Doctoral Degree Regulations Dr. med. vet.
Dissertation announcement
- Form 1: Joint scientific utilization paper for external/cooperative dissertations If a dissertation is conducted as an external dissertation outside the TiHo, an external supervisor with a habilitation or comparable qualification must be part of the supervisory group. External dissertations are only permitted if they are conducted as part of a cooperative collaboration between a higher education institution and the external institution (PromO 2025 § 3 para. 2). It must therefore be stated to what extent a cooperative collaboration exists. In addition, the shares of the respective supervisors and the benefits of the cooperation for the TiHo must be stated.
- Form 2: Supervisory agreement
- Form 6: Dissertation announcement
- Form 7: Animal welfare notification In accordance with the resolution of the Senate of the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover of 19 June 1990, it is necessary to enclose the completed and signed Animal Welfare Notification form with the dissertation announcement, regardless of whether animals are used in the work or not. The form will be forwarded to the University's Animal Welfare Officer by the Doctoral office for review.
Application for opening the doctoral examination procedure
Please note that the doctoral examination procedure will not be opened until all documents have been submitted in full. This also includes the first evaluation report and the seminar certificate.
The dissertation will only be forwarded to the second evaluator for assessment once the first evaluation report and the seminar certificate from the supervisor or supervisory group have been received by the Promotionsbüro (Doctoral office). The first evaluation report and the seminar certificate should therefore either be brought in a sealed envelope when submitting the dissertation or sent directly to the Doctoral office by the supervisor or supervisory group.
Upload Dissertations
In addition to the printed reviewers' copies (2 x, DIN A4), please also upload the dissertation as a PDF to the TiHo Cloud.
File name: Lastname_First name_doctoral graduation
- Example: Müller_Maxi_Winterpromotion 25
Note: Uploading the dissertation to the cloud does NOT replace uploading the work to the library.
Documents for the doctoral application according to the Doctoral Degree Regulations 2016
- Application for opening the doctoral examination procedure_Doctoral Regulations 2016 Note: Please submit the certificate of the Veterinary Examination (final examination certificate), NOT the licence to practise.
- Template Affidavit_German Please adapt the affidavit according to your work and delete the auxiliary comments. It has to be submitted in German even if the dissertation is in English.
- Template CV
- Template Title page_German Without TiHo-Logo, Foundation or further institute etc.!
- Template Page 2_German The date of the examination and the second evaluator will be filled after the oral examination.
- Template Korrekturabzug (proof sheet)_German Without date and signature of the supervisor, will be filled in at the oral examination.
- Template Title page_English Without TiHo-Logo, Foundation or further institute etc.!
- Template page 2_English The date of the examination and the second evaluator will be filled after the oral examination.
- Template Korrekturabzug (proof sheet)_English Without date and signature of the supervisor, will be filled in at the oral examination.
Documents for the doctoral application according to the Doctoral Degree Regulations 2025
- Form 8: Application for opening the doctoral examination procedure Note: Uploading the dissertation to the cloud does NOT replace uploading the work to the library.
- Template Affidavit_German Please adapt the affidavit according to your work and delete the auxiliary comments. It has to be submitted in German even if the dissertation is in English.
- Form 9: Publication of the dissertation
- Declaration of impartiality for external reviewers
- Template Title page_German Without TiHo-Logo, Foundation or further institute etc.!
- Template Page 2_German The date of the examination and the second evaluator will be filled after the oral examination.
- Template Korrekturabzug (proof sheet)_German Without date and signature of the supervisor, will be filled in at the oral examination.
- Template Title page_English Without TiHo-Logo, Foundation or further institute etc.!
- Template page 2_English The date of the examination and the second evaluator will be filled after the oral examination.
- Template Korrekturabzug (proof sheet)_Eng Without date and signature of the supervisor, will be filled in at the oral examination.
Further applications/forms
- Form 3: Application for a change of supervisor If the supervisory agreement is to be terminated but the subject/dissertation to be continued under a different supervisor. --> s. FAQ
- Form 4: Application for termination of supervision If the supervisory agreement is to be terminated and the doctorate not to be continued. --> s. FAQ
- Form 10: Application for a delay in publication of the dissertation Blocking notice for the library
Enrollment and de-registration
The application forms for enrollment and de-registration can be found on the subpage Enrollment and re-registration for doctoral studies.
