Due to vacation, the doctoral office will unfortunately only be staffed to a limited extent until 06.01.25. Please note that there will therefore be a delay in processing your inquiries.

If you have any questions about your Docfile record, please contact the Docfile team by email medfak-docfileuni-koeln.de. Please always send inquiries to the doctoral office by e-mail to medfak-promotionsbuerouni-koeln.de. If you would like to visit us in person or make a telephone call outside office hours, please use this method to make an appointment with our staff. Please note that due to the large number of inquiries, it may take up to 10 working days to process your request. Please plan accordingly in advance. Please do not contact any other employees of the Dean's Office, they will not be able to give you any information about your procedure, thank you.

On this page you will find information on admission to the doctorate (doctoral procedure) and its procedure. The required documents and all further information can be found in the information sheet on admission to doctoral studies and in the information sheet on the doctoral procedure.

Your Docfile record must be fully checked and the modules for the doctorate must have been completed (§ 6 of the doctoral regulations). Before submitting your dissertation, please send an e-mail to medfak-docfileuni-koeln.de and ask for your file to be checked. Further information can be found here. After your file has been fully checked, the Docfile team will activate the assistant for admission to doctoral studies. You will then find this in Docfile on your personal start page. Once you have completed the wizard, the application for admission to doctoral studies will be generated automatically. Please print it out and send the signed application for admission to doctoral studies together with the other documents (see information sheet) to the doctoral office.

The dissertation may only be published electronically. Proof of electronic publication of the dissertation must be provided to the doctoral office within one year of passing the doctoral examination. The doctoral candidate must provide proof that a proper electronic publication has taken place. The doctoral candidate must provide an assurance that public availability of the electronically published dissertation is guaranteed for at least 10 years. The Dean's Office recommends electronic publication by the University and City Library of Cologne (USB). For further information, please refer to the relevant information sheet.