Enrollment

All doctoral candidates must enroll at the University of Mannheim due to the Act on Higher Education of the Land of Baden-Württemberg (LHG). *

Please submit the following documents

Completed enrollment application form
Confirmation of admission at the GESS
Signed Milestones (doctoral advising agreement)
If applicable, copy of your current employment contract
Copy of your university entrance qualification i.e. secondary-school examination certificate e.g. 'Abitur', 'baccalaureate' etc. (only if you are not already enrolled at the University of Mannheim)
Copy of your degree certificates i.e. Bachelor and Master (only if you did not obtain the degree at the University of Mannheim)
ID card/passport (incl. visa)

Fees

Semester fees currently amount of 194 Euro and must be paid after you have obtained a student ID number. Doctoral candidates pay no tuition fees. As a payment reference, please make sure to indicate your student ID number and name.

For example:
S1234567, John Doe

Universität Mannheim
Baden-Württembergische Bank / LBBW

IBAN: DE23 6005 0101 0001 3792 73
BIC: SOLA DE ST 600

Information and submission of documents

Please submit your documents to:

Johanna Fatokun
L 1, 1, Room 326
Phone: +49 621 181-1283
E-mail: johanna.fatokununi-mannheim.de

Office hours:
Mon-Thu 9 am – 11 am

Please notice

* Doctoral candidates employed by the University of Mannheim on work contracts of 50% or more (based on a full time position and according to the Collective Agreement for Public Service Employees of the German Länder (TV-L)) have the possibility to choose whether to enroll or be exempted from enrollment.

If you would like to be exempted from enrollment, please contact Johanna Fatokun to obtain form 'Exemption from obligation to enroll'. You must inform her about any changes to your work contract immediately.
If you would like to enroll, please submit the required documents and follow the procedure as set out above.