Offices of Doctoral Affairs
Offices of Doctoral Affairs, doctoral titles and doctoral degree regulations
Please note that the office is closed to visitors for the time being due to the current situation. You can reach us at any time by telephone or e-mail. You can send admission documents via e-mail to the relevant Office of Doctoral Affairs. All other documents must be sent by post.
The Offices of Doctoral Affairs at the faculties and schools have specific responsibilities including:
- The application of the relevant doctoral degree regulations
- The admission of doctoral candidates
- The recognition of non-German degrees and degrees in non-subject-specific fields in connection with the admission of candidates (equivalence reviews)
- The initiation and management of the doctorate procedure
As is the case at most German universities, FAU awards different doctoral degrees in different faculties and subjects. FAU’s general doctoral degree regulations and the faculties’ and schools’ doctoral degree regulations must be adhered to in order to obtain a doctoral degree.
We recommend that the doctoral candidate and their supervisor sign a supervision agreement. Further information on the supervision agreement and templates can be found on our websites.
You will find general FAQs on the Offices of Doctoral Affairs. Please also see the FAQs for the various faculties.
Office of Doctoral Affairs
Drop-in consultation sessions: Mon-Wed, 9 am – 12 pm
Adress for visitors: Bahnhofplatz 2, 91054 Erlangen
Please send registered mail to the following address (please select your doctorate):
Graduate Centre
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
Doctoral procedures Dr. phil./Dr. theol./Dr. rer. nat./Dr. rer. biol. hum./Dr. med./Dr. med. dent.
Schlossplatz 4
91054 Erlangen
Doctoral procedures Dr. phil and Dr. theol
Dr. phil. (Humanities and social sciences*); Dr. theol. (Theology)
*The type of doctoral degree awarded in the social sciences depends on the faculty, subject and supervisor.
- Implementation Provisions of Coronavirus Regulations at the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology
- Implementation Provisions of Coronavirus Regulations at the School of Theology
- Doctoral degree regulations of the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology
- Doctoral degree regulations of the School of Theology
- List of subjects in which a doctoral degree can be taken at the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology (german)
- Supervision agreement Dr. phil. (german)
- The doctoral procedure at the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology (Dr. phil.) (german)
Naemi Wagner
Graduate Centre and Young Researchers Support
Schlossplatz 4 (Postanschrift); Bahnhofplatz 2 (Besucheranschrift)91054 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-24163
- Email: promotion-zulassung@fau.de
Natalie Seifert
Graduate Centre and Young Researchers Support
Schlossplatz 4 (Postanschrift); Bahnhofplatz 2 (Besucheranschrift)91054 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-26402
Please send your e-mail to: promotion-phil-theol@fau.de
Doctoral procedures Dr. med and Dr. med. dent
Dr. med. (Medicine); Dr. med. dent. (Dentistry); Dr. rer. biol. hum. (Human Biology)
- Implementation Provisions of Coronavirus Regulations at the Faculty of Medicine
- Doctoral degree regulations of the Faculty of Medicine
Answers to questions about doctoral degrees at the Faculty of Medicine can be found on the faculty’s doctoral degree page.
Naemi Wagner
Graduate Centre and Young Researchers Support
Schlossplatz 4 (Postanschrift); Bahnhofplatz 2 (Besucheranschrift)91054 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-24163
- Email: promotion-zulassung@fau.de
Simone Marten
Graduate Centre and Young Researchers Support
Schlossplatz 4 (Postanschrift); Bahnhofplatz 2 (Besucheranschrift)91054 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-22341
- Email: promotion-med@fau.de
Doctoral procedures Dr. rer. biol. hum.
Dr. rer. biol. hum. (Human Biology)
- Implementation Provisions of Coronavirus Regulations at the Faculty of Medicine
- Doctoral degree regulations of the Faculty of Medicine
The forms required for admission and initiating the procedure are available in the download section of the doctoral candidate service centre under ‘For doctoral candidates (Dr. rer. biol. hum).
Answers to questions about doctoral degrees at the Faculty of Medicine can be found on the faculty’s doctoral degree page.
Naemi Wagner
Graduate Centre and Young Researchers Support
Schlossplatz 4 (Postanschrift); Bahnhofplatz 2 (Besucheranschrift)91054 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-24163
- Email: promotion-zulassung@fau.de
Natalie Seifert
Graduate Centre and Young Researchers Support
Schlossplatz 4 (Postanschrift); Bahnhofplatz 2 (Besucheranschrift)91054 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-26402
Doctoral procedures Dr. rer. nat.
Dr. rer. nat. (Natural Sciences)
- Implementation Provisions of Coronavirus Regulations at the Faculty of Sciences
- Doctoral degree regulations of the Faculty of Sciences
The guidelines for doctoral degrees at the Faculty of Sciences are provided on the faculty’s website.
If you have faculty-specific queries, please see the FAQ page of the Faculty of Sciences.
Naemi Wagner
Graduate Centre and Young Researchers Support
Schlossplatz 4 (Postanschrift); Bahnhofplatz 2 (Besucheranschrift)91054 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-24163
- Email: promotion-zulassung@fau.de
Irene Deger
Graduate Centre and Young Researchers Support
Schlossplatz 4 (Postanschrift); Bahnhofplatz 2 (Besucheranschrift)91054 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-26003
- Email: promotion-nat@fau.de
Office of Doctoral Affairs of the Faculty of Business, Economics, and Law
Office of Doctoral Affairs of the School of Law
Dr. jur. (Law)
- Implementation Provisions of Coronavirus Regulations at the School of Law
- Doctoral degree regulations of the School of Law
Answers to questions about doctoral degrees at the School of Law can be found on the school’s doctoral degree page.
Ass. jur. Dagmar Schwarzbach
Fachbereichsverwaltung Rechtswissenschaft (Erlangen)
Room: Room 0.231Schillerstr. 1
91054 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-29397
Office of Doctoral Affairs of the School of Business and Economics
Dr. rer. pol. (Business administration, economics, social sciences)
- Implementation Provisions of Coronavirus Regulations at the School of Business, Economics and Society
- Doctoral degree regulations of the School of Business and Economics
Answers to questions about doctoral degrees at the School of Business and Economics can be found on the school’s doctoral degree page.
Dr. Dennis Kirchberg
Forschungsreferent der Rechts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät (RW)
Room: Room FG 3.044Findelgasse 7/9
90402 Nürnberg
- Phone number: +49 911 5302-685
Please send your mails to wiso-promotion@fau.de.
Office of Doctoral Affairs of the Faculty of Engineering
Elisabeth Kirsch
Fakultätsverwaltung Technische Fakultät
Room: Room 0.09Martensstraße 5a
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-28100
- Email: tf-promotionsbuero@fau.de
Claudia Schwinn
Fakultätsverwaltung Technische Fakultät
Room: Room 0.09Martensstraße 5a
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-28100
- Email: tf-promotionsbuero@fau.de
Mandy Weber
Fakultätsverwaltung Technische Fakultät
Room: Room 0.09Martensstraße 5a
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-28100
- Email: tf-promotionsbuero@fau.de