Doing a doctorate at Leuphana
The doctoral phase is an exciting time of intensive academic engagement: full of opportunities, but also full of questions and challenges that most doctoral candidates will face sooner or later.
On the following pages, we have compiled a range of useful information designed to provide you with guidance, support, and inspiration. Graduate School supports you with personalized advising and a variety of professional development and networking opportunities to help you complete your doctorate successfully and with motivation.
Information about the requirements and the first steps toward earning a doctorate in one of our doctoral research groups (that you are always a part of doing a doctorate at Leuphana), as well as information on choosing a topic, exploring funding opportunities and the formal admission process can be found on our website Getting into a doctorate.
Other information
Contact persons in Student Services
Melanie Maselkowski | Phone: 04131-677-1407
Svenja Höwler | Phone: 04131-677-1417
Johanna Wille | Phone: 04131-677-1409
Email: adminpromotion@leuphana.de
Doctoral Board
Responsibility for running all doctoral programmes and examination procedures lies with the five schools. The schools appoint the members of the doctoral boards, whose role is
- to assess the applications received on their academic merits and approve applicants;
- to assign successful applicants to one of the doctoral research groups;
- to decide on applications for extensions;
- to decide on applications for a change of doctoral regulations or doctoral research group;
- to appoint the reviewers' committee for assessing your thesis.
Information on the dates of meetings and members of the doctoral boards is available here:
Doctoral Research Groups
When accepted for a doctorate, each doctoral candidate becomes a member of a doctoral research group. The thematic focuses of the research groups are based on Leuphana's five Schools: education, culture, sustainability, public affairs and management and technology.
Switching doctoral research groups
In accordance with the doctoral regulations, the supervisor decides on any change of research group in consultation with the doctoral board. You and your supervisor should submit an application for the change to the competent doctoral board through the dean's office. There is no set form for such applications.
Research Data Management
Leuphana's Research Data Management Service offers professional handling of research data in all phases of the research process. It provides consulting and support services, an infrastructure for archiving and publishing research data (PubData). In doing so, it follows the Leuphana Guidelines for Archiving Research Data.
Semester Fee
- Studentenwerk contribution: 150,00 €
- Contribution towards administrative expenses 75.00 €
- Student body contribution: 259,24 € (of which € 226,80 for the semester ticket, € 22,00 contribution for student self-administration, €10,44 for StadtRad etc.)
- TOTAL: 484,24 €
For doctoral students who receive a scholarship from public funds, a reduced semester fee applies:
- Studentenwerk contribution: 150,00 €
- Student body contribution: 259,24 € (of which € 226,80 for the semester ticket, € 22,00 contribution for student self-administration, €10,44 for StadtRad etc.)
- TOTAL: 409,24 €
In order to be eligible for the reduction, you must present proof of your scholarship to Student Services (a copy of the scholarship approval is sufficient here).
Workstations
New offer for doctoral candidates at Graduate School: From now on you can flexibly book flexwork workstations that are equipped with a monitor, keyboard and mouse per day or per week for yourself and your dissertation project. The workstations are located on the first floor of building 14. If you are interested please contact us via the following email: gradschool@leuphana.de