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Health Sciences

PhD / Dr. (Promotion) – Faculty of Medicine at Leipzig University

Leipzig University, Germany

Programme overview

The Faculty of Medicine awards the doctoral degrees Dr. med. (Human Medicine), Dr. med. dent. (Dental Medicine), Dr. rer. nat. and Dr. rer. med. (life and natural science programmes) and offers an MD/PhD route.

Faculty: Faculty of Medicine  |  Study mode: individual or structured doctorate  |  Location: Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany

What you will study

Candidates need a dissertation project and supervisor, conclude a supervision agreement and attend a mandatory lecture on good scientific practice at the start. Ethics committee approval or an approved animal experiment application is clarified where relevant. Dissertations are monographs or publication-based.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Admission to the doctorate follows the faculty's Promotionsordnung (doctoral regulations); a supervisor and topic are agreed first (see the university's Promotion pages).

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