Doctorate and habilitation

With a doctorate, you provide evidence of independent academic work. The habilitation serves as proof of independent academic research. Upon successful completion of the doctorate, you will be awarded the academic doctoral degree, and upon successful completion of the habilitation, the qualification to teach independently (Venia Legendi).

Doctorate

During your doctoral phase, you will generally be employed as a research assistant at the institutes of our faculty and acquire professional expertise. During this time, you will also complete a written dissertation on a selected topic. The doctorate concludes with an oral examination.

Documents

Course of the doctoral procedure

Doctoral degree regulations

Confirmation of the doctorate

Doctoral agreement

Doctoral Supervision Agreement

Cumulative doctorates

Template for the dissertation title page

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Important dates that are helpful for the organisation of your doctorate

Questions and further support

Doctoral topics and supervision

Do you have questions about doctoral topics or about doctoral supervision? Then please contact the professors of the relevant institutes directly.
Administrative procedure

If you have any questions about the administrative procedure, please contact the Doctoral and Habilitation Office.
Submission of dissertations and habilitations

Information on submitting dissertations and habilitations can be found on the pages of the Technical Information Library.
General support for your doctoral project

You can also obtain support for your doctoral project from the Graduate Academy at Leibniz University Hannover.

Habilitation

Notes on the habilitation procedure

Notifications about habilitation procedures, such as admissions, openings, etc., are published in the minutes of the meetings of the Faculty Council of Mechanical Engineering. The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering also invites the habilitation candidate in writing to the public lecture followed by a colloquium. Notifications relating to habilitation procedures must always be sent in writing to the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.

When applying for a certificate of good conduct, a "certificate of good conduct for submission to an authority" must be applied for. "Habilitation" must be stated as the purpose. Certificates of good conduct may not be older than one year on the day the habilitation procedure is initiated. The University Library (TIB / UB, special collections, information on the submission of dissertations and habilitation theses) is responsible for matters relating to the publication of habilitation theses.