Doctoral Degree Ph.D.

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Basic Information:

You must have successfully completed modules P 1 to P 6 in order to be admitted to the doctoral examination (P 7.1 Dissertation and P 7.2 Dispuation).

Documents:

• Formular: Anmeldung zur Dissertation (PDF, 123 KB)
• three bound copies of your dissertation (DIN A 4, softcover/glue binding, no hardcover or spiral binding)
• Curriculum Vitae
• List of scientific publications
• Declaration in lieu of an oath (PDF, 134 KB) of the independence of the scientific work performed
• Copy of ID-Card/Passport

Application:

Please note the possible registration periods and deadlines (see below).

Submit the application form, the other documents and the dissertation copies

• in person during opening hours or
• by mail to the Examination Office for Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Doctoral Studies, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 Munich.

1. Registration

See admission to the doctoral examination.

2. Reviews

The reviewers have two months after submission to prepare the reviews with suggested grades and submit them to the Examinations Office.

3. Circulation and statements

After the reviews have been submitted to the Examinations Office, the dissertation and the reviews are circulated among the members of the doctoral committee and the examiners (disputation). Within four weeks, the authorised persons have time to submit their own comments with grade proposals to the Examinations Office.

Thereafter, the acceptance of the dissertation is decided and the overall grade of the dissertation is determined.

4. Disputation

After the dissertation has been accepted, you will be admitted to the defence and invited in writing. You will arrange the date and location with your examiners and inform the relevant department.

The date will be publicised at the university. The university public (members of the LMU) may attend the defence.

5. Publication

After passing the defence, the doctoral examination is passed and the dissertation must be published in order to obtain the doctoral degree.

Information on publication can be found below.

6. Doctorate

After successful publication, your doctoral degree diploma will be issued. This usually takes two to four weeks. You will be contacted by e-mail as soon as your certificate is ready for collection.

Once you have received your doctoral degree diploma, you may use the academic degree ‘Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)’.

Basic informartion:

• Publication Deadline: one year after the disputation
• Title page: Example
• Copies: 6 (bounded) & electronic version (CD, USB-Stick)
• Permission to print (PDF, 31 KB) (First Supervisor)

Submitting :

Copies, electronic version and permission to print are to be submitted to the examination office

• in person during opening hours or
• by mail to Prüfungsamt für Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften, Abteilung Promotion, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 München, Deutschland

The copies will then be forwarded to the University Library.

Doctoral Diploma/Certificate:

After the University Library confirms the publication, the Doctoral Diploma/Certificate will be issued.
The issuance of the Doctoral Diploma/Certificate takes about 2-4 weeks. You will be informed by e-mail when the documents are ready.

Prüfungs- und Studienordnung der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München für den Promotionsstudiengang Learning Sciences (2013) vom 7. Mai 2014 (PDF, 165 KB)

Satzung über das Eignungsverfahren für den Promotionsstudiengang Learning Sciences an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München vom 17. Mai 2013 (PDF, 36 KB)

Satzung zur Änderung der Satzung über das Eignungsverfahren für den Masterstudiengang Psychology: Learning Sciences an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München vom 19. Dezember 2016 (PDF, 18 KB)

Prof. Dr. Moritz Heene (Chairman of the Doctoral Committee Ph.D. Learning Sciences)

Prof. Dr. Frank Fischer (Direktor of MCLS)

Prof. Dr. Martin Fischer (Direktor of Institute for Didactics and Education Research in Medicine)

Prof. Dr. Anne Frenzel (Chairwoman of the Examination Committee M.Sc. Learning Sciences)

Prof. Dr. Simone Schütz-Bosbach (Guest Executive Board)

Dr. Nicole Heitzmann (Representative of the Scientific Staff)