Guide

What do I want and if so why? Where do I start and what constitutes good supervision? Before starting to look for a project, take a look on the following pages.

You have taken the first and most difficult steps: You have found a team of supervisors and agreed on a topic. Now you make it official at the Medical Research School! Please remember to do so within the first 3 months of starting your research.

For a successful doctoral thesis, we support you with workshops tailored to your needs. They are part of the structured training program which is mandatory for all doctoral researchers at the Faculty of Medicine. Doctoral researchers in the PhD program go through a mandatory basic and cluster curriculum.

Once all the formalities have been completed, the real work begins. Keep track of your achievements and timeline with progress reports, because your time is limited. Grants for stays abroad and congress trips abroad are available from the Heine Research Academies.

Almost done - you want to submit your thesis for assessment. You will find all information on being admitted for a doctorate as well as the forms and contact details on the following pages. The office for doctorate matters within the Graduate Center is responsible for managing and administrating the doctoral examination procedure. 

If only I had known...

Some questions only come up when there's a problem or the supervision does not go well. Here are the most important things about good scientific practice, authorship, accident insurance and scholarships. And above all: Who owns the data?