According to the Rhineland-Palatinate University Act, all JGU doctoral candidates are required to register by applying for acceptance as a doctoral candidate at the faculty in question.

For all administrative and legal questions regarding your doctoral degree assessment procedure, please contact the Dean’s Offices or rectorates. These often have their own doctoral offices. The regulations and procedures governing the doctorate specify which requirements you must meet in order to be admitted to a doctoral programme, how the doctoral degree assessment procedure works and which doctoral requirements you must fulfill.

If all formal requirements are met, you can submit the application for acceptance as a doctoral candidate via the JOGU-StINe portal.

For this you will need confirmation of their willingness to supervise you from a supervisor and have a provisional working title for your doctoral dissertation. In addition, the doctoral subject must be stated. If you obtained the degree entitling you to do a doctorate (e.g. master’s degree) abroad, you must also apply for recognition of your foreign educational qualifications via JOGU-StINe.

You must then print out the proposal for acceptance as a doctoral candidate and submit it, signed by your supervisor, to the faculty or rectorate along with all other documents. Once your proposal has been accepted, you will receive an official notification from your faculty or rectorate. From this point on, you are a registered doctoral candidate at JGU and will receive access to specific services and other benefits (e.g. JGU doctoral candidate account, offers from the General Postgraduate Programme, eligibility to vote for and be elected to the PhD representatives group), as well as the opportunity to apply for a full GSHS membership.

Parallel to acceptance as a doctoral candidate (or at a later date), you can also apply for enrolment as a doctoral student. This is not obligatory, but is recommended by the GSHS.