Doctoral studies Dr. med. vet.

Enrollment for doctoral studies

According to the Doctoral Degree Regulations, you must be enrolled for the entire duration of your doctoral studies. Further information on enrollment (and re-registration) can be found here.

Please also note that according to § 6 of the Doctoral Degree Regulations 2025, you have to submit your dissertation announcement (including proof of attendance at the statistics and literature research course) to the Doctoral office within 1 semester after enrollment.

Information on submitting the dissertation announcement

Dissertation announcements can be submitted throughout the year, there is no deadline. However, the announcements are collected and processed in a bundle. It can therefore take up to 2 - 3 months for a response.

In your own interest, you should submit the dissertation announcement at an early stage - preferably at the beginning of the work. According to Section 4 of the Doctoral Degree Regulations 2016 and Section 6 of the Doctoral Degree Regulations 2025, there must be at least one year between submitting the dissertation announcement and submitting the application for opening the doctoral examination procedure.

Please submit the documents to the Doctoral office.

You will receive written feedback after the committee has reviewed the dissertation announcement. However, the announcement can only be approved once all documents have been submitted in full to the Doctoral office.