Publication of the thesis and final steps

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Publication of the thesis

After the exam the title page of the dissertation needs to be accepted by the examination office. For this the candidate sends the completed title page (including committee members, submission and acceptance date) to the examination office. The required data can be provided by the examination office of the Dean’s Office. Only then the thesis may be published. Publication may be done in either of the following ways:

Publication through a publishing house

You will need to submit six copies of your dissertation to the University Library with an ISBN.

Online publication

To do so, you can publish your dissertation electronically on mediaTUM, the TUM’s media server.

You can find further information on the pages of the university library.

After publication of your thesis you will obtain a preliminary certificate about the completion of the Ph.D. process.

Note:

If your dissertation should be published with an embargo period, please complete the provided embargo form and mail it – together with the author contract – to the university library. The form will be provided after the oral exam and if you are opting for an electronic publication.

Certificate

As soon as the final certificate is completed by the examination office the new PhD is informed. The certificate is handed over in the Dean’s Office. Every scientist completing their PhD at the TUM School of Natural Sciences will be invited to the ceremony at the Physics Day (“Tag der Physik”) end of the summer semester.

TUM GS Certificate

Members of TUM GS receive an additional certificate on the qualification program. This TUM GS certificate with the Transcript of Records on the qualification elements is created independently to the PhD certificate by TUM Graduate School. Your Graduate Center will inform you as soon as this is completed and can be picked up.