Interested in becoming a member?

SICSS is open to all doctoral candidates at Universität Hamburg.

If you are admitted as doctoral candidate at Universität Hamburg,
if your doctoral thesis is focused on Earth and climate system sciences,
if you hold a very good MSc degree, and
if your advisor or co-advisor is involved in CEN and its projects

you are eligible to become a member in SICSS!

Before becoming a member in SICSS you have to be enrolled and admitted as doctoral candidate at Universität Hamburg. Please contact the SICSS-Office before you start the enrollment process! We are ready to help you with information on the procedure and on the necessary documents you need.

Enrollment at Universität Hamburg

Before you register as doctoral candidate you have to be enrolled at Universität Hamburg. The enrollment is proceeded by the academic office in the campus center.

Registration as doctoral candidate

Following the enrollment, you have to register as doctoral candidate with the academic office of your respective faculty that will host your doctorate.

For candidates who pursue their project in the MIN faculty you might start the enrollment process online.

Application for a SICSS membership

All doctoral candidates have to apply for a SICSS membership. If you initiated the process of enrolling and registering at Universität Hamburg we are happy to accept your application. Membership applications are possible at any given time. SICSS decides on an application based on the documents you have to hand in. For details, please see the application guidelines.

Being employed as doctoral candidate in CLICSS you are by default member in SICSS! In this case there is no need to apply!

Documents should be submitted to the SICSS-Office in digital form, preferably as a single pdf document attached to an e-mail. Please do not submit original certificates! We do not need attestations.

Being a SICSS member

The SICSS-Office will inform you by e-mail on your acceptance as SICSS member. You will also receive an official letter of acceptance by the SICSS Office, stating start and end of your membership.

New members are usually welcomed twice a year, at the beginning of the semester in April and October. A membership is granted for three years starting with the official registration date as doctoral candidate at Universität Hamburg (‘Zulassung zur Promotion’).

Help and assistance

The SICSS Office staff is always ready to help you with any kind of question or query. Please contact either Ingo Harms, Berit Hachfeld or Sebastian Zubrzycki:


Ingo Harms Tel.: +49 40 42838-4206 Mail: ingo.harms"AT"uni-hamburg.de	Berit Hachfeld Tel.: +49 40 42838-8894 Mail: berit.hachfeld"AT"uni-hamburg.de	Sebastian Zubrzycki Tel.: +49 40 42838-8895 Mail: sebastian.zubrzycki"AT"uni-hamburg.de