Welcome to Docata – the web portal for early-stage researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Doctoral researchers with a doctoral examination within a KIT Department

You intend to pursue a doctorate or are already pursuing a doctorate at a KIT Department? Docata offers:

  • Registration as a doctoral researcher at KIT as well as support in administrative processes along the doctoral research phase (e.g. application for acceptance at your KIT Department, automatic reminders)
  • Membership at the Karlsruhe House of Young Scientists (KHYS) and with that, access to all KHYS offers
  • Subscribing to as well as unsubscribing from the KHYS infomail
Further Information on achieving your doctorate at KIT:
>> Formal steps for doctoral researchers with a doctoral examination within a KIT Department

Doctoral researchers with a doctoral examination at another university

You intend to pass your doctoral examination at another university but you conduct your research or are scientifically supervised at KIT for the major part of your doctorate (> 2 years)? Docata offers:

  • Registration as a doctoral researcher
  • Membership at the Karlsruhe House of Young Scientists (KHYS) and with that, access to all KHYS offers
  • Subscribing to as well as unsubscribing from the KHYS infomail
Further information on the doctorate phase at KIT:
>> Formal steps for doctoral reasearchers with a doctoral examination at another university

Postdocs

You have been conducting research as a postdoc at KIT for less than 3 years, and passed your doctoral examination a maximum of 6 years ago? Docata offers:

  • Membership at the Karlsruhe House of Young Scientists (KHYS) and with that, access to all KHYS offers
  • Subscribing to as well as unsubscribing from the KHYS infomail
Further information on the postdoc phase and status at KIT:
>> Postdoc at KIT

Supervisors

You supervise doctoral reasearchers at KIT and have signed a doctoral agreement or written agreement? Docata offers:

  • Overview of your supervision activities
  • Verification and editing of selected information, such as affiliation with PoF projects and KIT Centers
Further information for supervisors:
>> Scientific supervisor at KIT

Registration / Login in Docata

First step for the registration as a doctoral researcher or a postdoc – one-time registration as a Docata user

>> Registration as a Docata user

Login for users already registered in Docata

>> Login as a registered user