Your acceptance as a doctoral candidate by the relevant faculty/school/academy – and thus registration as a doctoral candidate – is not limited in time. Therefore, the candidate is under no obligation to notify the relevant dean’s office/rectorate of any periods of interruption, e.g. due to illness, parental leave, employment. If you would nevertheless like to report such an interruption, you should contact the relevant doctoral office.
The enrolment as a doctoral student can be terminated by exmatriculation. As enrolment is not mandatory for doctoral candidate, exmatriculation has no effect on the doctoral degree assessment procedure. However, the GSHS recommends – despite the additional cost for the semester fee – that you remain enrolled for the entire duration of the doctorate, as this has many advantages.
Enrolment as a doctoral student is also not limited in time. The previous 6-year time limit has been abolished.
Once you have been exmatriculated, you will need to submit a new application should you decide to re-enrol as a doctoral student.
If you are receiving a scholarship from JGU (e.g. a GSHS research proposal scholarship), you must act in accordance with regulations laid out in the JGU Scholarship Guidelines (in German) if you wish to interrupt your doctoral studies programme.
If you are certain that you wish to discontinue your doctorate, you can report the discontinuation to the relevant dean’s Office/rectorate. No justification is required.
If you are a GSHS member, please also report the discontinuation of your doctorate to the GSHS office. A short email will suffice. Your GSHS membership will then be terminated.
If you are accepted as a doctoral candidate at another university/higher education institution, your registration at JGU will be cancelled (exceptions: bi-national doctorate/cotutelle procedure and cooperative doctorates with universities of applied sciences). If you are still involved in teaching and research at JGU (e.g. through a second supervision), you can apply for a GSHS guest membership.
Are you encountering difficulties during your doctorate? Are you considering whether you want to continue with your doctorate and wondering how dropping out might affect your professional future? The GSHS office can advise you in a client-centered and confidential manner.
