Links and Downloads
1. At the beginning of the doctorate
For doctoral candidates
- Supervision agreement of the TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology
- Registration for doctoral students DocGS
For Supervisors
- For first Supervisors: Checklist Doctoral Studies at the TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology
- Doctoral Supervisors will find important information in our university-wide TUM-GS wiki. You can log in with your TUM ID. You will find an overview of the administrative steps to welcome new doctoral candidates to your chair/professorship.
2. During the doctoral studies
- Form: Recognition of professional TUM-SOT qualifications.
- Form: Confirmation of achievement Publication according to TUM PromO § 8 Abs.2.
- Checklist: Feedback interview (interim evaluation)
- Checklist: Self-report Integration into the academic environment for external doctoral candidates
- How to get a membership certification via Doc-Gs (new March 2023)
- Checklist for switching to the new doctoral regulations 2021
- Instructions for switching to the new doctoral regulations 2021
2.1 Qualifications:
- Kick-off seminar
- Course Program of the Graduate School: Interdisciplinary Qualification
- Qualification offers at the TUM
2.2 Proofreading Service - not available → use Grammarly!
2.3 Internationalization Support
- Information of the Graduate School for Scientific Staff of the TUM
- Wiki page from Graduate School - Internationalization Support
- For internal doctoral candidates: SOT-Checklist for Internationalization Support
- For scholarship holders only: Application for reimbursement of travel expenses (for fellows only)
- For external doctoral candidates: Internationalization Grant (competitive)
2.4 Good Scientific Practice
- TUM guidelines for ensuring good scientific practice
- TUM Library: Citation guidelines of the TUM library
- DFG memorandum on safeguarding good scientific practice
3. At the end of the doctorate
- Link to SOT-Website: "At the end of your doctoral project"
- Link to Graduate School "Submitting your Dissertation"
- Link to TUM Libary: Information on the publication of the dissertation
- SOT-Checklist: Opening of Doctoral Procedure- At the end of your doctoral project
- SOT-Form: "Announcement of the doctoral committee"
- Request for removal from the doctoral candidacy list and termination of membership in TUM-GS must be signed and sent to SOT-Graduate Center if you wish to terminate your doctoral project at SOT
4. Miscellaneous
5. Scholarships and Grants
Guidelines
- TUM Doctoral Regulations, GS-Statut, SOT- Regulations
- TUM Doctoral Regulations and Statute of the TUM Graduate School (Jan.1/2014- Sept.30/2021)
- TUM Doctoral Regulations as of Oct.1st 2021
- Statute of the TUM Graduate School as of Oct. 1st 2021 (German)
- Regulations of the Graduate Center TUM SOT as Oct.1st 2021
- Regulations of the Graduate Center TUM SOT June 22nd 2023
SOT Guidelines
- SOT Guideline for publication-based disseration
- SOT Guideline für the Composition of examination committee
SOT-Guidelines for obtainig a specific doctoral degree
- SOT Richtlinie Doktorgrad Dr. jur.
- SOT Richtlinie Doktorgrad Dr. oec. pub.
- SOT Richtlinie Doktorgrad Dr. phil.
- SOT Richtlinie Doktorgrad Dr. rer. nat.
- SOT Richtlinie Doktorgrad Dr. rer. pol.
- SOT Richtlinie Doktorgrad Dr. rer. soc.