1- There are different options to finance your stay at the UR while pursuing a PhD. Scholarships are one of the most common. Please check with our section “Scholarships”, where you will find an overview of the most common scholarship foundations or helpful search engines for researchers.
As an alternative to receiving a scholarship through a foundation, it is often possible to be employed as a project staff (Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft) at the chair where you have applied to do your doctorate. Please ask your supervisor to give you information on this matter.
We are thrilled that you are considering coming to Universität Regensburg to do your doctorate!
The UR's Welcome Center provides international PhD candidates a wide array of counseling and support services, all of them free of charge. We offer advice and help on many topics before you arrive in Germany, during your stay and shortly before you leave:
You can contact us at the following email address: phd.welcome-center@ur.de
For short-term research periods for your doctorate (no actual degree from the UR), there is a different application process. Please contact phd.welcome-center@ur.de to get more information.
There are two different processes for you as a PhD candidate at the UR:
After you have found a doctoral supervisor for your project, you have to start with the application process to be accepted as a PhD candidate by the respective faculty.
Before you apply, though, it is necessary to check whether your university degree/s are recognized in Germany. The faculty in which you want to carry out your doctoral project is responsible for your admission. Please get in touch with the administration office of the faculty.
The faculty will review your degrees and determine whether they are comparable to the German ones for you to be admitted as a PhD candidate, or whether you need to attend extra courses or pass an aptitude test.
Before you start with your doctorate, you should read in detail the regulations for the doctoral degree of your choice. Important information about possible requirements for the doctorate, formalities, doctoral thesis and length of editing period.
In case you would like to receive a student ID, you must enroll at the Registrar´s Office (Studentenkanzlei). Here are the necessary steps to complete this process:
2.a) Application
2.b) Acceptance
2.c) Enrollment in person
You will find the Registrar´s Office in the Administration Building, rooms 09-11. It is opened from Monday to Friday from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm and Thursday from 1:00 to 3:00 pm.
The application takes place via the Campus Portal of the University of Regensburg.
The online application consists of 2 steps:
1. Registration of the applicant data and opening of an applicant profile
2. Application and online submission
The following documents must be uploaded as pdf, png or jpg:
A guideline is also available for completing the online application.
Once your application is processed by the Registrar´s Office (Studentenkanzlei), you will receive a letter of acceptance at the Campus Portal with all important information referring you to the next steps for enrollment.
Important:
Please take into account that to be able to enroll in person it is compulsory for you to present the original AND original certified translations of the following documents:
Please bring all of these documents with you to Germany. If the original documents were issued in German, English or French, then no translation is required. For all other languages, an official certified translation is mandatory.
please note that due to the current corona pandemic it is currently not possible to enroll personally at the Registrar´s Office. The process takes place via e-mail and post. You will be informed about the procedure by e-mail after successful application.
Currently (as of Dec.2020), certified copies of the required documents must be sent by post instead of the original documents to the Registrar´s Office.
Certified copies for a German authority can be obtained at the Regensburg Citizens' Office (Bürgerbüro).
If you have any questions, please contact phd.welcome-center@ur.de
Here is the complete list of documents necessary for the enrollment:
If you have questions about these documents (especially health insurance), please contact phd.welcome-center@ur.de
The enrollment is only valid for one semester. For each following semester you need to re-enroll ("rückmelden").
To re-enroll you will need to transfer the student service fee. Once it is time to re-enroll the university will send out an e-mail stating how much and where to transfer the money to your student account. Please make sure to check your student e-mail account regularly
Here you find important information on how to use your student card and how to manage your student account on the student portal SPUR.