Doctoral Studies: Doctoral Degree, Admission and Programme Regulations
Doctoral Degree Regulations of 2015
Compilation of the Doctoral Degree Regulations (non-official version) (.pdf)
Doctoral Degree Regulations of the Faculty of Humanities (Official Announcements I no 37, 2015, pp. 903-964) (.pdf)
1st amendment to the Doctoral Regulations (Official Announcements I no 48, 2018, pp. 1125-41) (.pdf)
2nd amendment to the Doctoral Regulations for the summer semester 2020, Off. Ann. I No. 17, 2020, pp. 352-354 ("§ 26a Measures in the Event of Significant Impairments to University Operations") (.pdf)
3rd amendment to the Doctoral Regulations, Off. Ann. I No. 24, 2020, pp. 482-514 (.pdf)
4th amendment to the Doctoral Regulations, Off. Ann. I No. 50, 2022, pp. 1160-1163 (.pdf)
5th amendment to the Doctoral Regulations, Off. Ann. I No. 04, 2024, pp. 24f (.pdf)
6th amendment to the Doctoral Regulations, Off. Ann. I No. 16, 2025, pp. 269-277 (.pdf)
Implementation of structured doctoral degree programmes
Implementation of structured doctoral degree programs in winter term 2018/19, Off. Ann. I no 7, 2018, pp. 68f (.pdf)
Regulations concerning the admission requirements of the doctoral degree programs of the Faculty of Humanities, Off. Ann. I no 24, 2018, pp. 459-465 (.pdf)
Module list of the doctoral degree programs of the Faculty of Humanities, Off. Ann. II no 12 2022, pp. 18375-18387 (.pdf)
Abrogated: Doctoral Degree Regulations of the Faculty of Humanities 2002
Doctoral Degree Regulations of the Faculty of Humanities 2002 (.pdf)
1. Amendment of the Doctoral Degree Regulations 2002 (Official Announcements no 2, 2004; p. 105/106) (.pdf)
2. Amendment of the Doctoral Degree Regulations 2002 (Official Announcements no 6, 2008) (.pdf)
3. Amendment of the Doctoral Degree Regulations 2002 (Official Announcements no 39, 2008, p. 4604) (.pdf)
4. Amendment of the Doctoral Degree Regulations 2002 Official Announcements no 4, 2010, p. 270) (.pdf)
5. Amendment of the Doctoral Degree Regulations 2002 (Official Announcements no 6, 2011, p. 337) (.pdf)
6. Amendment of the Doctoral Degree Regulations 2002 (Official Announcements no 23, 2012, p. 1218f) (.pdf)
Since 1 October 2019, no more procedures have taken place according to the doctoral degree regulations from 2002 and before. The new doctoral regulations of the Faculty of Humanities, which came into force in October 2015, stipulate in Section 34 (3) sentence 4 that examinations according to one of the older doctoral regulations, i.e. from 2002 and before, will be conducted for the last time in the 2019 summer semester. Doctoral candidates who had started their procedure according to one of these regulations and wanted to complete it afterwards therefore had until 30 September 2019 to complete their examinations (dissertation and oral examination). Since 1 October 2019, examinations under the older regulations are no longer possible.