Doctoral and Postdoctoral Theses at the TU Dresden
Publishing doctoral and postdoctoral theses as well as details on required copies are subject to the doctoral/postdoctoral regulations of the faculties of the TU Dresden.
On the web pages of TU Dresden you will find an overview containing the relevant links to webpages and contacts in the Deans´ Offices responsible for doctoral matters within the faculty, and to the Doctoral Degree Regulations of the faculties.
There are different ways to publish a doctoral thesis. We recommend electronic publication via the Qucosa Document and Publication Server, where a PDF version is made freely available on the internet. However, you can also publish your thesis in print or with a publisher. If you have decided on a way of publication, please inform yourself about the specific requirements of your faculty.
Overview of the publication options (PDF/A)
Depending on the faculty and on the chosen way of publication, a certain amount of printed copies must be submitted to SLUB.:
| Faculty | Digital publication | Printed publication | Publishing house |
| Faculty of Architecture | digital version (PDF/A) + 5 copies | 10 copies | 5 copies (circulation of at least 200 copies, please provide a copy of proof) |
| Faculty of Civil Engineering | digital version (PDF/A) + 5 copies | Not applicable according to doctoral regulations | 10 copies (circulation of at least 100 copies, please provide a copy of proof) |
| Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering | digital version (PDF/A) + 5 copies Printed copies will be handed in at the faculty! | Not applicable according to doctoral regulations | 5 copies Printed copies will be handed in at the faculty! |
| Faculty of Education | digital version (PDF/A) + Consent Dean | 5 copies | Proof of a version published by a publisher with a circulation of at least 100 copies + Approval of the doctoral committee + optional 1 copy as a gift |
| Faculty of Computer Science | digital version (PDF/A) | Not applicable according to doctoral regulations | 5 copies (circulation of at least 150 copies, please provide a copy of proof) + digital version (PDF/A); Title of thesis, place and date of graduation should be shown at least on the back of the title page |
| Faculty of Law | digital version (PDF/A) + 5 copies | 10 copies | 6 copies the publisher's version |
Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering (valid until 26.04.2018) | digital version (PDF/A) + 10 copies | 25 copies | 6 copies (circulation of at least 150 copies, please provide a copy of proof) |
Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering (valid from 26.04.2018) | digital version (PDF/A) + 6 copies | 10 copies | 6 copies (circulation of at least 150 copies, please provide a copy of proof) |
| School of Science (including Psychology) | digital version (PDF/A) + 5 copies | 6 copies | 6 copies |
Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus Promotionsordnung zum Dr. med. und Dr. med. dent. vom 24.07.2011 | digital version (PDF/A) optional + consent of the supervisor of the doctorate (see application for the opening of the doctoral procedure, Formblatt 1.2) + 5 copy | 5 copies Printed copies will be handed in at the faculty! | 5 copies |
Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus | digital version (PDF/A) optional + Consent of the supervisor of the doctorate (see application for the opening of the doctoral procedure, Formblatt 1.2) | 5 copies Printed copies will be handed in at the faculty! | 5 copies |
Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science | digital version (PDF/A) + 5 copies | 10 copies | 6 copies or publication in a scientific journal + delivery of 5 copies of the respective issue |
Faculty of Linguistics, Literature and Cultural Studies
| digital version (PDF/A) as well as proof of approval from the supervising university instructor | Not applicable according to doctoral regulations | 6 copies (circulation of at least 150 copyies, please provide a copies of proof) as well as proof of approval from the supervising university instructor |
Faculty of Environmental Sciences | digital version (PDF/A) + 5 copies | Not applicable according to doctoral regulations | Not applicable according to doctoral regulations |
"Friedrich List" Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences | digital version (PDF/A) + 5 copies | 10 copies | 6 copies (circulation of at least 150 copies, please provide a copy of proof) |
Faculty of Business and Economics | digital version (PDF/A) + 6 copies | 6 copies | 6 copies (circulation of at least 150 copies, please provide a copy of proof) |