5/26/2009
Planning a PhDContrary to the US and the UK, where one has to enroll in a program, take classes, conduct a research and write a dissertation at the end, a PhD student in Germany has to work only on a research project and write the dissertation. However, to be enrolled in the University of Hamburg as a PhD student, you have to take the following steps.
The first step is to plan the time of application. You have to keep in mind the admission deadlines of the University in either the winter or the summer semester. You can apply for the winter semester from 1 June to 15 July every year and for the summer semester from 1 December to 15 January. For example, if you want to apply for the winter semester 2011/2012, your application should arrive to the admission office of the University between 1 June and 15 July, 2011. Generally, it is a good idea to plan about half a year earlier. In this society, you really need to learn early planning. Here is a link to the official University dates. There you will find the entire schedule of classes (beginning of classes, vacations, etc.).
The second step is to do things that are to be done before applying.
The third step is to make the application document ready and apply.
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I will be describing the process of beginning, working through and eventually finishing a doctoral dissertation in Hamburg University. Everything I write here will be based on my own experience, having already started writing a doctoral dissertation in this university. It is based on the hope that my experience could be useful on illustrating the process and thus could provide some guidence to other people. Like I say in the title, it will be in English, because I think this language is the one instrument to reach the most people. It is for sure the most widely spoken, and chances are that many foreign students speak English already. I can also provide more info in German and Spanish.
Each post will describe one topic and could be easily found by the title. The site will also have useful links to other places where one could get even more info. However, since the objective is to enter to study in the University of Hamburg, some of those places will be in German. Hopefully, with a combination of German and English, the information will be more accessible and easily understandable.
You can, and hopefully will, leave comments on each section. This will enable us to establish some communication and sharing some more experiences that perhaps could be of use for other visitors.
You can contact me either by leaving a comment on the website or by writing to miguelabuitrago(at)gmail.com. My name is Miguel A. Buitrago and you can find my profile on the scholarship recipient page on SPAS.
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