Application for admission to the degree programme

The BGHS online application portal allows to apply either for doctoral studies within the doctoral programme or for a doctorate independent from the doctoral programme. Please enter your data here if you wish to apply for admission to doctoral studies.

Fields marked with an asterisk * are mandatory.

Personal Data

First/Given Name:*
Last/Family Name:*
Date of Birth:*
City of Birth:*
Nationality:*

First language:* german
other

Gender:* male
female
other

Contact

Street/No.:*
Zip Code:*
City:*
Country:*
Phone number:*
Cell phone:
E-Mail:*

Doctoral Research Project

Please choose the degree you wish to attain:*
Please choose how you wish to do your doctorate:*
Are you writing a monographic or cumulative dissertatiton?*
Working Title:*
Supervisor:*

Referees

Please name two academic referees.

1. Referee

Name:*
Institution:*
E-Mail:*
Phone:*

2. Referee

Name:*
Institution:*
E-Mail:*
Phone:*

Upload

Please only upload the requested documents. Your documents have to be either in German or in English. If your certificates are neither in German nor English language, please submit a translation. We only accept PDF-files. More information on how to create pdf files can be found here.

Please note that you cannot upload more than 16MB in total. You will not get an error message if you upload more.

1. Statement of Motivation (max. 400 words):*
2. Research Proposal (max. 4.000 words):*
Please also see our Guidelines for a Research Proposal.
3. CV:*
4. Copies of degree documents and transcripts:*
5. Statement about current or previous attempts to earn a doctorate:*
6. Application for Admission (completed, signed and scanned):
7. Statement of Consent for History and Sociology:

Declaration of Consent

*I hereby freely consent to the processing of my personal data as described in the privacy policy.
The consent is voluntary and can be withdrawn at any time with future effect. If you withdraw your consent, this does not affect the lawfulness of the processing up to that point. To opt out, please contact the technical contact person - see privacy policy. In the event that you opt out, your personal data will be deleted immediately. You will not be put at a disadvantage by refusing or withdrawing your consent. Legal permissions remain unaffected by a withdrawal of consent. Necessity for providing data by the parties concerned (data subject and University) for the performance of the contract (compliance with legal obligations). Processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract or the preparatory steps to enter into a contract. If the data is not provided by the data subject, such refusal may make it impossible for the University to conclude the contract.

Fields marked with an asterisk * are mandatory.

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