Once you have completed your dissertation, you can apply online via the Doctoral Portal of the University of Hohenheim to open the doctoral examination process. Submit the signed application form and the required documents to the Graduate Academy. If you have any questions about the application process, you can contact the Graduate Academy at any time. After reviewing your application, the Chair of the Doctoral Committee will open the doctoral procedure.
These are your next steps:
- Appointment of the Examining Committee
- Review of the dissertation by the reporting persons
- Forwarding of the summary (German/English) and the expert opinions to all professors, university lecturers and private lecturers working at the faculty.
- Oral defense, consisting of a public presentation and a private disputation/colloquium.
- Grading and resulting of the doctoral process
- If the oral exam is not passed, it can be repeated after one month at the earliest and after six months at the latest.
- Publication of the dissertation (within 12 months of the examination date)
- Receiving the Certificate and Using the Doctoral Title
