Applicatiom Procedure and Application Deadlines - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Martin Ertelt

Application, Administration and Counseling
Oeconomicum, Raum 1.112

Tel.: +49 (0)551/39-26540

Annegret Schallmann

Counseling
Oeconomicum, Raum 1.116

Tel.: +49 (0)551/39-27159

If you would like to do a doctorate at the faculty, you can do so as a research assistant, for example. In this case, you will work at one of the faculty's professorships and, in addition to your doctorate, you will take on teaching tasks and usually also supervise seminar papers and theses. Positions as a research assistant are advertised by the respective professorships as needed. If you are hired, the holder of the professorship is also the supervisor of your doctoral thesis. In addition, you can also do your doctorate as a staff member in a research training group or doctoral programme that is financed by a third party. An overview of the research training groups and doctoral programmes of the Göttingen Graduate School for the Social Sciences (GGG) can be found here. You also have the possibility to do your doctorate alongside your (external) job or to finance your doctoral studies, for example, through scholarships from organisations and foundations. Certain admission requirements must be fulfilled for admission to doctoral studies. Above all, for example, you must have a confirmation of supervision from a professor confirming that he or she will supervise your written work.

Doctoral students wishing to commence their doctoral studies programme in summer semester need to submit their application documents to the office of the Dean of Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences by March 15th. For the winter semester, the deadline is September 15th.

ATTENTION: New admission regulations are currently being introduced, which are expected to come into force in mid / late January 2025 and will then also apply to the application round for the summer semester 2025. The current regulations will be replaced and it will probably then be possible to apply under different conditions. If you would like to apply for the summer semester 2025, please do not start dealing with the formal aspects and the application until the beginning of February 2025 at the earliest in order to avoid additional work on all sides when applying. Thank you for your understanding.

All required application documents please have to be handed in in hardcopy by post or face-to-face after prior arrangement:

Martin Ertelt
Office of the Dean of Studies
Faculty of Social Sciences
Georg-August-University Göttingen
Platz der Göttinger Sieben 3 (Room 1.112, Oeconomicum)
37073 Göttingen

The Graduate Committee of the Faculty of Social Sciences will decide whether you can be admitted (if necessary under conditions) promptly after the application deadline. A decision will be submitted by post.

Contacts:
Martin Ertelt

Martin Ertelt

Platz der Göttinger Sieben 3
37073 Göttingen
Phone. +49 551 39 26540
Fax. +49 551 39 26542
Martin.Ertelt-1@sowi.uni-goettingen.de

Office: Oec 1.112
(appointment upon consultation)

Annegret Schallmann

Platz der Göttinger Sieben 3
37073 Göttingen
Phone. +49 551 39 27159
Fax. +49 551 39 26542
Annegret.Schallmann@sowi.uni-goettingen.de

Office: Oec 1.116