 03.09.2025 (Meeting on demand)
  • 22.10.2025
  • 26.11.2025

Please submit applications to the doctoral studies office at least 3 weeks prior to the meeting dates.

  • 18.02.2026
  • 08.04.2026
  • 20.05.2026
  • 15.07.2026

Please submit applications to the doctoral studies office at least 3 weeks prior to the meeting dates.

New doctoral regulations from October 2025

The new doctoral regulations of the Faculty of Humanities have been in effect since October 2025. All doctoral candidates who were admitted before September 30, 2025, under the old doctoral regulations of July 7, 2010, may apply to switch to the new doctoral regulations in accordance with §20 of the PromO.