Please be aware:Sandwich type PhD study means a research stay about 1-2 years. The PhD degree will be conferred by the Chinese home university!

The following documents should be submitted by e-mail only to: csc@international.fu-berlin.de 

• You need to fill in the Online portal (https://fuberlin.moveon4.de/form/60acfece5d328710e40bdbd5/eng) and upload the following documents there:
• Curriculum Vitae (C.V.)
• Letter of Motivation
• Convincing statement (2-3 pages) about the research topic offered by the professor and related to your own academic background, focusing on the respective PhD offer, including a time schedule for the research stay in Berlin.
• One to Two letters of recommendation by university professors with the letter head, seal of the institue and the signature of the professor. One of the letters has to be issued by the PhD supervisor.
• University degrees, each with: degree certificate (学位证), graduation certificate (毕业证), academic record (成绩单) and admission certificate to PhD-studies in China. Note: Authorized (由学校出具) English translations of Chinese documents are sufficient for this application. Notarization (公证) of the translations will only be required at a later stage.
• Language certificates for English OR German (depending on the requirement of the open position you want to apply for):
  English
  
  • IELTS certificate with an overall rating of 6.5 (no module below 5.5) or
  • TOEFL iBT certificate with a total score of at least 95 points (no test section below 20 points)
  German
  
  • TestDaF certificate with a total score of at least 16 points – no subtest below 4 – or
  • DSH-2 certificate

Please submit only pdf files. 

Your application documents have to be submitted through the online portal (https://fuberlin.moveon4.de/form/60acfece5d328710e40bdbd5/eng)