Doing a doctorate

The following pages contain information about doing a PhD in the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences at Universität Hamburg.

Admissions

Supervision

You may pursue doctoral studies at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences if a full professor in the Faculty agrees to supervise your thesis. If you have a supervision agreement in writing, you can apply for admission to doctoral studies at the Graduate School. The supervision agreement must be independently obtained by the doctoral applicant.

Using Docata to apply

You must submit applications for admission to doctoral studies online. Register with Docata, the electronic administration program for doctoral students.

Docata help

Docata only accepts applications for doctoral candidates covered by the latest doctoral degree regulations. Contact us if you have applied for protection under the grandfather clause and are pursuing doctoral studies in line with earlier doctoral degree regulations.

Graduate School Membership and Enrollment

As soon as the doctoral subcommittee has approved your application for admission to doctoral studies, you will automatically become a member of the Graduate School.

Please note, however, that after you have been admitted to doctoral studies, you still have to enroll as a doctoral student at Universität Hamburg. Enrollment is required in accordance with Section 4 subsection 5 of the doctoral degree regulations of 18 January 2017. The Campus Center at Universität Hamburg handles enrollment.

If you do not need the semester ticket, you can be exempted from it under certain conditions after paying the semester fee, so that the difference will be refunded to you. More information can be found here.

	Admission to doctoral studies according to PromO WiSo 2017 PDF (0.1 MB)
	Admission to doctoral studies according to PromO WiSo 2010 PDF (0.1 MB)
	Publishing Your Dissertation PDF (0.3 MB)

Regulations

Doctoral Degree Regulations of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences dated 18 January 2017

Further documents

Doctoral Degree Regulations of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences dated 18 January 2017
PDF (0.1 MB)

Doctoral degree regulations from 25 April 2012

In its session of 25 April 2012, the Academic Council in the School of Business, Economics and Social Sciences passed new doctoral degree regulations for the PhD program in Business, Economics and Social Sciences. These include an amendment to the doctoral degree regulations of 24 August 2010.

Further documents

	Doctoral degree regulations for the PhD program PDF (0.1 MB)
	Amendment to the regulations of 24 August 2010 PDF (0.1 MB)

Doctoral degree regulations from 24 October 2010

In its session of 24 August 2010, the Academic Council in the School of Business, Economics and Social Sciences passed new doctoral degree regulations (including appendices A and B). These regulations went into effect on 28 September 2010. The new regulations were developed by graduate school board. Essential features include:

institutional support for PhD students
Supervising committee
earning 12 credit points
cumulative dissertation option

Further documents

	Doctoral degree regulations from 24 August 2010 PDF (0.1 MB)
	Appendix A PDF (0.1 MB)
	Appendix B PDF (0.1 MB)

Former doctoral degree regulations

There is a grandfather clause for the former degree regulations (doctoral degree regulations in the Department of Business and Economics, 1998; doctoral degree regulations in the Departement of Social Sciences, 2000; doctoral degree regulations in the former HWP, 1989).

Further documents

	Doctoral degree regulations, Business and Economics (1998) PDF (0.1 MB)
	Doctoral degree regulations, Social Sciences (2000) PDF (0.1 MB)
	Doctoral degree regulations, former HWP (1989) PDF (0.1 MB)
	Grandfather clause PDF (0.1 MB)

Important information

	FAQs on new degree regulations DOC (0.1 MB)
	Guidelines to assure good scientific practice and to prevent academic misconduct at Universität Hamburg PDF (0.1 MB)
	Exegesis of expert regulation in §8 (2) of the WiSo doctoral degree regulations of 2010, co-authorship by experts DOCX (0.1 MB)

Help for Docata

Handout for the online tool for doctoral procedures Docata

Docata is the online tool for doctoral procedures at the University of Hamburg. Please note that Docata is not an application portal and that you can only register in Docata if you have already received the approval of a person authorized to supervise you at the faculty and you meet the admission requirements. These instructions will show you how to register in Docata and how to apply for admission to doctoral studies. for admission to the doctoral program:

Handout for the online tool for doctoral procedures Docata (german)

Cooperations

	Doctorate in Cultural and Global Criminology (DCGC) Due to a cooperation agreement, PhD students of the WiSo faculty can participate in selected courses of the DCGC.
	Doctoral Network: Universities in the North Due to a cooperation agreement, PhD students of the WiSo faculty can participate in all courses of the PhD network.
	Copenhagen Business School - PhD-School in Organization and Management Studies Due to a cooperation agreement, PhD students of the WiSo faculty can participate in selected courses of the Copenhagen Business School.
	GIGA Doctoral Program Due to a cooperation agreement, PhD students of the WiSo faculty can participate in selected courses of the GIGA.
	Max Planck Institute - Doctoral Program of the IMPRS-ESM Due to a cooperation agreement, PhD students of the WiSo faculty can participate in selected courses of the IMPRS-ESM.
	RCMC (Research Center for Media and Communications) - Graduate School Due to a cooperation agreement, PhD students of the WiSo faculty can participate in selected courses of the RCMC.
	European Doctorate in Law & Economics The "European Doctorate in Law and Economics" (EDLE) is an international doctoral program of the University of Hamburg, the University of Bologna, the University of Haifa and the Erasmus University Rotterdam.