Dissertations and Habilitations

§ 13 Publishing the dissertation

(1) Before the doctoral procedure is completed after a successfully carried out scientific discussion, the dissertation paper has to be made available to the scientific public adequately through relevant reproduction and distribution, considering any conditions, according to § 12 para. 5. This is the case when the author sends the dissertation paper free of charge to the university library:

1. Copy of the thesis in electronic form: covering an electronic copy and four printed copies of the thesis. The electronic copy is available permanently on the university publication server of the university library; data transfer, data carrier and data format are to be settled with the university library.
2. Printed copies of the thesis: submission of 10 printed copies.
3. Publishing house publication: submission of six copies when a commercial publisher provides the distribution through the book trade and bindingly ensures a minimum quantity of 150 copies or deliverability over a period of at least two years.

The copies for the university library have to be printed on non-aging, wood-free and acid-free paper. Furthermore, abstracts in German and English must be provided for publication reasons. These abstracts should not be longer than 2,400 characters. The doctoral student allows the university library to use these abstracts.

(2) The day of the submission of the thesis, the day of the scientific discussion in an open session and the names of the reviewers must be mentioned in the copies of the thesis for the university library.

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§ 15 Award of the PhD

(1) The Dean of the department hands out the PhD certificate when the doctoral student has completed the publication process according to § 13 and the university library has confirmed this completion in writing.

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§ 21 Publishing the dissertation paper in a joint doctoral procedure

When the dissertation paper is submitted within the framework of a joint doctoral procedure at a foreign university/faculty according to § 17, the obligation of sending copies of the thesis to the university library remains unaffected. The regulations in §§ 13 and 15 para. 1 apply accoordingly.

When publishing in electronic form, you benefit from the advantages of fast and free viewing and usability via the Internet. A faster completion of your PhD, easy access (Open Access and therefore no formal and technical barriers), integration into internet search engines as well as long-term citability through persistent identifiers Persistent Identifier (DOI: Digital Object Identifier and URN: Uniform Resource Name) are some of the advantages of this type of publication.

In addition to the declaration of consent, however, you also have to submit four printed copies on aging-resistant, wood-free and acid-free paper.

At the Universitätsverlag Ilmenau, you get the combination of optimal visibility, dissemination and reception of your work and do not have to do without the user-friendly reading version in the form of a printed book. Here, the text published as a book is not only offered at a favorable price in bookstores, but is also published in parallel as an electronic document in open access via the Digitale Bibliothek Thüringen (dbt).

In this option, a commercial publisher takes over distribution via bookstores and at the same time bindingly guarantees a minimum print edition of 150 copies or deliverability over a period of at least two years.

This includes the delivery of six printed publisher's copies, which must also be printed on non-aging wood-free and acid-free paper and have a hard cover.

For this, have at least 10 copies printed on aging-resistant wood-free and acid-free paper, with a hard cover ( solid book binding, no ring binding). You must deliver 10 of these copies to the UB for distribution

After registration you will receive a DOI and a URN for your electronic dissertation from us, which enable a persistent, location-independent identification of your electronic document. Please locate these identifiers in the lower left corner of the title page before creating the presentation format (PDF/A or PS) and before printing your dissertation.

If you are interested in using a Creative Commons license, please contact us before preparing the print copies!

This is important because the dissertation in electronic form must be identical to the printed copies in all parts. For this purpose, it is recommended to create the PDF file first and then use this for printing as well.

Please hand in the completed and signed consent form together with the printed copies to the University Library.

If you have requested further information in the registration form or if you have already decided to publish with the Universitätsverlag Ilmenau, our colleagues from the Universitätsverlag will contact you.

Universitätsverlag Ilmenau

Here you are required to submit the requested print copies to the University Library.

Printed copies to be submitted must in all cases be printed on non-aging wood-free and acid-free paper and require a hard cover (hard book binding, no ring binding).

By parcel post to:

Universitätsbibliothek Ilmenau
- Dezernat Medienbearbeitung/Dissertationen -
Langewiesener Str. 37
98693 Ilmenau
Germany

If you have any questions or would like to hand in your dissertation (by appointment), please contact the following staff members:

dissertationen.ub@tu-ilmenau.de

Antje Holtzhausen
+49 3677 69-4607

Kathleen Hustedt
+49 3677 69-4615