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Doctorate/Phd studies at the Faculty of Sociology

The Faculty of Sociology offers various doctorate/Phd studies programmes. As a cooperative graduate school for sociology and history, the Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology (Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology) offers a structured and diverse doctoral programme. There is also the option of doctorate/Phd studies without a degree programme. Instead of a study programme, an annual presentation in the context of a thematically relevant colloquium or doctoral seminar and a six-monthly consultation with the first supervisor on the basis of a work report are required. The international doctoral programme and the doctorate/Phd studies without a study programme are regulated by the doctoral regulations and the study regulations of 1 June 2015.

Deadlines for the submission of completed doctoral theses

Opening of doctoral programmes at the Faculty of Sociology

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On this page you will find the committee dates and the deadlines for submitting documents for the opening of doctoral procedures.

Deadlines for the summer semester 2025:

Submission of documents to the examination office (at the latest) on:

  • Tuesday, 08.04.2025
  • Tuesday, 20.05.2025
  • Tuesday, 10 June 2025
  • Tuesday, 24 June 2025

Meeting of the doctoral committee:

  • Wednesday, 16/04/2025
  • Wednesday, 28/05/2025
  • Wednesday, 18/06/2025
  • Wednesday, 02.07.2025

Dates for the winter semester 2024/2025:

Submission of documents to the examination office (at the latest) on

  • Tuesday, 18.02.2025

Meeting of the doctoral committee on

  • Wednesday, 26/02/2025

Changes at short notice are possible.

Checklist for doctoral candidates at the start of the doctoral procedure

You would like to submit your doctoral thesis and are not sure which documents to include? This checklist will help you to compile the required documents. Please submit all documents exclusively digitally (as a PDF file) to the examination office at the following address: promotionsausschuss.soz@uni-bielefeld.de.

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