The doctoral office does not have an open door policy. Doctoral candidates are requested to contact the doctoral officer for their respective institute or department and to submit all documents to them.
Doctorate
Course "Academic Misconduct and Good Academic Practice."
Prospective doctoral candidates are required to submit a certificate of participation from the course "Academic Misconduct and Good Academic Practice."
Current information and announcements about the course can be found regularly on this website.
The next courses will be held on
* September 27, 2023 (German), 12 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Hörsaal 3, UKA - Universitätsklinikum der RWTH Aachen
Pauwelsstr. 30
* February 8, 2024
Information on the oral doctoral examinations
The oral examination is usually held in presence.
In exceptional cases - if one has to travel more than 100 kilometers - oral examinations can also take place online. This regulation applies to both the examinees and the examiners.
The original signatures of the examiners must still be obtained and ultimately be available from all.
Please read the following information:
The doctoral student statistics must be completed and submitted with all applications and also when requsting verifaction of whether the admission requirements are being met.
The Faculty of Medicine has the authority to award doctoral degrees.
By completing a doctorate, candidates demonstrate their ability to perform original, independent research. As part of the doctorate, the candidate writes a dissertation which provides a distinct contribution to knowledge in the candidate's principal field of study. Moreover, he or she has to prove her expertise in an oral exam. The Faculty awards the doctoral degree upon successful completion of the doctoral studies process.
The degrees awarded by the faculty are doctor of medicine, Dr. med. for short, doctor of dentistry, Dr. med. dent. for short, and doctor of theoretical medicine or Dr. rer. medic.
|
Doctorate |
summa cum laude |
magna cum laude |
cum laude |
rite |
failed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Dr. med. | 15 | 41 | 92 | 12 | 0 |
| Dr. med. dent. | 3 | 5 | 30 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dr. rer. med. | 1 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2020 | Dr. med. | 15 | 53 | 89 | 13 | 2 |
| Dr. med. dent. | 1 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 0 | |
| Dr. rer. medic. | 10 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 | Dr. med. |
11 |
52 | 93 | 12 | 2 |
| Dr. med. dent. |
1 |
9 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dr. rer. medic. |
15 |
10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 |
Dr. med. |
8 |
55 |
83 |
17 |
0 |
|
Dr. med. dent. |
|
8 |
14 |
3 |
0 | |
|
Dr. rer. medic. |
4 |
7 |
6 |
2 |
0 | |
|
2017 |
Dr. med. |
10 |
50 |
76 |
17 |
0 |
|
Dr. med. dent. |
3 |
9 |
19 |
2 |
0 | |
|
Dr. rer. medic |
7 |
8 |
7 |
0 |
0 | |
|
2016 |
Dr. med. |
9 |
47 |
57 |
14 |
0 |
|
Dr. med. dent. |
3 |
8 |
11 |
1 |
0 | |
|
Dr. rer. medic. |
5 |
17 |
10 |
1 |
0 |
The entire process leading to a doctorate is defined in the doctoral regulations. On November 7, 2017, the 6th amended version of the doctoral regulations dated January 8, 2008, came into effect. The fifth amendment to the doctoral regulations took effect February 16, 2016.
The Doctoral Board of the Faculty of Medicine is responsible for ensuring that standard procedures required for the doctorate degree are correctly carried out.
If you have any questions concerning doctoral studies, please get in touch with our staff at the Doctoral Office.