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

Leipzig University, Germany

Programme overview

A doctorate can be completed in all subject areas represented at the Faculty of Theology. The faculty confers the degrees Dr. theol. and Dr. phil.; dissertations are written as monographs only.

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

What you will study

After agreeing a project with a supervisor and signing a supervision agreement, the candidate writes the dissertation, then opens the procedure and takes the general-part defence with theses.

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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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