All the formal requirements for gaining a doctoral degree are set out in the doctoral degree regulations.
The doctoral degree regulations govern all the formal requirements for gaining a doctoral degree. Extracts from the most important regulations are set out below: For further information please see the University of Stuttgart doctoral studies webpages.
Application for acceptance as a doctoral candidate
All documents for the verification of the formal requirements and for the preparation of the doctoral file must be submitted to GRADUS.
In addition, a version of the exposé (max. 10 pages) must be submitted to the Dean's Office, together with a written confirmation of the supervising person, in which the assumption of the supervision is informally documented.
Further information can be found here.
Information on acceptance for doctoral studies at Faculty 1.