dissertation uni saarland

• Online Application System

Dissertation phase

In the dissertation phase you work on your research topic and write your PhD thesis.

Duration: 3 or so years of research

Admission: In order to move on to the dissertation phase, you must complete the preparatory phase, or have the equivalent of a strong German Masters in Computer Science and pass the qualifying exam (see QE info sheet on the right or below). The admissions committee will evaluate how your previous coursework compares to the preparatory phase. The committee might ask you to take some courses at the graduate level at Saarland University if your previous experience does not qualify you for immediate admission to the qualifying exam.

Coursework: In the dissertation phase, most of the coursework you opt to do will be related to your chosen research group. You will closely collaborate with your advisor, fellow students and other members of the faculty as well as be given the chance to present your progress at conferences and colloquia.

Your PhD thesis: What is expected from a German PhD thesis? A German PhD thesis is considered a original piece of scholarly work that an individual has produced on his or her own. Therefore your supervisors want to hear about your ideas and are happy to discuss them with you along the way.

Thesis defense: Before getting your PhD, you will have to give a public defense in front of the thesis committee. The list of upcoming and past thesis defenses may be found here .

Formal things: Getting your PhD in the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics is regulated according to the PhD regulations (see downloads on the right or below). You can get detailed information by contacting the Dean’s Office (Faculty MI / Mathematics and Informatics).

Under downloads on this page, you can find a sample letter to the Dean for requesting admission to the Faculty’s PhD list after successful completion of the qualifying exam. Once admission to the PhD list is confirmed, we ask you to register as a PhD student at the student registrar’s office. In addition to the QE certificate and the admission request letter, you must also submit a student-advisor PhD agreement ( Betreuungsvereinbarung ). You will also find more information about this as well as a couple of model agreement outlines in the downloads section of this page. Please note that all PhD candidates are expected to adhere to the guidelines of good scientific practice , as outlined in the documents that can be found here: https://www.uni-saarland.de/verwaltung/wissenschaftliche-integritaet/dokumente.html The DFG codex is also available in English . Their code of conduct page can be found here: https://wissenschaftliche-integritaet.de/en/

• Qualifying Exam
• QE info form (rtf)
• progress report guideline
• steps after the QE
• PhD regulations Faculty MI (new 2023)
• neue Promotionsordnung 2023
• Plagiarism policy
• Sample admission request letter: Request for admission to the Facultyʼs PhD list_Dec 2023
• Briefvorlage zur Eintragung in die Promotionsliste: Antrag auf Aufnahme in die Promotionsliste Dez 2023
• Saarländisches Hochschulgesetz_Betreuungsvereinbarung Extract regarding doctoral agreements from the Saarland law governing universities (German)
• DFG_Empfehlung zur Betreuungsvereinbarung DFG recommendations for doctoral agreements (German)
• UdS-Vorlage – Promotionsvereinbarung (DE): UdS_dt_Promotionsvereinbarung_20171108
• UdS Template – Doctoral agreement (EN): UdS_en_doctoral_agreement_template_20171108
• Faculty MI model document for PhD student / Advisor agreement : Faculty MI_Model document for the agreement between doctoral candidat es and supervisors
• DFG codex good scientific practice
• For thesis submission: Eidesstattliche Versicherung _Affidavit
• University’s guidelines for holding PhD oral defences with MS Teams
• What are the thesis proposal talks?

Lehrstuhl für Funktionswerkstoffe

Dissertationen

Doctoral theses honoured by the Saarland University Society

by Gabriele Amoroso | Oct 18, 2021 | General , Research , Young Scientists | 0 comments

On October 14, 2021, the best doctoral theses for the academic year 2019/20 were awarded the highest prize for a doctorate at the Saarland University: the traditional Dr. Edward Martin Prize of the Saarland University Society . Three of the laureates have completed their doctoral theses with COMM members:

• Dr. Praneeth Chitirala (photo) , co-worker in the group of Prof. Dr. Jens Rettig and former trainee of the IRTG 1830 Title of doctoral thesis: “Maturation, acidification and fusion of cytotoxic granules in primary CD8+ T lymphocytes”
• Dr. Charlotte Dahlem , co-worker in the group of Prof. Dr. Alexandra Kiemer Title of doctoral thesis: “In vitro and in vivo characterization of therapeutic approaches for solid tumors: natural compounds and novel targets“
• Dr. Kathrin Kattler, co-worker in the group of Prof. Dr. Jörn Walter Ttitle of doctoral thesis: “Epigenetic characterization of human hepatocyte subpopulations in context of complex metabolic diseases and during in vitro differentiation of hepatocyte-like cells“

We congratulate sincere!

Further information at https://www.uni-saarland.de/universitaet/aktuell/artikel/nr/24072.html

Am 14. Oktober 2021 wurden die besten Doktorarbeiten des akademischen Jahres 2019/20 mit dem höchsten Preis für eine Promotion an der Universität des Saarlandes ausgezeichnet: dem traditionellen Dr. Eduard-Martin-Preis der Saarländischen Universitätsgesellschaft. Drei der insgesamt fünfzehn Preisträgerinnen und Preisträger haben ihre Doktorarbeiten bei COMM-Mitgliedern angefertigt:

• Dr. Praneeth Chitirala (Foto) – Doktorvater Prof. Dr. Jens Rettig Titel der Doktorarbeit: “Maturation, acidification and fusion of cytotoxic granules in primary CD8+ T lymphocytes”
• Dr. Charlotte Dahlem – Doktormutter Prof. Dr. Alexandra Kiemer Titel der Doktorarbeit: “In vitro and in vivo characterization of therapeutic approaches for solid tumors: natural compounds and novel targets“
• Dr. Kathrin Kattler – Doktorvater Prof. Dr. Jörn Walter Titel der Doktorarbeit: “Epigenetic characterization of human hepatocyte subpopulations in context of complex metabolic diseases and during in vitro differentiation of hepatocyte-like cells“

Wir gratulieren herzlich!

Nähere Informationen: https://www.uni-saarland.de/universitaet/aktuell/artikel/nr/24072.html

Submit a Comment Cancel reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

Upcoming events

Ph.D. Position available in the Department of Cellular Neurophysiologie at Saarland University, for further information, link here

• Prospective students
• New students
• Current students
• School students
• Press & media
• University staff
• Academic programmes
• Applying & enrolling
• Study organisation
• University sports
• Lifelong learning
• Human resources
• Job vacancies
• Intranet (SharePoint)
• All faculties

Registering or enrolling as a doctoral researcher

• Finding a topic and a supervisor
• Registering the doctorate
• During the doctorate

Have you heard about GradUs?

The Support Centre for Doctoral Researchers at Saarland University (GradUS) coordinates and organizes the support structure for PhD candidates at Saarland University: financial support opportunities, the organization of workshops, the coordination of work-related and free time activities and a wide range of information.

Visit the website of GradUS

Additional funding opportunities

There are a variety of options to fund your doctorate at Saarland University. On the university website you can find an overview of financing options provided by the biggest foundations as well as useful scholarship databases for researchers and scientists. If a scholarship is not an option, you can look into the possibility of being employed as a research assistant at your faculty, Please inquire with your supervisor about this option.

Further Informationen

The project "QualitätsZirkel Promotion" offers two booklets for students interested in PhD studies, which can help you with the decision for a doctorate as well as with the first steps to take.

• Booklet: "Doing your doctorate. Making conscious decisions and getting off to a good start"
• Booklet: "Shaping a Doctorate Together"

Before you start your doctorate, it is recommended that you thoroughly read the Doctoral regulations and supervision agreement of your faculty. In the regulations you will find information about the requirements for the doctorate, the disputation as well as the duration of the review phase.

SciDok preserves and enables easy and open access to all types of digital content including text, images, moving images, mpegs and data sets

Welcome to the scientific publications of the Saarland University.

Please notice:

Communities

Choose a community to browse its collections.

Die Publikationen der UdS

In diesem Bereich finden Sie wissenschaftliche elektronische Dokumente und bibliographische Daten der Universität des Saarlandes.

Universitätsverlag Universaar

To register a thesis you need the registration form .

You can find a template of the title page here: ( german or englisch ).

To register the thesis please also attache the certificate of the Bachelor's or Master's seminar by e-mail (with cc the supervising professor).