Examination and Registration

We recommend that you carefully review the doctoral regulations 2025 (download area).

If you have any further questions, the staff of the doctoral office will be happy to help you.

Upon submission of your dissertation, you will be registered for the oral examination. Please note the registration deadlines as specified below. In order to register, you are required to submit a specific number of copies of the dissertation, as well as a number of additional documents, depending on the requested form of the oral examination.

Please note:

• Applications for the examination procedure are made via a.r.t.e.s. access by entering the relevant information and submitting the application in the "Examination process" tab
• All registration documents as well as the required printed copies of the dissertation must be submitted in paper form to the doctoral office. The documents can either be handed in personally without appointment during our hours of operation at reception at the a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School or sent by post to:
  
  University of Cologne
  a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School for the Humanities Cologne
  Albertus-Magnus-Platz
  50923 Cologne
• Please let us know upon registering for the exam if your examination will take place in person, online, or as a hybrid exam.

For all questions in this regard, please contact the doctoral office: promotionsbuero-phil-fak(at)uni-koeln.de

Please also read the section titled “Before submitting the dissertation” in our FAQ.