Doctoral studies

Dean's Office of the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
Main building of the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
Max-Wien-Platz 1
07743 Jena
Opening hours:
7:30 - 11:30 Uhr and 14:00 - 15:30 Uhr

From 3rd April to 6th April only by appointment.

Consulting for doctoral study:
Ms. Dr. Unkroth +49-3641-9-47003

Ongoing doctoral procedures:
Ms. Ullrich +49-3641-9-47001
Flow chart
Flow chart of th Ph.D. procedure
Flow chart of th Ph.D. procedure
Image: Angela Unkroth
Contact

Mailing adress:  Dekanat der Physikalisch-Astronomischen Fakultät
                             Max-Wien-Platz 1
                             07743 Jena

email:                  dekanat-paf@uni-jena.de

General advice on Ph.D. studies :                  Dr. Angela Unkroth,  Tel.: +49-(0)3641-9-47003

Consultancy on ongoing Ph.D. procedures: Nicole Ullrich,  Tel.: +49-(0)3641-9-47001

 


                        

Ph.D. regulations
Application for acceptance into the doctoral program

1. Step

Please, register under https://doc-in.uni-jena.deExternal link.

2. Step

Please, complete the form "Application for Acceptance into the Doctoral Program"  and the "Supervising agreementdocx, 17 kb · de of the PAF" (pdfpdf, 121 kb · de).

3. Step

Submit both signed documents together with copies of your grades in the Dean's office of the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy please.

Opening of the doctoral procedure/Submission of the thesis

Please, contact the Dean's office before submission of the doctoral thesis. There you will get further informationpdf, 20 kb · de and help.

Heredocx, 14 kb · de you find the requestion form for the opening of the doctoral conferral procedure. (pdfpdf, 88 kb · de) Please, keep in mind that at the date of opening the doctoral procedure the colloquium in the supplementary subjectpdf, 87 kb · de has to be passed.

 

Completion of the Doctoral Examinational Procedure

After the doctoral degree has been successfully conferred, you are obliged to publish the dissertation and to deliver the required copies to the university library, the Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek (ThULB).

Here you find a checklistExternal link for submitting a doctoral dissertation at the ThULB.

Graduate studies

Ph. D. students of the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy can prepare for the oral examinations according to the Ph. D. regulations within graduate studies.

Over a time period of some terms the faculty offers  lectures in the following  key areas of research on a regular basis:

  • Optics/Laser Physics
  • Solid State Physics / Materials Science
  • Astronomy /Astrophysics
  • Gravitational and Quantum Theory

The VorlesungsverzeichnisExternal link (Friedolin) provides information on the ongoing lectures in the actual term.

 

Networking between doctoral students

Here you find a mailing list for networking with other Ph.D. students of the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy : 
https://lserv.uni-jena.de/mailman/listinfo/phd-pafExternal link

Good scientific practice for scientific qualification reports and theses in physics
Ongoing doctoral procedures

The public disputations (defenses) of the doctoral thesis  generally take place at 16:15 in the lecture hall 2, Helmholtzweg 5.

Completed doctoral procedures