Doctoral candidate portal of the Faculty of Humanities at Chemnitz University of Technology

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New doctoral regulations from 6 March 2025 and and amendment statutes of 3 June 2025

The new doctoral degree regulations of the Faculty of Humanities came into force on 6 March 2025. Applications for admission to doctoral studies will be processed and decided according to the new doctoral regulations from this date. The new doctoral regulations can be found in the doctoral portal under Ordnungen und Satzungen [DE].

The first amendment to the new doctoral regulations also came into force on 3 June.

Please note that it is no longer possible to do a doctorate in specialised didactics at the Faculty of Humanities. If you would like to do a doctorate in this field, please contact the Centre for Teacher Training and Educational Research [DE].

Doing a doctorate at the Faculty of Humanities

Your doctorate is – the first qualification step towards an academic career after successfully completing a university degree (usually a Master's degree) –. As a doctoral student (and postdoc), you also make a significant contribution to the further development of scientific knowledge in your subject. In addition, you will gain qualifications that demonstrate your high level of academic expertise for careers outside academia.

The Faculty of Humanities takes into account the diversity of career paths as well as the scientific policy requirements for the quality assurance of doctorates (in particular the recommendations of the DFG, the German Council of Science and Humanities and the German Rectors' Conference).
For this reason, in addition to the conventional route, the individual doctorate, in which you look for a supervisor and work on the topic of your choice, either as a member of staff at the respective chair or independently outside the university, the Faculty of Humanities also offers the structured doctorate (e.g. doctoral programmes or graduate programmes). structured doctorate (e.g. doctoral study programmes or research training groups).
The following applies to both forms of doctorate:

• The professional aptitude of potential doctoral candidates as well as arguments relating to equal opportunities and internationality are transparent criteria for access to doctoral studies.
• The offerings for a specialist qualification programme are more strongly integrated. You will have access to subject-specific and interdisciplinary courses and events in which you can acquire additional qualifications.

Doctoral and supervision agreements are an essential element.

You can find further information on the following aspects in the doctoral candidate portal:

• Information about the Doctoral procedure, especially regarding its administrative aspects
• The doctoral subjects based at our faculty
• Contact persons and information on applications
• Dates and deadlines
• Contact persons

Please note that the German version of the Doctoral candidate portal holds further information not provided here. In case of any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.