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 adn acceptance date) to the examination office. The required data can be provided by the examination office of the Dean’s Office. Only the 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.
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 within the last year at Physics Department of TUM 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.