Please read all the information on opening the PhD procedure at the FGW carefully.
When you have completed the dissertation, in agreement with your first-step assistance, submit an application to open the doctorate procedure.
You can submit your dissertation as a monograph or as a cumulative dissertation.
Please submit your complete documents to the Doctorate Office both by e-mail and by post. If we receive your documents in advance by e-mail, we can already start checking them. You can receive a letter from us to apply for the certificate of good conduct. If the certificate of good conduct has been applied for but is not yet available, you can submit it later if all other documents are complete.
After submitting your documents for the opening of the doctoral procedure at the FGW, your thesis will be checked in the doctoral office using plagiarism software, and you will then be given the opportunity to make a statement. After that, your documents are presented to the Doctorate Committee. The committee checks your application and, in the case of a positive decision, issues a recommendation for approval to the Faculty Council. This body also elects the members of the Doctorate Commission and the individuals for assessment.
On the basis of the assessment, the Doctorate Commission sets a preliminary grade and, together with you, sets a Defense date. After the dissertation has been displayed in the Doctorate Office, your university public defense will be held.
The Doctorate Committee will decide the overall grade for your work from the results of your dissertation and defense. You will be informed of the result in camera immediately after the defense.
If you have any questions about the procedure, please contact the faculty’s PhD office.
