The doctoral candidate and the supervisor first complete a supervision agreement (a sample of a modifiable supervision agreement can be found here).

In addition, they jointly agree on a mentoring committee consisting of the supervisor plus 2 scientists from the chosen doctoral programme who should have agreed to participate in advance.

You will then need the following documents, which you will present to the chair of the executive board or the Dean's Office responsible for the doctoral programme:

• Admission form
• 1 copy of the supervision agreement (a sample of a modifiable supervision agreement can be found here)
• A certified copy of the university degree qualifying for doctoral studies (usually a Master's degree, equivalence must be checked in advance for foreign degrees), original documents/certificates can be certified by the respective Dean's Office
• Depending on the programme, further documents (statement of purpose, curriculum vitae, research plan, etc.)

Depending on the particular doctoral programme, there are also different requirements for fast-track procedures or admission through eligibility test; your supervisor or the chair of the executive board will inform you accordingly.

You will also need

• the Request for acceptance as a doctoral candidate
  
• and will have to register online (database)

The chair of the executive board receives the complete set of documents from you or from the responsible Dean's office, checks them for completeness and signs the admission form as confirmation that you are eligiable to the doctoral programme and to BayNAT.

All documents and the online registration will then be checked by the Dean's Office responsible for a particular programme. As confirmation of your admission to BayNAT and acceptance as doctoral candidate, you finally will receive a letter signed by the director or deputy director by mail - and your doctoral procedure will officially begin.