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Doctorate in Law (Promotion) at Heidelberg University

Heidelberg University, Germany

Programme overview

The Faculty of Law admits doctoral candidates under its 2019 doctoral regulations (PromO2019). The process separates the doctoral agreement with a supervisor, formal admission to the doctorate by the doctoral committee, and enrolment as a doctoral student.

Faculty: Faculty of Law  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

What you will study

Candidates work under a professor or Privatdozent of the faculty on the basis of a doctoral agreement that sets the project, supervision schedule, an individual study programme, good-practice rules and dispute resolution. A cooperative doctorate with a university of applied sciences professor is possible under sections 10 and 10a of the regulations.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Admission to doctoral studies follows the faculty doctoral regulations; the formal steps for beginning a doctorate are described on the university doctoral candidates pages.

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