Admission/enrolment

A successful application is necessary for admission to the IMPRS-SHH. Doctoral researchers are usually offered an employment contract with the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History or FSU. There is a supervision agreement between every doctoral researcher and their main supervisors.  This is necessary for the next step: the admission as a doctoral candidate of a “Fakultät” of FSU (see below). Each doctoral researcher has to decide from which “Fakultät” they want to receive their degree. At least one of their supervisors must belong to or be connected with this Fakultät. Please note: The English versions of the doctoral regulations (“Promotionsordnung”) are for your information only. The legal basis is the original German text.

• “Fakultät” of Arts  – Promotionsordnung
• “Fakultät” of Biological Sciences  – Promotionsordnung
• “Fakultät” of Chemistry and Earth Sciences  – Promotionsordnung
• “Fakultät” of Social and Behavioural Sciences  – Promotionsordnung (no official English version available. Please ask the coordinators).

Doctoral researchers apply for the admission to a particular “Fakultät” via Doc-in. Doc-in  is the online registration system for doctoral candidates at FSU.

Doctoral researchers of the IMPRS-SHH can but are not required to enroll at FSU. Enrolment is not compulsory, but it offers a whole range of advantages, cf. here.