Doctor juris & Habilitation


As a faculty, we want to support our doctoral candidates and habilitands in the best possible way. We focus on their research, further education, and networking. General information on earning a doctoral degree at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen can be found here.

Doctor juris


The doctoral programme enables candidates to conduct independent research and treat legal issues in depth. Offering a wide range of research areas, the faculty opens up a variety of opportunities for specialisation.

As they do not need to pass examinations and collect credits, our doctoral candidates can concentrate fully on their individual research project under the guidance of their supervisor. Nevertheless, the faculty provides regular courses to convey both subject-specific and universal academic skills. These meetings are a good opportunity for doctoral candidates to make contacts, exchange ideas and build a network with their fellow students.

Apply

All information on applying for a Doctor juris at the Faculty of Law Göttingen.

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Subject-Specific doctoral Training

Regular course offerings that convey subject-specific and academic skills and supplement individual supervision.

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GGG Graduate School

The Göttingen Graduate School offers structured support and networking for doctoral candidates.

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Elisabeth Selbert Mentoring Program


The Elise Selbert (EliSe) Mentoring Program is aimed at female doctoral candidates and habilitands in law. It offers targeted networking, seminars, and workshops for female early-career researchers.

Habilitation


Our faculty supports habilitands through its own budget, which opens up scientific freedom for them. Habilitation projects are accompanied by professors through a persona grata procedure.

In addition, the University's PostDoc Network enables interdisciplinary networking. For postdocs, there is also the possibility of funding through the Dorothea Schlözer Program.

PostDoc Network

The university-wide PostDoc Network enables interdisciplinary networking and joint exchange.

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Dorothea Schlözer Program

Funding for postdocs within the framework of the Dorothea Schlözer Program of the University of Göttingen.

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Habilitations and Dissertations

An overview of Habilitations and Notable Doctoral Dissertations at the Faculty of Law Göttingen.

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In Profile


Doctoral candidates talk about their research, their path to the doctorate and their time at the Faculty of Law Göttingen.

The doctorate was the perfect intermediate step for me between my studies and my career. I was able to deal intensively with a topic that is important to me and grew both professionally and personally in the process. And the libraries here really have everything.

Johanna Gärtner Doctorate in German Legal History · until 2026

I really enjoy doing my doctorate in Göttingen. Research fascinates me and the deeper I delve into my topic, the more exciting it becomes. I especially appreciate the exchange with other doctoral candidates here and find it very nice that close friendships have also developed from this.

Morgaine Jelitko Doctorate in Medical Law · since 2022

The EliSe Mentoring Program helped me build my network and advance my academic career in a targeted manner.

Simon Korfmacher Doctorate in Criminology · since 2026