You first need to find a doctoral supervisor to supervise and support your project, before you can start a doctorate at TUM.

A lot of further information for applicants can be found on the Website of the TUM Graduate School.

The following information and documents apply only to doctoral candidates under the new doctoral regulations of 23.08.2021!

If you are pursuing your doctorate under the old doctoral regulations please contact Marina Zapilko (m.zapilko@tum.de) or Veronika Adam (veronika.adam@tum.de).

Information and process

The entry in the doctoral candidates list represents the official start of your doctorate. At the same time, your membership in the TUM Graduate School begins. Please note that you must have been a member of TUM-GS for at least two years before submitting your dissertation.

The following steps have to be taken:

  1. Find doctoral mother/doctoral father
  2. Find a mentor (six months after the entry in the doctoral candidates list at the latest)
  3. Register on the doctoral candidates list with DocGS
  4. Submit all required documents to the Graduate Center Straubing (Petersgasse 5, 94315 Straubing)

Detailed information on registraton in the doctoral candidates list in the Wiki of the TUM Graduate School

The mentor's task is to support you in your dissertation project and in general.

Formally, there are three things to keep in mind:

  1. Mentorship may be undertaken by persons who have demonstrated their ability to conduct independent scholarly work, typically through a doctoral degree.
  2. If possible, the mentorship should be taken on by independent persons who do not belong to the chair or professorship of the supervisor.
  3. The mentoring relationship is recorded in the mentoring agreement by the signature of the mentor.

In addition to searching independently, you are also welcome to use the TUM Mentoring Program to find a suitable mentor.

No later than six months after becoming a member of TUM-GS, you must submit an abstract of your proposed doctoral project (including a work plan and timeline) via DocGS.

Form: Abstract of the doctoral thesis

As soon as you are registered on the doctoral candidates list, you can also enrol voluntarily as a doctoral student and thereby benefit from discounts. This is possible for a maximum of 8 semesters.You can find instructions on how to enrol at TUM on the TUM Graduate School page.

You can find instructions on how to enrol at TUM Graduate School.