After passing the oral examination, you must make your dissertation available to the scientific community in its approved version. As an alternative to electronic publication on mediaTUM, TUM's media server (repository), you can also publish your work in paper form with an ISBN (e.g., via TUM University Press).
What DO YOU NEED TO DO?
- Approval of the title page
After the oral examination, you will receive an email (subject line: Publishing of your Dissertation - Link to Workflow + ID + name) with information about the next steps in the publication process.
At the same time, the Office of Doctoral Affairs will send you a letter by post, which usually includes the approved title page. Alternatively, the Office of Doctoral Affairs might also send you the approved title page or confirmation of the correctness of your title page by email. Please correct your title page according to the information on the approved title page before having your dissertation printed.
If you did not receive the approved title page or have any questions about it, please contact the Office of Doctoral Affairs.
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Online workflow on mediaTUM
The email will contain your individual access link to the online workflow on mediaTUM. First, update your author and dissertation data as necessary and select the option "Print publication with ISBN" as the publication method.
If you do want to publish electronically instead, click on "Back" to return to the “Choose a Publication Method” page. Proceed to the second step of Publishing Your Dissertation Electronically.
Otherwise, please click on the blue button at the bottom right to confirm your selection. The online workflow is now complete, and you can no longer make any changes.
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Submitting paper copies to the Office of Doctoral Affairs
Submit five paper copies with ISBN to the Office of Doctoral Affairs. You can purchase an ISBN yourself or contact a publisher (e.g., TUM University Press).
The copies will be forwarded to the TUM University Library and the German National Library in Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig. This means that your dissertation will be listed in the TUM and national bibliographies.
After submitting the five copies to the Office of Doctoral Affairs, you will receive your preliminary certificate there.
Further information on the doctoral process is available on the TUM Graduate School website or from the Office of Doctoral Affairs.
