Doctorate

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Doctorate at the Faculty of Engineering

At the Faculty of Engineering, the doctoral degree Dr.-Ing is awarded. Information on the different ways to obtain a doctoral degree (individual doctoral degree, structured doctoral programs, cooperative doctoral degrees, external doctoral degree) can be found on the website of the Graduate Center.

The procedure of a doctorate at the Faculty of Engineering – step by step, all information about the doctoral examination and the valid doctoral regulations can be found below:

Procedural description for doctoral studies at the Faculty of Engineering:

Additional information:

The doctoral procedure is regulated across all faculties in the FAU’s framework General Doctoral Regulations and, in addition, the Doctoral Regulations of the Faculty of Engineering also apply. The current versions of the regulations can be found on the FAU website:

General Doctoral Regulations of FAU

Faculty Doctoral Regulations FPromOTech

General information on the oral doctoral examination:

Possible formats:

  • Pure presence examination
  • Face-to-face examination with video link to a member of the examination board (except chairperson or doctoral candidate)
  • Examination completely online

Please register your exam at the doctoral office at least 2 weeks before the scheduled exam date using the following form:

Additional information:

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us via email (tf-promotionsbuero@fau.de) or phone (+49 (0)9131-85 28100). We will also gladly call you back.

Exam dates

For the examination dates please go to the website Promotionsprüfung / Prüfungstermine (DE).

Office for Doctoral Affairs

Opening hours

Monday – Friday from 08:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Address

Faculty of Engineering, Office for Doctoral Affairs, Room 0.09 (ground floor), Martensstraße 5a, 91058 Erlangen, GERMANY

Please make an appointment with us to submit your documents. You can reach us by phone +49 (0)9131/85-28100 or by email (tf-promotionsbuero@fau.de).

FAU celebrates the achievements of new doctoral graduates with an awards ceremony and honors the achievements of all alumni who obtained a doctoral degree from FAU 15, 25, or 50 years ago. Information on the annual event can be found on this website: www.fau.eu/outreach/events/award-ceremony-for-doctoral-graduates-and-alumni/