Doing a doctorate at Leuphana

Melanie Maselkowski | Phone: 04131-677-1407
Svenja Höwler | Phone: 04131-677-1417
Johanna Wille | Phone: 04131-677-1409

Email: adminpromotion@leuphana.de

• 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).

You can register for courses on the doctoral courses via the myStudy platform, where the course catalogue is published, among other things. You can access myStudy with your Leuphana account either directly via the myStudy website or via the campus management system myCampus.

Please note: When using myCampus, you will find the application "myStudy" under the heading "Services". After clicking on the application, a new window will open in which you must then select the "Start login" button.

In order for your participation in the classes of the doctoral courses to be documented in myCampus, you must register in myStudy for the class(es) you wish to attend. Six months after the end of the respective semester at the latest, you can see in myCampus for which class your participation has already been certified.
In the doctoral courses, you complete each of the six modules with a certificate of achievement (5 CP each). Possible certificates of achievement are 1) presentation and 2) report. The modules are not graded.

When submitting your dissertation, you must prove that you have successfully completed all modules (with a total of 30 CP).

The course catalogue is published in myCampus via the myStudy application twelve weeks before the start of lectures. The user guide on the myStudy homepage explains how to create your timetable online or register for courses. Some courses may have a limited number of participants. You should therefore check the course catalogue for the coming semester in good time.

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:

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.

If you wish to have credits obtained in classes at other institutions recognised towards your doctoral programme, please submit an application to the spokesperson of your doctoral research group.

The application form must be accompanied by appropriate proof of successful participation from the external institution and brief written confirmation from your supervisor. This must show that the work to be recognised has contributed to your academic/scientific development as a doctoral candidate in terms of skills and expertise. Applications can only be approved if the external achievements are at least comparable with those required at Leuphana.

Please submit approved applications for recognition to Student Services.

Please note: credits obtained as part of a Bachelor or Masters degree cannot be recognised.

Some examples of credit-bearing courses and summer schools for doctoral students can be found here:

PhD Network - Courses for PhD students

The Ph.D. Network is a cooperation between German (including Leuphana) and Danish universities and research institutions, as well as the Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik in Croatia.

The common goals are the establishment, development and consolidation of a network for doctoral programmes. The network offers a mutual exchange of information on activities in the field of doctoral education via the website, which also provides access to these activities. No financial obligations arise from participation in these activities. The partners of the network support each other in raising funds for the expansion of further cooperation.

An overview of the courses offered for doctoral candidates can be found here: phd-network.eu

VHB - ProDok

The Association of University Teachers of Business Administration (VHB) offers various courses for doctoral candidates that also include interdisciplinary courses, e.g. methods courses and diversity courses. You can find the current course overview here.

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

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.