Downloads - Regulations and forms

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.

Documents for the doctoral application according to the Doctoral Degree Regulations 2016

Documents for the doctoral application according to the Doctoral Degree Regulations 2025

Further applications/forms

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.