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2 b) the doctoral regulations of the faculty of electrical engineering/computer science, as per § 2 are fulfilled, in case the doctoral subject will mainly be electrical engineering/computer science. § 3 Application Procedure 1. Application to MOSES is fully Web based and handled by the MOSES application web site as specified on the general MOSES web site http://www.moses-research.de. The completed application must show the applicants ability and motivation, scientific interests and ideas regarding professional aims. The application consists of: a) Filling out the application and personal profile form, b) A description of the applicant’s personal affinity to the programme, c) Uploading the application documents: • Copy of a valid passport, • Curriculum vitae (CV), • Copy of secondary school leaving certificate (e.g. high school graduation), • Copies of all University degrees held (Diploma, M.Sc., B. Sc., etc.), • For each University degree held: Copies of transcripts of records, • Abstract/Summary of M.Sc. (Diploma) thesis, B.Sc. thesis, • Two letters of reference (in the form given by the template that can be downloaded) from recent professors/lecturers. d) An applicant´s self evaluation test (performed as a web based test), e) Individual aptitude tests (performed as a web based test). 2. Based on the application and test results, high potential candidates may be invited to an academic interview. 3. Decision about preliminary admission will be made by the Recruitment and Personal Affairs Committee (RPAC) of the Research School. Criteria of selected candidates are: a) The fulfilment of the prerequisites of item 1, b) The applicant’s willingness and competence to deal with complex and general theoretical and methodological problems, c) Academic qualification, referee’s evaluation, interviews and linguistic proficiency. 4. Final Admission to the Research School is subject to and based on: a) Fulfilment of the last preceding paragraph, b) Statements of two scientific supervisors for the thesis, indicating the research project, confirmation of the scientific supervision, confirmation about the place of work, information how the research work will be financed, c) A description of the doctoral research project including the main aspects of the actual state of research and (preliminary) working schedule of the project.
3 5. Male and female applicants should generally not surpass the age of 28. Wellfounded exceptions are possible, 6. Decision about admission will be made by RPAC. § 4 Admission to Intermediate Exam . Admission is granted if the graduate student, a) has submitted all necessary records concerning obligatory and optional courses of MOSES, agreed with the supervisors of the thesis, b) has handed over all necessary participation certificates of the optional courses of the individual research programme, and a proof issued by the supervisor about successful research work concerning the thesis topic. § 5 Intermediate Exam In the intermediate exam the graduate student shall demonstrate the following issues: • Necessary scientific prerequisites to complete the doctoral work, • Awareness of scientific, technological and technical state of the art, methods and methodologies for the doctoral work, • Scientific novelty of the approach(es), pursued in the doctoral work, • Scientific capabilities in presentation, reasoning and defending the doctoral work. The intermediate exam is held as oral colleague exam and is evaluated by DEDC and the scientific supervisors of the doctoral work. Evaluation of the intermediate exam is made as per the following marks: 1 = very good the performance is excellent 2 = good the performance significantly exceeds medium standards 3 = satisfactory the performance corresponds to medium standards 4 = sufficient the performance fulfils, despite deficiencies, the standards 5 = not sufficient the performance does, due to significant deficiencies, not fulfil the standards If the intermediate exam has not been passed, it can be repeated once during a period of 3 to 6 months. Should the performance repeatedly be not sufficient, the intermediate exam will be finally not passed and the graduate student will not longer be a researcher in MOSES. The doctoral student will obtain within 4 weeks a certificate, which indicates the result of the exam and the name of the examiners.
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