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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.

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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.

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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)

  • 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.

Contact

The Doctoral Studies Office of the Faculty is available by phone or email to address any concerns:

Faculty of Humanities
Doctoral Studies Office
Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1
20146 Hamburg
Room: 312

Tel.: 040 2395-28284 or -29882
Email: promotionsbuero.gw(promotionsbuero.gw"AT"uni-hamburg.de)@(promotionsbuero.gw"AT"uni-hamburg.de)uni-hamburg.de(promotionsbuero.gw"AT"uni-hamburg.de)

Personal consultation hours without appointment:

  • wednesdays from 10 to 12

For thesis submission or ersonal consultation outside office hours, please make an appointment in advance by phone or email.

The administration for the title Dr. theol. is handled by the doctoral examination management of the Department of Protestant Theology:

Dr. Ulrike Caspar-Seeger

Faculty of Humanities
Doctoral examination in the Department of Protestant Theology (for the title Dr. theol.)
Gorch-Fock-Wall 7,  #6
20354 Hamburg
Room: B2055

Tel.: +49 40 2395-23816
Email: ulrike.caspar-seeger"AT"uni-hamburg.de