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

Die Promotionsbüros sind dieses Jahr bis zum 21. Dezember geöffnet. Ab dem 02. Januar 2023 sind wir wieder erreichbar, Kerstin Ludwig wird erst am dem 28. Januar wieder für Sie da sein. Bitte wenden Sie sich in dringenden Anliegen vom 02. bis zum 27. Januar 2023 an Sarah Affenzeller.

Wir wünschen Ihnen schöne und erholsame Feiertage und alles Gute für das neue Jahr!

The doctoral offices will work until the 21^st of December and be closed until January 2^nd, 2023.Kerstin Ludwig will not be available until January 28^th. From 2^nd to 27^th of January, please contact Sarah Affenzeller in urgent matters.

We wish you happy and relaxing holidays and all the best for the new year!

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 updated on december 6th, 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

• Frequently asked questions regarding the doctorate

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 degree procedures ("Cotutelle" degree procdures):
  • Contact: Dr. Patrick Ressler
  • rules of procedure (german/english)

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