Legal principles

The doctoral procedure is regulated in the General Regulations for Doctorates at the University of Kassel. There are currently two versions:

• New version of the General Provisions for Doctoral Studies at the University of Kassel (AB-PromO) dated 14.07.2021

• General Provisions for Doctoral Studies at the University of Kassel 2016

• Amendment to the General Provisions for Doctoral Studies at the University of Kassel (AB-PromO) dated 18.05.2016

• General Provisions for Doctoral Studies at the University of Kassel 2012
• General Provisions for Doctoral Studies at the University of Kassel (Amendment of 06.09.2023) - PDF 110 KB
• General provisions for doctoral studies at the University of Kassel (amendment dated 10.07.2024) - PDF 114 KB

In addition to the General Regulations for doctorates, the Special Regulations of the departments regulate specifics of the doctorate in individual subjects. The Special Regulations can be found on the website Doctorate and Habilitation Regulations. (German version only)

The following translations are unofficial reading versions of the special provisions for doctoral degrees in the various departments. Only the text published in the University of Kassel's newsletter (Mitteilungsblatt) is authoritative and legally binding.

• New Version the Special Provisions of the Faculty of Architecture, Urban Planning, Landscape Planning (31 January 2024)

• New Version of the Special Provisions of the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering (27 February 2024)

• Non-official Continuation of the New Version of the Special Provisions of the Faculty of Economics (31 January 2017)

• New Version of the Special Provisions of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (18 November 2024)

• New Version of the Special Provisions of the Faculty Human Sciences (7 February 2024)

• New Version of the Special Provisions of the Faculty of Humanities and Cultural Sciences (12 July 2023)

• New Version of the Special Provisions for Doctoral Degrees at Kunsthochschule Kassel (School of Art and Design) (31 March 2023)

• New Version of the Special Provisions of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (07 February 2024)

• New Version of the Special Provisions of the Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences (22 January 2025)

• New Version of the Special Provisions of the Faculty of Social Sciences (04 December 2024)

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