Information on the Dr. rer. nat. degree:
On April 15, 2009, as amended on November 14, 2012, April 23, 2014, January 11, 2017, October 17, 2018 and October 7, 2020, the MHH Senate adopted the doctoral regulations for the award of the degree of Doctor of Natural Sciences (Doctor rerum naturalium). These regulations apply to all MHH doctoral students in the natural sciences who are not enrolled in the structured programs of the Hannover Biomedical Research School (HBRS) and are seeking the Dr. rer. nat. degree.
Here are some essential contents. Details can be found in the doctoral degree regulations below.
- The requirements for admission are regulated in §3 of the regulations.
- Enrollment: doctoral students must be enrolled at the MHH for the entire duration of their doctoral studies (§1(3)).
- Notification: The doctoral project must be registered in the form of a dissertation notification before it begins. Details are regulated in §4 and Annex 1 of the regulations.
- Supervision: The supervisor must be a member of the MHH teaching staff and have a proven track record as a scientific researcher through publications. A second supervisor must also be named, who must be a member of the teaching staff but from another Department of the MHH or the Faculty of Natural Sciences or the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at Leibniz Universität Hannover or a habilitated natural scientist at the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover Foundation (see §5(1)). One of the two supervisors should be a natural scientist. This and the supervisor's departmental affiliation should be clearly stated in the dissertation notification.
- Curricular achievements are required. These are regulated in §6 of the regulations. They are documented in a study book.
- Further details on the dissertation, disputation etc. can be found in the regulations.
- Doctoral degree regulations for the Dr. rer. nat. new!!!, valid from 7.12.2022!!! Doctoral students who have submitted their dissertation notification earlier continue to study according to the old regulations (PDF, 1350 KB), but can also be examined according to the new regulations.
- Dr. rer. nat. doctoral regulations 2017 (old)
- Dr. rer. nat. doctoral degree regulations 2019 (old)
- Principles of Hannover Medical School to ensure good scientific practice and procedural rules for dealing with scientific misconduct (PDF)
- The policy of Hannover Medical School on the safeguarding of good scientific practice and procedural rules for dealing with scientific misconduct (PDF)
- Positive list of countries for which the inquiry regarding the equivalence of a degree at the Central Office for Foreign Education in Bonn can be replaced by an inspection of the Anabin database to determine whether the awarding university and the type of degree are suitable.
Tasks before, during and at the end of the doctoral period
Supplementary notes on the Dissertation announcement for the Dr. rer. nat. degree :
- Checklist for application of doctoral researchnew!!! ( PDF, 33 KB)
- Checklist for application of doctoral research study (PDF, 30 KB)
Duties of students during their doctoral studies:
- Obligations of a doctoral student (PDF, 60 KB)
- Duties of a student during doctoral research time (PDF, 55 KB)
Supplementary information on thedoctoral application for the Dr. rer. nat. degree :
- Checklist for the doctoral application new!!!(PDF, 35 KB)
- Checklist submitting rer nat thesis (PDF, 38 KB)
- Notes on the preparation of a dissertation (PDF, 36 KB)
- Comments to thesis writing (PDF, 32 KB)
- Copyright regulations (copy right) for dissertations (PDF, 202 KB)
- Mandatory personnel questionnaire (personel questionnaire to cosubmit) (PDF, 14 KB)
Chairman of the Dr. rer. nat. doctoral committee
For general questions, please contact the doctoral office.
If you have any further specific questions, please contact the chair of the doctoral committee:
Prof. Dr. Georgios Tsiavaliaris
Cellular Biophysics, Institute of Biophysical Chemistry
Hannover Medical School
30625 Hannover
Phone: + 49 511 532 8591
Fax: + 49 511 532 5966
Meeting dates and submission deadlines
MEETING DATES of the (Dates of meetings of the) Dr. rer. nat. doctoral committee:
02.12.2025
03.02.2026
31.03.2026
09.06.2026
11.08.2026
06.10.2026
01.12.2026
EINREICHUNGSTERMINE (last date of submission to the meetings of the doctoral committee):
The last date for submitting documents to a meeting of the doctoral committee is 14 days before the meeting date!
18.11.2025
15.01.2026
12.03.2026
21.05.2026
23.07.2026
17.09.2026
12.11.2026
Submissions can be made at any time between sessions during regular office hours and by post. Please note that this is the last possible submission date and not a deadline for submission.