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General Provisions for Doctoral Regulations

Since 2015, binding acceptance as a doctoral candidate at one of the faculties of MLU has been standardised across the university by the “General Provisions for Doctoral Regulations at MLU”. By accepting someone as a doctoral candidate, the respective faculty declares its willingness in principle to entrust the doctoral candidate with the writing of the thesis and to examine it upon completion. Furthermore, admission as a doctoral candidate formally determines that the doctoral candidate will be admitted to the doctoral examination procedure following completion of his/her thesis, if he/she submits the documents required for admission to the doctoral examination procedure.

Application

Prospective doctoral candidates can apply for acceptance via the Löwenportal - the central online portal of MLU. Please make sure that you have followed the guidance on the respective faculty webpages when applying.

Please find the electronic application form here.

We recommend that an application for admission is submitted in good time upon beginning work on the thesis. This recommendation applies in particular to doctoral candidates who gained their Master’s degree abroad, because such will be examined for equivalence to a German Master’s degree during the processing of the application. Equivalence is the formal prerequisite for doing a doctorate in Germany/Halle.

For the purpose of the evaluation of equivalence, a statement of comparability of the Master's degree must be applied for at the ZAB (Central Office for Foreign Education)    since February 2023. The processing can take up to 3 months. Please submit the application for acceptance to the faculty only with complete documents, i.e. as soon as you have received the ZAB certificate.

The following documents must be submitted with the application for acceptance to the faculty:

  • The original and copies of all degree certificates gained from a university-level institution or university e.g. Bachelor’s or Master’s degree certificate. Please submit one copy in the original language and one copy of the certified translation into German or English. (Documents in German or English do not require any translation).
  • The original and and copies of your transcripts of records in the original language and one copy of the certified translation into German or English (Documents in German or English do not require any translation).
  • The statement of comparability issued by the Central Office for Foreign Education.


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