Admission and enrolment as a doctoral candidate
Admission
If you would like to pursue a doctorate at the University of Rostock and have previously studied abroad, please first submit your documents to uni-assist. Once your documents have been successfully reviewed, you will receive an Evaluation Report.
Use this report to register on the university's online portal, confirm your email address, and create a user account. Then fill out the application online and upload all required documents in PDF format.
After review, you will receive feedback in the portal. If your documents are complete, you will receive admission and can apply for enrollment. Any missing documents must be submitted promptly.
Further important information and an overview of the documents to be submitted can be found here: https://www.uni-rostock.de/en/study/international-students/enrolment-for-phd-courses/
Overview of documents to be submitted to uni-assist
The following documents must be submitted online via uni-assist:
- original, attested copy of the university degree entitling the holder to a doctorate as well as a transcript of records in the national language and in German or English translation
- copies of other university degrees and transcripts of records in the national language and in German or English translation
- copies of all certificates that qualify for university admission in your home country in the national language and in German or English translation
Application for change to doctoral student status - already enrolled at the University of Rostock
If you are already enrolled at the University of Rostock (e.g., in a Master's degree program) and wish to pursue a doctorate at the University of Rostock, you can change your enrollment status to that of a doctoral student.
Further information can be found here.
Enrollment
There is actually no obligation to enrol. The doctoral regulations of the individual faculties do, however, contain different stipulations in this regard.
After entering all the necessary data in the university's online portal, an application form will be generated as a PDF file. Print out this form, sign it, and send it by mail to the address of the Student Secretariat, together with all the required documents.
Once your complete enrollment documents have been received and checked, you will be provisionally enrolled. The Student Secretariat will inform you by email about the payment of the semester fee and will provide you with the corresponding payment reference.
After the semester fee has been received in the University of Rostock's account, your enrollment will be finalized. You will then receive an email to activate your user account. Your student ID card will only be created and sent to you after activation.
Overview of documents for enrollment
- signed application for enrolment (this can be found in the Online Portal)
- original, attested copy of the university degree entitling the holder to a doctorate as well as a transcript of records in the national language and in German or English translation
- copies of other university degrees and transcripts of records in the national language and in German or English translation
- copies of all certificates that qualify for university admission in your home country in the national language and in German or English translation
- copy of valid passport or personal identification document
- complete curriculum vitae from the age of 16 with date and signature in tabular format
- copy of exmatriculation/ de-registration (only if you have been enrolled in Germany before)
- copy of registration of doctoral candidates (eng), please hand in the original directly to Graduiertenakadamie
- evaluation report via uni-assist (not older than 1 year)
Semester fee
After successful enrolment, you will receive a confirmation of enrolment ("Immatrikulationsbestätigung"). After receiving this, you must transfer a semester fee of currently € 329.00 (€ 328.00 for PhD students) to a university account. The student secretariat will inform you of the account details.
The semester fee must then always be transferred before the start of a new semester (meaning in January and June).
Please note: Even if you enrol at the end of a semester, you still have to pay the full semester fee for the current semester. The semester fee finances some of the benefits mentioned below (e.g. the semester ticket).
Further information:
Further information: https://www.uni-rostock.de/en/studium/studienorganisation/im-studium/rueckmeldung
In principle, we recommend enrolment as a doctoral student since it has a number of advantages:
- Accident insurance via the university
- Representation of your interests as an scientific employee (in the status group “Academic Employees”) and as a doctoral candidate (in the status group “Students”) in the committees of the University of Rostock
- Student discounts
- Semester ticket for Rostock local transport
- "Kulturticket"
- Discounted meals in the canteens
- Discounted participation in university sports courses
- Discounted participation in courses at the language centre
- The option of using the infrastructures of the University of Rostock (if not already accessible as an employee)
- Library
- Services in the IT and Media Centre (software, printing, ...)
- Continuing education opportunities
- …
- The option of applying for membership in the Graduate Academy.
- Receiving information from the University of Rostock by email on topics and events related to the doctorate
Feel free to contact us if you have any questions about enrolment and admission.
Student secretariat
studierendensekretariatuni-rostockde
Tel.: +49 (0) 381 498 1230
Office Hours
Mo - Th 9.00 - 16:00
Friday 9:00 - 13:00
Postal address
Universität Rostock
Studierendensekretariat
Ulmenstraße 69
18057 Rostock
