Thesis Submission
Requirements
The doctoral examination proceedings can be initiated on completion of the disssertation if the research course study programme has been completed. Please check your Co.urse Completion Form.
If the research project and the disseration have been completed before the end of the second year of the research studies the number of achievement certificates for (d) "Literature and Methodology Seminars" and (e) "Doctoral Research Seminars and Conferences" can be reduced upon application.
Initiation of the doctoral procedure
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Proposal of the examination commission (form available at the GSCB office and Moodle). The proposal for the examination committee must be submitted for consideration by the doctorate examination board no later than six weeks before the intended thesis submission. Note that a proposed committee may occasionally not be accepted by the board and new members may have to be found. This is something you do not want to do in the final stages of writing. Please ensure you give us detailed and correct contact information in case of external referees (non-members of the Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry at RUB).
- Cover letter addressed to the doctorate examination board, asking for the initiation of the doctorate procedure, your current private address, and the English title of the dissertation (in case the dissertation was written in German).
- Detailed CV including academic achievements (e.g., list of publications, prices, conference contributions, ...)
- Statement on Contributions to Scientific Publications (form available on the GSCB website)
- Course Completion Form, fully completed (both sides) and signed. Please provide proof for all items that are not signed by a lecturer, such as a certificate for a science communication workshop or potentially confirmations for passing subsidiary lectures.
- Study Confirmation (Studienbescheinigung). Please issue and print on the day of submission.
- Three hard copies of the thesis plus one pdf file (on DVD). The hard copies should be printed double-sided bound, and at least one copy should have the year and your name printed on the lower end of the book’s spine in the order family name, given name – year (e.g., Swift, Taylor - 2024). The latter copy remains in the archives of the Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, while the other two copies will be returned after the examination for submission to the university library. Please confirm directly with each of the three reviewers whether they prefer to have hard copies or digital version of the thesis document, and hand them the thesis is the desired format.
- Bachelor/Master/High School certificates in case they have not been submitted before
- A Statutory Declaration form signed by the candidate
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Suggestion of Possible Defense Dates. The defense can take place at the earliest three weeks after the examination office has received all reviews and should, if possible, not be held later than six months after submission of the thesis. We kindly ask you to submit suggestions for defense dates, which you have already confirmed with the other examiners, no later than a week after the thesis. An email to the examination office is sufficient. This allows us to find a chair for the examination on one of your desired dates.
Documents
Please print double-sided if possible!