We offer doctoral candidates three publication packages to choose from: You can publish your doctoral thesis "digital-only" on mediaTUM, or you can opt for a print-on-demand publication with TUM.University Press either "digital-first" or "print-first". In any case, your doctoral thesis will be released as a digital Open Access publication.
All three options comply with the requirements of the TUM Doctoral Regulations and are approved for submission to the Office of Doctoral Affairs.
Overview of Publication Packages
Digital-only |
Digital-first |
Print-first |
✔ free of charge |
✔ subject to publication fee |
✔ subject to publication fee |
Publication ✔ only as a digital version ✔ quickly available online ✔ easy PDF upload ✔ Open Access |
Initial publication ✔ as a digital version ✔ quickly available online ✔ easy PDF upload ✔ Open Access |
Initial publication ✔ as a print edition ✔ professional book cover ✔ print + digital edition identical ✔ available in bookstores |
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Secondary publication ✔ as a print edition ✔ professional book cover ✔ available in bookstores |
Secondary publication ✔ as a digital version ✔ Open Access |
Details, Conditions & Application
Publication Package "Digital-only"
Would you like to publish your doctoral thesis solely as a digital edition? Then the University Library offers you a fast and free option via mediaTUM. You can easily upload the PDF of your doctoral thesis yourself in just a few steps and submit it to the Office of Doctoral Affairs.
✔ Fast and easy publication on mediaTUM
✔ Digital Open Access edition with DOI or URN
✔ No costs
✔ Official version submitted at the Office for Doctoral Affairs: Digital edition
What do you need to do?
Upload the PDF of your doctoral thesis via the online workflow in mediaTUM. You do not need to submit print copies to the Office of Doctoral Affairs.
Online workflow & instructions
Support
E-Dissertation Team of the University Library
Publication Package "Digital-first"
Do you want to publish your doctoral thesis both in print and digitally? At the same time, it is important to you to submit your work to the Office of Doctoral Affairs as swiftly as possible? For this purpose, we offer you the "Digital-first" publication package: First, you upload the PDF of your doctoral thesis to mediaTUM yourself and submit this digital version to the Office of Doctoral Affairs. Subsequently, we publish a print edition of your dissertation with TUM.University Press – including a professional book cover, ISBN, and distribution through bookstores.
Please keep in mind that in this option, the digital edition and the print version will differ. You will receive the publisher's cover and layout support only for the print edition.
✔ Fast and easy publication
✔ Digital Open Access edition with DOI or URN
✔ Print edition with ISBN
✔ Distribution through stationary and digital bookstores
✔ Individual support for print edition
✔ Professional book cover and formal PDF check for print edition
✔ Publishing fee of €500 plus printing costs
✔ Official version submitted at the Office for Doctoral Affairs: Digital edition
What do you need to do?
- Independently upload the PDF of your doctoral thesis via the online workflow in mediaTUM. You do not need to submit print copies to the Office of Doctoral Affairs. Online workflow & instructions
- Simultaneously or subsequently, submit your publication inquiry via web form. Please check first whether you meet the acceptance criteria of TUM.University Press. If your publication is accepted, you will receive a cost estimate and all necessary information about the next steps.
Publication Inquiry
Support
TUM.University Press Team
Publication Package "Print-first"
Do you want to publish your doctoral thesis both in print and digitally while seeking publisher support for both editions? Time is not your primary concern, but it is important to you that the layout of the two versions does not differ?
In that case, our "Print-first" publication package is the right choice for you. With this option, we first publish the print version of your doctoral thesis, which you then submit to the Office of Doctoral Affairs. You will need to provide five copies to the office. Following that, we will create a digital edition including the publisher's book cover and release it as an Open Access publication via mediaTUM.
✔ Digital Open Access edition with DOI or URN
✔ Print edition with ISBN
✔ Distribution through stationary and digital bookstores
✔ Individual support for print and digital edition
✔ Professional book cover and formal PDF check for print and digital edition
✔ Identical layout for print and digital edition
✔ Publishing fee of €500 plus printing costs
✔ Official version submitted at the Office for Doctoral Affairs: Print edition
What do you need to do?
- If you haven't done already: Please register your dissertation via the online workflow on mediaTUM. Indicate that you will be submitting the printed version to the Office of Doctoral Affairs. Online Workflow & Instructions
- Submit your publication inquiry via web form. Please check first whether you meet the acceptance criteria of TUM.University Press. If your publication is accepted, you will receive a cost estimate and all necessary information about the next steps.
Publication Inquiry
Support
TUM.University Press Team
Is none of the publication packages suitable for you?
You are of course free to publish with a commercial publisher or to submit five paper copies with ISBN to the Office of Doctoral Affairs in accordance with the TUM Doctoral Regulations. However, we cannot provide you with an ISBN allocation.