Statistics: Doctoral candidates at the University of Bremen

Which data are requested in the frame of the Higher Education Statistics Act?

Extract from the Higher Education Statistics Act pertaining to universities and Berufsakademien [vocational academies of cooperative education]

Section 5 Survey characteristics for doctoral candidates at institutions falling under Section 2 point 1 (universities and university hospitals)

(1) Doctoral candidates are persons who have received written confirmation of being accepted as a doctoral student from an institution authorized to award doctorates. The date of confirmation is deemed the start of the doctorate.

(2) For the institutions listed in Section 2 (1), the following survey characteristics for doctoral candidates are to be recorded each year on 1st December:

1. Gender;
2. Date of birth;
3. Nationality, other citizenship;
4. Country, district and year of acquisition of university entrance qualification as well as type; if the higher education entrance qualification was acquired outside the Federal Republic of Germany, the country where it was obtained;
5. Name of the university as well as the semester and year of the first enrollment; in the event of first enrollment at a university outside the Federal Republic of Germany, the country in which the university is located;
6. Type, subject, semester, month and year of the final exam, as well as assessment and final grade;
7. University where the previous degree was obtained; in the event of first enrollment at a university outside the Federal Republic of Germany, the country in which the university is located;
8. Name of the university where the candidate is enrolled in doctoral studies;
9. Type of doctorate;
10. Subject in which the doctoral dissertation is embedded;
11. Type of registration as a doctoral student;
12. Matriculation as a doctoral student;
13. Month and year of the start of the doctorate and the termination of the doctoral procedure;
14. Participation in a structured doctoral program;
15. Employment relationship at the university;
16. Planned type of doctoral thesis.

The given survey characteristics are prescribed by official channels. Should a characteristic not fit to your situation, please select from the selection menu the survey characteristic that corresponds best.

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