Second Advisor and Co-Examiner

*If there was an employment relationship with the thesis supervisor within the last five years, the second advisor must act as further advisor or if you select a postdoc or senior scientist, it is compulsory that you add a person from one of the other two categories.

All external second/further advisors and internal persons, who are not professors, must be confirmed once by the Department Conference (DK), before they act in this position.

More information on the topic second/further advisor can be found on the website of the central Doctoral Administration.

Persons from universities of applied sciences or from the private industry with the corresponding expertise are not included. However, they may additionally be included in the examination committee.

*If there is any relationship of dependence between the co-examiner(s) and the supervisor or the doctoral student, a further independent expert is required. Employment relationships within the last five years are considered dependent relationships.

All external co-examiners and internal persons, who are not professors, must be confirmed once by the Department Conference (DK) before organising a mandatory thesis committee meeting and registering for the doctoral examination. If one of these persons is already confirmed as second advisor, this obligation does not apply.