Doctoral Studies
Online consultation hours in the field of Academic Affairs
The doctoral office is now offering a personal consultation hour via Zoom, and has set up a Moodle course for booking appointments online.
To book an individual appointment, please use the following link and enrol in the Moodle course with your HU account: https://moodle.hu-berlin.de/course/view.php?id=109938
In case you do not have an HU account yet, please also click on the link above and choose the option "Register (external Moodle account)" (this option is given below the Moodle log-in). The system will then guide you through the next steps.
If, nevertheless, you have any problems registering in Moodle, please contact the doctoral office.
Procedures in the field of Academic Affairs
Applications, certificates and other documents should be submitted electronically via our HU-Box. Please contact Sarah Affenzeller or Kerstin Ludwig for further details before submitting your documents.
If you have queries or want to arrange an appointment, please send us an e-mail. We will get back to you as soon as possible.
Please send signed documents as a scan. Sending by post can lead to an extended processing time.
If you need certificates or other documents, you will receive them by email in urgent cases, provided this is possible under the current conditions.
Last update 11 July 2022
Contact persons
Sarah Affenzeller
(responsible for the Departments of Archaeology, Asian and African studies, Musicology and Media Studies, Rehabilitation Sciences)
E-Mail: sarah.affenzeller(at)hu-berlin.de
Sitz: Georgenstr. 47, Raum 1.25
Tel.: 030 2093 66135
Fax: 030 2093 66151
Kerstin Ludwig
(responsible for the Departments of Education Studies, Cultural History and Theory, Art and Visual History, Social Sciences, Sports Sciences and the Centre for transdisciplinary Gender Studies)
E-Mail: k.ludwig(at)cms.hu-berlin.de
Sitz: Georgenstr. 47, Raum 1.32
Tel.: 030 2093 66153
Fax: 030 2093 66151
postal address:
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Kultur-, Sozial- und Bildungswissenschaftliche Fakultät
Akademische Angelegenheiten - Promotionsbüro
Unter den Linden 6
10099 Berlin
Doctoral degree board
Doctoral degree board meeting dates are
- 26.09.2022 (deadline for the submission of documents: 15.09.2022)
- 24.10.2022 (deadline for the submission of documents: 13.10.2022)
- 28.11.2022 (deadline for the submission of documents: 17.11.2022)
Doctoral examination process regulations
- Doctoral examination process regulations (2016) with amendments 2018 and 2019
- binational doctoral examination:
- Contact: Dr. Patrick Ressler
- rules of procedure (german/english)
- model contract
Applications and forms