Tuesday, December 16th 2003

Topics:1. The New Ph.D. Committee at the institute2. Future Plans & Activities of the MPI-P students community3. The New Ph.D. Examination Regulations of the University of Mainz4. Miscellaneous

• Concerning funds for Continuing Education• Petition for a Cardreader/Auto-Door at the bicycle stand

The Ph.D. Committeephd@mpip-mainz.mpg.de

http://www.mpip-mainz.mpg.de/phdnethttp://www.phdnet.mpg.de

• AK Butt:

Ke Ding (0.115 / -469) dingke@mpip-mainz.mpg.de

• AK Knoll:

Catherine Breffa (1.503 / -404) breffa@mpip-mainz.mpg.de

• AK Kremer:

Bernward Mann (1.403 / -473) mann@mpip-mainz.mpg.de

• AK Müllen:

Luke Oldridge (0.504 / -153) oldridge@mpip-mainz.mpg.de

• AK Spiess:

Paul Zänker (0.111 / -220) zaenker@mpip-mainz.mpg.de

• AK Wegner:

Frank Reinhold (0.304 / -192) reinhold@mpip-mainz.mpg.de

The Ph.D. Committeephd@mpip-mainz.mpg.de

http://www.mpip-mainz.mpg.de/phdnethttp://www.phdnet.mpg.de

Workers’ Committeeat the MPI-P

the Ph.D. student as Employee

“Fachschaften”at the Universities

the Ph.D. student as student

AK’s Butt Knoll Kremer Müllen Spiess Wegner

• gather & distribute informations• propose initiatives• prevent problems & conflicts

New Ph.D. Examination Regulations (“Promotionsordnung”)• applies to faculties 17 - 22 of the University of Mainz, namely:

17. mathematics18. physics19. chemistry and pharmacy20. biology21. earth science

• updates current edition from April 30th 1990, last changed January 24th, 2000• bears all signatures, pending to be published in the Law Gazette any time; hence, applicable upon request (“im Vorgriff”) as of now(*)

(*) according to Dr. Blachnik, Head of Central Administration for Study & Examinations at Univ.M.• affects Ph.D. students, who… … are not yet registered mandatory / no choice: new version … have not yet submitted their thesis upon request / default: old version … have their thesis already graded not possible / no choice: old version• has nothing to do with the faculties’ different Implementation Regulations (“Durchführungsbestimmungen”) which e.g. require teaching 2-3 courses at the university those will be updated over the next months

New Ph.D. Examination Regulations (“Promotionsordnung”)Old Version (January 24th 2000):

Registration as Doctoral Candidate: §6 Signature of Supervisor voluntary;

consent of examiners required

§7 Pre-requisite: Scientific Education within the field of the Ph.D. (e.g. Chemistry)at a German University

na -/-

§8 No legal claim for Ph.D. supervision

§9 Combination of examination subjects

The Graduation Procedure:§11 Request for Graduation must include the

chosen examination subjects;4x thesis in German (unless special permission); “Studienbuch”

§17 After its acceptance by the evaluators, thesis on display for 2 or 6 weeks

New Version (Edition 2004):

Registration as Doctoral Candidate: §6 Signature of Supervisor mandatory;

consent of thesis-evaluators to examine

§7 Pre-requisite: Scientific Education of at least 8 semesters preferably within the field of the Ph.D. with certain degrees

§7c Masters-Degree equals Diploma (if within)

§8 If desired, the Dean provides a Supervisor

§9 -- cancelled --

The Graduation Procedure:§11 Request for Graduation must include the

chosen members of the PK;4x thesis in German or English;“Studienbuch” or similar certificates

§17 After its acceptance by the evaluators, thesis on display for 2 or 4 weeks

New Ph.D. Examination Regulations (“Promotionsordnung”)Old Version (January 24th 2000):

Oral Ph.D. Examination:§21 The Dean (or permanent substitute) is

Chairman of Examination Committee (PK)

§21 The PK consists of all thesis-evaluators, three Prof.s for the examination subjects, and s.t. representatives of other subjects

§21 The Chairman must not be the supervisor

§22 Examination on three subjects (one major, two minor; certain restrictions apply)

§23 Presentation of results for 20-30 min.;30-60 min. discussion which must not be restricted to the thesis’ topic;the event is public

§24 “Fail” requires 1 member of the PKto suggest this

New Version (Edition 2004):

Oral Ph.D. Examination:§5 Chairman of Examination Committee

(PK) appointed by the Dean or a Committee of the Faculty Counsil (FBR)

§21 The PK consists of the supervisor,two Prof.s from the field of the Ph.D. incl. the 2nd thesis-evaluator (if possible),and a 4th Prof. not from the Ph.D. topic

§21 The Chairman must not be thesis-evaluator

§22 -- cancelled --

§23 Presentation of results for 30 min.;30-60 min. discussion which should exceed beyond the thesis’ topic; for listeners with Ph.D. and above questions are allowed

§24 “Fail” requires 2 members of the PKto suggest this

New Ph.D. Examination Regulations (“Promotionsordnung”)Old Version (January 24th 2000):

Oral Ph.D. Examination (cont.):§27 Only the total grade enters the diploma

§30 Up to 40x thesis must be handed in

§31 Diploma contains only total grade

New Version (Edition 2004):

Oral Ph.D. Examination (cont.):§27 Grades for thesis and oral examination

both enter in both German and Latin

§30 4x thesis plus (voluntary) electronic issue

§31 Diploma contains the partial grades incl. possible fractional grades