Doctoral Plan

The doctoral plan must be submitted by the doctoral student within 10 months after provisional admission.

The doctoral plan forms the basis for the aptitude colloquium. Once the aptitude colloquium has been passed, the candidate is definitely admitted to the doctorate.

Important: With the submission of the doctoral plan, also the second advisor needs to be registered if this was not done earlier.
 

Contents of the doctoral plan

The doctoral plan should cover the following topics:

• Research proposal, consisting of:
  • Research tasks
  • Content and time frame (time plan, milestones)
  • Scope of research work
  • Anticipated publications
  • Start (date of registration) and planned completion of doctoral studies
  • First results
• Teaching responsibilities
• Other duties (e.g. the operation or maintenance of equipment etc.)
• If applicable: study plan for extended doctoral studies

The doctoral plan must be dated and signed by the doctoral student, the doctoral thesis supervisor and the second advisor. It should not consist of more than 8 pages (not counting the cover page and bibliography). The Download template of the department (DOTX, 35 KB) should be used.