Research doctorate (PhD)
Promotion an der Fakultät für Architektur und Landschaft
Doctorate at the Faculty of Architecture and Landscape
Leibniz University Hannover · Fakultät für Architektur und Landschaft · Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
- Official award
- Doktor der Ingenieurwissenschaften (Dr.-Ing.), Doktor der Naturwissenschaften (Dr. rer. nat.) or Doktor der Philosophie (Dr. phil.), depending on fieldDr.-Ing.
- Pathway
- ResearchStated for Germany
- Format
- On campus
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Research doctorate at the faculty of architecture and landscape; the Fachgruppe Architektur sets two admission dates per semester.
- Subject
- Architecture
- Department
- Fakultät für Architektur und Landschaft
- Awarding body
- Leibniz Universität Hannover
Qualification and professional pathway
Pathway is classified only from a statement on an official page. A degree title such as B.Arch, BA, BSc, M.Arch or MSc does not decide it, and no degree by itself grants permission to practise as an architect.
- Degree level
- Research doctorate (PhD)A research doctorate focused on architecture (PhD, Dr.-Ing. and equivalents).
- Pathway
- Research degreeA research degree. It does not qualify anyone to practise as an architect.
- Why we classify it this way
- The faculty doctoral procedure consists of a dissertation and an oral examination; the title depends on the subject orientation.“Die Promotionsleistungen zur Verleihung des Doktorgrades bestehen aus einer Dissertation und einer mündlichen Prüfung.”Source
- Previous architecture degree required
- Not published
- Applicants without an architecture degree
- Not published
Accreditation, validation and recognition
Recorded for this program and campus, with the authority’s role. Institutional recognition, degree-awarding authority, program accreditation, professional validation and eligibility toward registration are different things; none of them is full professional registration.
No accreditation, validation or registration-pathway record for this program has been verified yet. That does not mean none exists; check the national authority and the institution.
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- Not published
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Leibniz Universität Hannover
Teaching language
- Taught in
- Not stated on the pages we checked
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Portfolio
- Not published
- Interview
- Not published
- Previous qualification
- Relevant scientific degree
- Deadlines
- Application for admission as doctoral candidate (Fachgruppe Architektur), second date · Wintersemester 2026/27 (2026)
Research degree details
- Department
- Fakultät für Architektur und Landschaft
- Finding a supervisor
- Applicants approach a professor suited to the planned dissertation with their topic and can then submit an exposé; admission applications are collected at fixed dates each semester.
- Previous qualifications
- Proof of a relevant scientific degree.
- Deadlines
- Fachgruppe Architektur: two admission-application dates per semester; for winter semester 2026/27 the page lists Monday 5 October 2026 and Monday 23 November 2026.
Fees and costs
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per year, per credit, whole program), academic year and student category, and is never converted. Annual tuition and whole-program tuition are different figures.
| Item | Amount | Applies to | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semester contribution (Semesterbeitrag); no tuition fee listedOther compulsory charge · mandatory | €453.16per semester, Wintersemester 2026/2027 | All students | 19 October 2026Source |
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, duration, full-time or part-time options, intakes, portfolio requirement, whether a previous architecture degree is required, accreditation or validation record.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 19 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 19 October 2026)