Doctoral studies

Your application for admission to doctoral studies must contain the following documents:

• university degree certificate
• tabular CV
• exposé of your doctoral project
• further documents in accordance with the school's regulations

Please download detailed info from the respective schools (in German only):

• School of Law: www.jura.uni-hamburg.de/postgraduierte
• School of Business, Economics and Social Sciences: www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/graduate-school
• School of Medicine: www.uke.de/aerzte-wissenschaftler
• School of Education, Psychology and Human Movement: www.epb.uni-hamburg.de/de/node/5767
• School of Humanities: www.gwiss.uni-hamburg.de/Promotion.html
• School of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences: www.min.uni-hamburg.de/promotion

If your application is approved, you will be admitted to doctoral studies and allowed to enroll at Universität Hamburg.

After receiving your admission to doctoral studies, please send the following documents to Universität Hamburg's Application and Admissions Team:

• print-out of your application from the application platform (register under: www.uni-hamburg.de/online-bewerbung)
• if already enrolled as a student at Universität Hamburg, you do not have to register via the online portal; in this case please address an informal application for doctoral admission to the Application and Admissions Team
• university degree certificate (certified copy)
• if you completed your degree abroad, please also submit a confirmation of admission to doctoral studies from the responsible school at UHH
  
• confirmation from your doctoral supervisor at Universität Hamburg
• doctoral studies at the School of Business, Economics and Social Studies require a written admission confirmation from the respective graduate school: www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/einrichtungen/graduate-school/kontakt
• doctoral studies at The School of Mathematics, informatics and Natural Sciences require a admission confirmation from the repective Academic Office: www.min.uni-hamburg.de/promotion/Verfahren.html
• proof of health insurance

Address for document submission:

Universität Hamburg
CampusCenter – Service für Studierende (Services for Students)
Team Bewerbung und Zulassung (Application and Admissions Team)
Alsterterrasse 1
20354 Hamburg

Important note: your doctoral admission may state an enrollment deadline! Please meet the deadline!

It is left to the Services for Students to ask you for a current project confirmation from your doctoral supervisor from time to time.

Funding sources for doctoral students with disabilities or chronic diseases are very limited, particularly if you are in need of special assistance. We recommend that you seek advice at the Office of Affairs for Students with Disabilities or Chronic Diseases.

Are you an international doctoral student who needs an entry visa for Germany? If that be the case, please apply timely for your visa at the responsible German consulate or embassy; visa processing may span two to three months.

Important note: three-months Schengen visa (tourist visa) cannot be extended for study or research periods in Germany!

Further visa information:
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) info on entry and visa regulations, residence and work permits (pdf)