Take the initiative and find a professor who supervises your thesis.

1. Look closely at the research interests and publications of the respective faculty and find one (or several) who matches with your research interests.
2. Then develop a research idea, write a short text, and send the faculty member your CV etc. along with your research idea.
3. Once you found a supervisor, he or she needs to issue a written confirmation for you as a proof.

On the website of the university you will find information on subjects, institutes and scientists in the individual departments.

Once you have received a supervision agreement from your supervisor, you need to apply for the official acceptance as a doctoral candidate.

Submit your application to the dean's office of the respective department:
Download the application form and add the documents as requested on the individual department's website.

Besides the registration and acceptance as a doctoral candidate in the respective department, you can enroll as a student at the beginning of a semester. The enrollment is not mandatory.

Please, contact the Registration Office in advance: admission-ld@rptu.de

The following documents are required for the application for the enrollment as a doctoral student :

1. Application for admission
2. Certified copy of your high school diploma in the language it was issued
3. Officially certified translation of your degree certificate into German (a German translation is required only if the original was not issued in English or German.)
4. Officially certified copies of your academic / university degrees (Bachelor, Master) with marks and subject overview
5. Officially certified translation of your university / university degrees into German (a German translation is required only if the original was not issued in English or German. )
6. Commitment of the tutor / supervisor of the thesis
7. Tabular CV
8. Proof of proficiency in German (Your supervisor decides whether your language skills in German are sufficient.)

Please, submit the documents to the Registration Office on the Landau campus:
admission-ld@rptu.de

The Registration Office will inform you if you can be admitted as a doctoral degree student in order to enroll or not.
You will receive a letter of admission if you can be admitted. The letter of admission states the required documents and steps in order to enroll:

1. Transferring the semester contribution,
2. A proof of your German statutory or private health insurance,
3. Further documents if applicable.