The Doctorate Board appoints your Doctoral Committee and requests that the reviewers submit their evaluations to the Doctoral Study Office within 10 weeks.

You can already plan your defense date in agreement with the members of your Doctoral Committee. The earliest date is always the final day of the 14-day display period of your dissertation. The 14-day display period begins as soon as both evaluations have reached the Doctoral Study Office. As a rule, the defense can only take place within the lecture period.