Deadlines for submission
All doctoral procedures have been synchronised. As a consequence, there are fixed deadlines for the submission of applications for a PhD at the Faculty of Human Sciences (see table below). These deadlines, too, determine the earliest possible date for the obligatory viva.
Oral examinations (disputations) can be held as face-to-face examinations as well as online. Please refer to step 5 of our step-by-step-instruction.
The following deadlines have been set:
2025
| Submission of Application (not later than) | Disputation (at the earliest) | |
| Phase 1 | Mo, 27.01.2025 | We, 04.06.2025 |
| Phase 2 | Mo, 24.02.2025 | We, 02.07. 2025 |
| Phase 3 | Mo, 24.03.2025 | We, 30.07.2025 |
| Phase 4 | Mo, 28.04.2025 | We, 03.09.2025 |
| Phase 5 | Mo, 02.06.2025 | We, 08.10.2025 |
| Phase 6 | Mo, 07.07.2025 | We, 12.11.2025 |
| Phase 7 | Mo, 04.08.2025 | We, 10.12.2025 |
| Phase 8 | Mo, 15.09.2025 | We, 04.02.2026 |
| Phase 9 | Mo, 20.10.2025 | We, 25.02.2026 |
| Phase 10 | Mo, 08.12.2025 | We, 15.04.2026 |
Doctoral Examination Deadlines 2026 (Submission and Oral Examination)
| Submission of Application (not later than) | Oral Examination (at the earliest) | |
| Phase 1 | Monday, 26 January 2026 | Wednesday, 3 June 2026 |
| Phase 2 | Monday, 23 February 2026 | Wednesday, 1 July 2026 |
| Phase 3 | Monday, 23 March 2026 | Wednesday, 29 July 2026 |
| Phase 4 | Monday, 27 April 2026 | Wednesday, 2 September 2026 |
| Phase 5 | Monday, 1 June 2026 | Wednesday, 7 October 2026 |
| Phase 6 | Monday, 6 July 2026 | Wednesday, 11 November 2026 |
| Phase 7 | Monday, 3August 2026 | Wednesday, 9 December 2026 |
| Phase 8 | Monday, 14. September 2026 | Wednesday, 10 February 2027 |
| Phase 9 | Monday, 19 October 2026 | Wednesday, 24 February 2027 |
| Phase 10 | Monday, 7 December 2026 | Wednesday, 14 April 2027 |