Office of the Dean of Studies
The dean of studies is responsible for ensuring course offerings and student advisory services, as well as for carrying out examinations. She or he works to ensure that all faculty members and affiliates fulfill their teaching and examination responsibilities. (§45 Lower Saxony Higher Education Act (NHG))The dean of studies has the following duties in the case of doctoral studies:
- Admission of students to the doctoral program
- Appointment of the members of the thesis committee
- Changing the thesis committee if necessary
- Examination of the credits earned in the doctoral program
- Admission to the disputation
- Examination of the revision certificate / publication
- Awarding of the doctoral degree
- Upholding the doctoral degree regulations
Information about the deans of studies can be found online: