Information on Registration as a Doctoral Candidate of the University of Freiburg

The Rectorate resolved on 17 February 2010 to register all doctoral candidates of the University of Freiburg. Thus, university accounts were created for all doctoral candidates who were not already matriculated as doctoral students. The account can be used to sign up for the courses of the International Graduate Academy and take advantage of other services offered at the University of Freiburg. Exempt from registration are doctoral candidates of the Faculty of Medicine, which has special conditions for doctoral candidate status.

If you have problems registering or need more information on registration, please read the FAQ section.

Registration as a doctoral candidate has the following advantages:
- authorization to use IT services (including ReDi)
- eligibility to participate in the IGA’s transdisciplinary qualification program
- no additional administration fee

In order to profit from these advantages early as possible, you will need to obtain acceptance as a doctoral candidate from your faculty, the necessary precondition for registration, as soon as you begin work on your doctoral degree. Official acceptance as a doctoral candidate also secures your legal status at the faculty and the university. After registering at the Student Registration Office (german doctoral candidates) or the International Admissions and Services (IAS) (international doctoral candidates) you will receive a notice confirming that a university account with the role of doctoral candidate has been created for you. Other roles and existing accounts (e.g., employee) are not affected when your new account is created. You can use your account to sign up for the courses and workshops of the IGA course program and profit from other services of the University of Freiburg, such as those of the Computing Center. Matriculated doctoral candidates can take advantage of these services using their university account as a doctoral student.

FAQ’s
I have not yet been accepted as a doctoral candidate by my faculty. How can I register?
In order to register, and thus to take advantage of the services of the Computing Center and the IGA course program, you must first obtain acceptance as a doctoral candidate from your faculty. For information on acceptance as a doctoral candidate, click here.
After receiving acceptance by your faculty, you can register as a doctoral candidate by submitting the certificate of acceptance from your faculty and the application for registration at the Student Registration Office (german doctoral candidates) or at IAS (international doctoral candidates). You will then receive a notice confirming that your account has been created.
I have already been accepted as a doctoral candidate by my faculty but have not received notice that an account has been created for me.
Please take the certificate of acceptance from your faculty and the application for registration to the Student Registration Office (german candidates) or IAS (international doctoral candidates) and have yourself registered. You will then receive an email confirming that your account has been created.
I am already matriculated as a doctoral student. Do I still have to register?
Matriculated doctoral candidates are already registered so you don’t need to register again. You are authorized to use the services of the Computing Center and other services with your university account as a doctoral student. Your user identification has been activated for use with the registration system of the IGA’s transdisciplinary course program.
I am a visiting doctoral candidate in a structured program at the University of Freiburg and wish to participate in the IGA course program. Can I register?
You cannot register at the University of Freiburg as a visiting doctoral candidate. However, you can preregister or receive admission to individual courses through the coordinator or director of your program. Please ask your coordinator or director to contact Dr. Carolin Schuchert if you wish to take a course (carolin.schuchert@iga.uni-freiburg.de).
I am a doctoral candidate of the Faculty of Medicine and wish to participate in the course program. How can I receive permission to do so?
You can only participate in the IGA course program if you have already passed the first state examination and have been accepted as a doctoral candidate by your faculty. If you have fulfilled these prerequisites, take your certificate of acceptance and the application for registration to the Student Registration Office (german doctoral candidates) or IAS (international candidates) and have yourself registered as a doctoral candidate.
I am registered as a doctoral candidate and have received my user identification, but I still can’t sign up for courses in the IGA course program. What is the problem?
• You have received an account but have not activated it by changing the initial password. Please activate your account on the MyAccount login page (https://myaccount.uni-freiburg.de/uadmin/login). Login with the user identification and password sent to you as a registered doctoral candidate and change your password. Your account will then be activated.

• You have attempted to login with an account that does not identify you as a doctoral candidate. Accounts you have received as an employee of the University of Freiburg do not identify you as a doctoral candidate. Please apply for an additional account with the role of “doctoral candidate.” To do so, you must take the certificate of acceptance from your faculty and the application for registration to the Student Registration Office (german doctoral candidates) or IAS (international doctoral candidates). Please note that the privileges you enjoy as a doctoral candidate are not transferrable to an existing employee account.

• Please check your role on MyAccount (https://myaccount.uni-freiburg.de/uadmin/login). If you are listed under a different role there (e.g., employee), please have your role changed at the Student Registration Office (german doctoral candidates) or at IAS (international doctoral candidates.

• You have not yet been registered as a doctoral candidate. In order to register, you must first be accepted as a doctoral candidate at your faculty. You can apply for acceptance as a doctoral candidate at your faculty if you have fulfilled the faculty’s requirements. For more information, please check your faculty’s homepage. After receiving acceptance from your faculty you can have yourself registered as a doctoral candidate by submitting the certificate of acceptance from your faculty and the application for registration at the Student Registration Office (german doctoral candidates) or IAS (international doctoral candidates). You will then receive an email confirming that your account has been created.

• You are not included in the target group defined for the course or workshop you are trying to sign up for and can thus not be admitted. If you are a male, you cannot take any courses that are intended exclusively for females. Admission to some courses is restricted to doctoral candidates from particular faculties. Please read the course description to confirm that you belong to the target group.

• You have already taken this course in a previous semester. Workshops can only be taken once.

• You are temporarily blocked from participating in the course program because you did not show up for a course you signed up for. If you have any further questions, please contact Dr. Carolin Schuchert (carolin.schuchert@iga.uni-freiburg.de).

• You are a student or employee but not a doctoral candidate of the University of Freiburg. Unfortunately, you must be a doctoral candidate to apply for a valid account and sign up for courses.