PhD

Dear doctoral candidates,

you will find a wide range of tips, information material and application forms relating to the doctoral procedure on our homepage.

Requirements

Particularly qualified graduates have the opportunity to complete a doctorate at the department of biology after completing a relevant academic degree. This usually takes three years. The following formal requirements must be given for acceptance as a doctoral candidate:

• Successful completion of a university degree (min. eight semesters of standard study time or Bachelor's and Master's degree).
• For applicants who do not have sufficient previous knowledge in biology, an aptitude test can be carried out.

Further details are regulated by the doctoral regulations in their currently valid version. Further information on the application process can be found below.

Notes on the new doctoral regulations from 20.07.2022

Please note that doctoral students accepted at the Department of Biology until 19.07.2022 study according to the "old" doctoral regulations of the Mathematics and Natural Sciences Departments and the Medical Department for its mathematics and natural sciences subjects of the Philipps-Universität Marburg of 15.07.2009. Doctoral students accepted after 20.07.2022 study according to the version of the doctoral regulations of the Mathematics and Natural Sciences Departments and the Medical Faculty for its mathematics and natural sciences subjects of the Philipps-Universität Marburg of 20.07.2022.

For questions, problems, etc. that the website cannot answer, you are welcome to contact the doctoral examination office:

Ms Ellen Essen
Tel.: +49 6421 28-22047
Mail: essen@staff.uni-marburg.de

Karl-von-Frisch-Straße 8
35032 Marburg
K|05 Institutsgebäude (Raum: 0112)

Further information on the individual steps: