Doctoral Students

Information for doctoral students

The process of a doctoral project at the FAU is generally determined by the university-wide framework doctoral regulations (Rahmenpromotionsordnung). In particular, the Faculty of Science has its own doctoral regulations (fakultätsbezogene Promotionsordnung). Special regulations that only apply to the Department of Physics are set out in the implementing provisions (Ausführungsbestimmungen).

The Department of Physics’ implementation provisions (Ausführungsbestimmungen) can be found in the StudOn group Information for Doctoral Students. You can request the access password from the administrative office of the relevant Chair or from your colleagues.

Doctoral students are obliged to register on the docDaten online portal at the beginning of their project. For further information, the Faculty of Science’s FAQ on doctoral studies may be helpful.

Contact persons for information regarding admission and registration can be found in the office of doctoral affairs. The Doctoral Examinations Board (Representative for the Department of Physics) is responsible for the doctoral examination procedure itself. The doctoral candidates representives acts as a representative for doctoral students throughout the university; in physics, there are representatives in the departmental assembly (only available in German).

Doctoral programmes at the Department of Physics

International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS): mpl.mpg.de/study-work-or-visit/imprs/

Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies (SAOT): saot.fau.de