Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Office hours and 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.

We wish you all the best!

Last update 21 July 2021

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

• Frequently asked questions regarding the doctorate

Doctoral degrees committee

Doctoral degrees committee meeting dates are

• 22.02.2021 (deadline for the submission of documents: 11.02.2021)
• 19.04.2021 (deadline for the submission of documents: 08.04.2021)
• 31.05.2021 (deadline for the submission of documents: 20.05.2021)
• 19.07.2021 (deadline for the submission of documents: 08.07.2021)
• 20.09.2021 (deadline for the submission of documents: 09.09.2021)
• 18.10.2021 (deadline for the submission of documents: 07.10.2021)
• 29.11.2021 (deadline for the submission of documents: 18.11.2021)

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

• Application for the admission to the doctoral examination process

• Certification for prolongation of period of study (PhD)

• Form for initiating the doctoral examination process

• Dissertation title page (sample)

• Declaration of independent work for dissertation (sample)

• Declaration for doctoral examination process (sample)

• Information to be handed out following the thesis defence