Admission

Admission

(1) For finding a suitabel project, please browse webpages of TiHo-Hannover

(2) Arrange an appointment with the head or a senior scientist of the department of your interest

(3) Submit your complete application package (see below or download Application)

(4) Receive the decision of the PhD commission

Dates for submitting application:

The program starts once a year with the winter term (October, 1st).
Application is possible throughout the year.

Please send your application for the PhD program „Systems Neuroscience“ to:

University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover

(Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover)
HGNI (Graduate School)
Bünteweg 2
30559 Hannover
Germany

Email: gs@tiho-hannover.de

Applicant:

• Letter of application dedicated to the PhD commission, which should reflect the applicant’s particular skills and motivation for participation in the PhD program and provide further perspectives for the individual professional career (1–2 pages)
• Curriculum vitae (recommended: europass form): www.europass.cedefop.europa.eu/europass/home/vernav/Europass+Documents/Europass+CV.csp
• Complete college or university certificates and examination results together with English translation (if applicable). Chinese students have to submit the APS certificate (The APS is effectively the gateway to study in Germany for Chinese university applicants. After the successful verification of an applicant’s documents (this could include a validation  interview or a Test for Academic Studies), the APS issues a certificate which German universities demand as an entry requirement. This certificate attests the authenticity of the documents that have been handed in by the Chinese applicant, and also that the person has achieved sufficient qualifications in China in order to be able to apply for a place at a German university. https://www.aps.org.cn/web/indexe.jsp
• University-entrance diploma/school leaving certificate, Abiturzeugnis
• Advisable: proof of competence in English (see http://www.fsz.uni-hannover.de/daad-english.html); German courses to applicants from non-German countries.