Information on the Dr. rer. biol. hum. degree:

Hannover Medical School awards the degree of Doctor: in Human Biology (Doctor rerum biologicarum humanarum, Dr. rer. biol. hum.) for scientific achievements in research areas within the subjects it represents.

All necessary information on the Dr. rer. biol. hum. can be found here:

• Doctoral degree regulations Dr. rer. biol. hum. (PDF)

• Principles of Hannover Medical School to ensure good scientific practiceand procedural rules for dealing with scientific misconduct (PDF)
  
• The policy of Hannover Medical School on the safeguarding of good scientific practiceand procedural rules for dealing with scientific misconduct (PDF)

Start of the dissertation: The doctorate should only be started after the accepted dissertation notification (doctoral degree regulations §4).

Supervision: The dissertation must be supervised by a faculty member employed at the MHH (internal faculty) (first supervision). In addition, a second supervision by a member of the teaching staff in another Department of the MHH is required (§5, para. 1). In justified exceptional cases, the second supervision may be provided by a faculty member from another university. The Department in which the dissertation is located is responsible for reimbursing travel expenses incurred in the course of external supervision.

Curricular achievements according to §6, para. 2, para. 4: The curricular achievements, project presentations and supervision meetings to be completed will only be credited if they have taken place after acceptance of the dissertation notification by the doctoral committee. For a doctorate with optimal planning, at least 2 years should be estimated.

Further information can be found here:

• Checklist for doctoral applications
• Checklist for doctoral applications
• Personal sheet for the doctoral application Dr. rer. biol. hum. (PDF)

If you have any further questions, please contact the chair of the doctoral committee.

Prof'in Dr. Dr. Astrid Müller
Clinical Department of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy
OE 7160
Hannover Medical School
30625 Hannover

Phone: +49511 532 6569
E-mail: mueller.astrid@mh-hannover.de

MEETING DATES

of the doctoral committee Dr. rer. biol. hum:

14.01.25, 04.03.25, 06.05.25, 01.07.25, 02.09.25, 04.11.25 and 13.01.2026

The last date for submitting documents for a meeting of the doctoral committee is the Wednesday at least one and a half weeks before the date of the meeting.

SUBMISSION DEADLINES

18.12.24, 19.02.25, 23.04.25, 18.06.25, 20.08.25, 22.10.25 and 17.12.25