Research doctorate (PhD)
PhD Programme Veterinary Research and Animal Biology
Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover · Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover (whole institution) · Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany
- Official award
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) or Doctor rerum naturalium (Dr. rer. nat.)PhD
- Pathway
- Not classified
- Format
- On campusApprox. three years (designed)
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Structured PhD programme in the Hannover Graduate School (HGNI) for graduates of veterinary medicine, human medicine or the biosciences, designed for about three years of independent research.
- Subject
- Veterinary science
- Department
- Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover (whole institution)
- Awarding body
- Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover
Qualification and professional pathway
Pathway is classified only from a statement on an official page. An award title such as DVM, BVSc, BSc or MSc does not decide it, and no degree, accreditation or listing by itself grants permission to practise anywhere.
- Degree level
- Research doctorate (PhD)A research doctorate with a veterinary focus. It does not qualify anyone to practise as a veterinarian.
- Pathway
- Pathway not classifiedNo source we could read states the professional purpose of this program. It is left unclassified rather than guessed from the award name.
- Prior degree required
- Yes
Accreditation, evaluation and recognition
Recorded for this program and campus, with the authority’s role. Program accreditation, evaluation status, professional-body recognition, eligibility toward registration, institutional recognition, directory listings and memberships are different things; none of them is automatic permission to practise, and recognition in one country does not guarantee registration in another.
No accreditation, recognition 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
- Approx. three years (designed)
- Intakes
- 1 October (winter term)
- Campus
- TiHo Hannover (Bünteweg)Bünteweg 2, 30559 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
- Animal or veterinary experience
- Not published
- Interview
- Not published
- Previous qualification
- Outstanding undergraduate degree in veterinary medicine, human medicine, or one of the biosciences
- Documents
- Project description (maximum 10 pages) developed with a potential supervisor; application package with supervisor's documents, sent to the PhD office
- Official instructions
- Application instructions
Research degree details
- Department
- Hannover Graduate School for Neurosciences, Infection Medicine and Veterinary Sciences (HGNI)
- Finding a supervisor
- Find a potential supervisor among the faculty's senior scientists, agree a project description, then submit the application; the PhD commission decides.
- Research proposal
- Project description, maximum 10 pages
- Previous qualifications
- Outstanding undergraduate degree in veterinary medicine, human medicine, or one of the biosciences
- Deadlines
- Application possible throughout the year until 1 September (no year printed); programme starts once a year with winter term (1 October)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semesterbeitrag (semester contribution: Studentenwerk, administration, Deutschland-Semesterticket, AStA and others)Other compulsory charge · mandatory | €443.20per semester, Wintersemester 2026/2027 | Studierende und Promovierende | 19 October 2026Source |
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, full-time or part-time options, animal or veterinary experience requirement, clinical placement details, accreditation or recognition 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)