Acceptance and Immatriculation
Please note that this page only has informational purpose and is not legally binding. Legally binding information can only be provided by the contact persons mentioned below!
In the following, we only refer to the various sources and contact persons of the responsible service units (DEs) of KIT. Please follow the links below and read the information carefully.
Acceptance as doctoral researcher
People who intend to pursue a doctorate should conclude a doctoral agreement with their supervisor at an early stage and apply for acceptance at the faculty. In order to apply for acceptance as a doctoral researcher at the faculty, a doctoral agreement has to be concluded first.
The representatives of the doctoral students at KIT and especially we as the board of the Convention of Doctoral Students at the KIT Faculty of Computer Science are of the opinion that the acceptance as a doctoral student is immensly important. Concluding a doctoral agreement helps to narrow down the topic of the doctorate at an early stage and to define a roadmap for the doctorate. Many rights relevant to the doctorate depend on acceptance. In addition, all accepted doctoral students form the convent, which enables us to represent our concerns to the faculty, the department, the senate and the presidium. The acceptance process also allows us to better understand the situation of doctoral students at our faculty.
The Executive Board encourages all persons, even those who are not yet quite sure whether they really want to pursue a doctoral project, to prepare and initiate the acceptance procedure as early as possible.
Doctoral agreement, registration, application for acceptance
- Information from the KHYS on the application for acceptance as a doctoral researcher
- Information from the KHYS on the doctoral agreement
- Information from the KHYS regarding registration with KHYS
- FAQ from the KHYS on application and registration
- Information page of the KIT Faculty of Computer Science on doctorates (incl. doctoral agreement, acceptance, forms, cover letter)
- Slides of the KIT Faculty of Computer Science on the doctoral procedure (iin german)
- Handouts and forms of the DE HAA for the doctoral agreement (drop-down menu "Promotion", in german)
- Doctorate Regulations 2017 of the KIT Faculty of Computer Science (in german)
Enrollment as a doctoral researcher
- Information from the KHYS on enrollment (incl. fees, transition regulations, objection declaration)
- Information from the KHYS on the benefits of enrollment
- Description of the enrollment process by the KHYS
- FAQ page of the KHYS on enrollement
- Information from the Studierendenwerk on the social contribution fee
- Information from the Studierendenwerk on counseling
- Information from the Studierendenwerk on childcare facilities
- KIT admission and enrollment regulations (in german)
Contact persons
- Advisory offices for counselling: KHYS
- Acceptance as doctoral researcher: Dekanat Informatik
- Legal advice: DE HAA (See "P", entries "Promotionsordnungen" and "Promotionsrecht" )
- Enrollment: DE SLE (Welcome Desk)
- Doctoral procedure: Dekanat Informatik
- International doctoral researchers: DE INTL (International Students Office)
If you have any questions please conteact us: informatik-doktoranden-vorstand∂lists.kit.edu.