Graduation ceremonies (awarding of doctoral degree)
Dates for the winter semester 2025/26
17 October 2025, 1.30 pm, auditorium in the castle, Schlossplatz 2
12 December 2025, 1.30 pm, auditorium in the castle, Schlossplatz 2
06 February 2026, 1.30 pm, auditorium in the castle, Schlossplatz 2
Dates for the summer semester 2026 (under reservation!)
Thursday, 23 April 2026, 1.30 pm, auditorium in the castle, Schlossplatz 2
Friday, 05 June 2026, 1.30 pm, auditorium in the castle, Schlossplatz 2
Friday, 10 July 2026, 1.30 pm, auditorium in the castle, Schlossplatz 2
For oral examinations:
In addition to the face-to-face disputation, disputations via online video examination or hybrid event are also possible.
When announcing the exams (virtual or hybrid only), we will include the name and email address of the biologist in charge of the committee (in the case of candidates from our faculty, the topic provider(s)). Anyone who would like to take part in the examination via Zoom should contact this person 24 hours before the examination and will then be invited by him/her before the examination. For the non-public part of the defence, i.e. the discussion, which only takes place with the examination committee, the public is then dismissed from the zoom room.
Presentation as part of the doctorate exam (public to university members):
Jie Shen, 11 September 2025, 4:00 pm, Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, seminar room 18, Schlossplatz 7
Jan-Ole Niemeier, 12 September 2025, 10.00 am, Institute of Plant Biology und Biotechnologiy, seminar room 306, Schloßplatz 8
Neha Subhash Uttekar, 15 September 2025, 1:00 pm, Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Biomedicine room L.1.89b.0, Röntgenstraße 20
Johannes Hanewinkel, 19 September 2025, 11:00 am, Institute for Molecular Nephrology/Medical Cell Biology, seminar room 1st floor, Multipurpose Building A 14 of the University Hospital, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, A14
Matthew Davies, 26. September 2025, 11.00 am, Multiscale Imaging Centre (MIC) lecture hall, Röntgenstraße 16
Giuseppe Trapani, 29 September 2025, 1.00 pm, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, seminar room, Röntgenstraße 20
Eleni Nikalexi, 02 October 2025, 10.30 am, Institut for physiology I, seminar room 403, Robert-Koch-Straße 27A
Steffen Kautzmann, 07 October 2025, 2:00 pm Multiscale Imaging Centre (MIC), Röntgenstaße 16
Pauline Wanjiku Kibui, 10 October 2025, 2:00 pm, Center for Reproductive Medicine and Andrology, library, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building D 11
Tobias Grebe, 10 October 2025, 10.30 am, Institut for Medical Microbiology, library, Corrensstraße 3
Hui-Fen Chen, 28 October 2025, 1:00 pm, Multiscale Imaging Centre (MIC), Röntgenstraße 16