You can find all the important information for publishing your thesis online in the info sheet “How do I publish my thesis on the publication system?” linked below.

Links and documents:

Info sheet „Online publication of PhD theses“

Publication system

Publication contract and Declaration of conformity

If your thesis has been published with a commercial publisher, you need to hand in a certain number of deposit copies at the library. For the exact number, please refer to the Doctoral Degree Regulations (“Promotionsordnung”) applicable to you.

Please note that we do not send copies to your supervisors and reviewers.

Along with the copies, you have to hand in the print approval (“Druckgenehmigung”, depending on your faculty also “Imprimatur”, “Druckfreigabe”, or approved title page; in some cases, the dean’s office sends this to us directly). A copy of this document is sufficient.

The copies of your thesis also need to contain the official thesis title page (also “inlay sheet” “Einlegeblatt” “Titelblatt”). If this page has not already been bound into the copies by the publisher or is send to us by the dean’s office, you need to print this page in the appropriate format for each deposit copy and insert it at the front.

Please note: The thesis title page that needs to be inserted has to be the version that has been approved/mandated by the dean’s office but without their approval stamp and signature.

The deposit copies can be sent to us separately from the documents, directly from the publisher. In this case you can send us the print approval and thesis title page via email.

Depending on the Doctoral Degree Regulations (“Promotionsordnung”) and your faculty there may be other options for fulfilling the publication obligation.

Regardless of the publication form you decide on, the number of printed copies that has been specified by the faculty needs to be handed in at the University Library. Please note the information below when preparing the deposit copies. 

Along with the copies, you have to hand in the print approval (“Druckgenehmigung”, depending on your faculty also “Imprimatur”, “Druckfreigabe”, or approved title page; in some cases, the dean’s office sends this to us directly). A copy of this document is sufficient.

In addition, the faculty’s approval for the chosen form of publication usually needs to be handed in.

If the deposit copies for the library are printed and bound by a copy shop, please note the following requirements by the University Library:

• The copies need to be printed on white, aging resistent paper.
• The copies need to be bound using a permanent adhesive (perfect, thermal etc.) binding. Deposit copies using, comb, coil, spiral, channel or similar binding will not be accepted.
• The printed copies need to contain the thesis titel page (if applicable: both pages; in the version that has been approved/mandated by the dean's office but without their stamp and signature) even if it's additionally printed on the cover.

Please check if your faculty has any further requirements.

Otherwise, we recommend for the deposit copies to be in DIN A5 format, softcover, printed double sided.

Please understand that we cannot make any recommendations for copy shops.
 

Always include an email address when you’re handing in your deposit copies and documents, so we can contact you if necessary. 

If possible, hand in everything at the same time. If a copy shop hands in the deposit copies separately that’s also completely fine. In this case, let us know in advance, so we are able to contact you if necessary.

In some cases, the deposit copies and required documents need to be handed in at your faculty’s dean’s office and will then be sent to the library. For more information, please check with your faculty.

By mail

You can send the copies and documents via postal services to the following address:

Universitätsbibliothek

Hochschulpublikationen / Dissertationen

Wilhelmstraße 32

72074 Tübingen

If you’re sending the copies from a non-EU country, make sure that all information and documents needed for the customs declaration are included. The library is not able to make the customs declaration or pay customs duties and import taxes.

In person at the library

You can hand in the copies and documents at the library in person at the Information desk in the Ammerbau from Monday to Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm (no appointment required). Please check the website of the University Library in advance for deviating opening hours. It’s also possible for someone else to hand in your copies and documents (no prior notice necessary).

Our colleagues at the information desk are exclusively responsible for receiving and forwarding the deposit copies and documents. They cannot answer any questions about the publication process or formalities. If you have any questions, feel free to contact the University Publications/Doctoral Theses Office in advance.

As soon as we’ve received the deposit copies and all required documents or, in case of online publication, as soon as we have published your thesis, we will issue a confirmation that is sent to the dean’s office via internal mail. If we have your email address, we will inform you once we’ve issued the confirmation.