Personal submission of your dissertation (no appointment necessary)
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Universitätsbibliothek der LMU München, Publikationsdienste DissertationenPlease note that it is not possible to drop off items outside opening hours. There is no letterbox for posting university theses.
The following FAQ is intended to help you with the publication of your thesis. If you have any specific questions, please contact the “Publication Services Theses”
We will always inform you by e-mail if there are any changes to the submission status of your thesis. You do not need to call us.
PowerPoint presentation for the biannual information event on the publication of dissertations
According to the doctoral regulations or Habilitationsordnungen of the faculties, you have two options for publishing your thesis:
The doctoral regulation or your Habilitationsordnung regulate how many printed depository copies must be submitted. Some doctoral regulations also allow other forms of submission on request.
Every thesis must include a so-called faculty title page. Usually, you have already added this to the front of your thesis when submitting it for revision. After the oral exam, you will usually have to add a few details.
It contains the following information:
The requirements can be found in your doctoral regulation or your Habilitationsordnung.
Referees and dates of submission and oral exam are not required for Habilitationsschriften. Here you only need to indicate the year in which the Venia legendi was granted.
Faculty title pages for all faculties (Word)
Faculty title page Biology (LaTeX)
Faculty title page Chemistry and Pharmacy (LaTeX)
Faculty title page Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences (LaTeX)
Faculty title page Medicine (LaTeX)
Before you submit your thesis, you should check that you have complied with the legal requirements concerning copyright:
As the author of your work, you are responsible for clarifying the appropriate rights. However, we are happy to assist you with any specific questions you may have.
When you upload your thesis in the repository "Electronic Theses" of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, you are making a legally binding declaration to the University.
You confirm that
You grant the University Library
Act on Copyright and Related Rights (Urheberrechtsgesetz – UrhG)
If you publish your thesis as a book with a regular publisher, you must submit 2 to 6 copies of the published book, depending on your doctoral regulation or your Habilitationsordnung.
Either the publisher binds the faculty title page to your specifications or you paste it into the books before the publisher's title page.
If the title has changed since submission, enter the title of submission here.
If you have published your thesis with a publisher you will be welcome to re-publish it on the repository "Electronic Theses" of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München once the usage rights have been clarified.
Faculty title pages for all faculties
How to paste the faculty title page into a publisher's edition (PDF, 58 KB)
The entire thesis must be submitted in a single PDF file, no other formats are allowed.
If you have additional data, please attach a USB stick to the printed copies. "Publication Services Theses" will create a ZIP file from the data on the USB stick, which will also be uploaded to the repository "Electronic Theses" of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
The name of the PDF file must follow fixed specifications, and the PDF file must also contain document properties and a language setting (see What should the file name of the PDF file be? and How do I set the document properties and the language setting for the PDF file?).
If your thesis contains articles that have already been published in a journal, are in the process of being published, or are yet to be produced from the results of your work, you must ensure that you do not infringe the publisher's usage rights.
However, many publishers allow secondary publication in a doctoral thesis in an institutional repository. The repository "Electronic Theses" of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München is one such institutional repository.
Form for the issue of a blocking note due to publishing in a journal (PDF, 108 KB)
Please enter the document properties and the language setting in your original file. When you convert your Word file to a PDF file, these values will be adopted.
Only if you have the paid Adobe Acrobat Pro application (not to be confused with Adobe Acrobat Reader) can you edit document properties and language settings directly in the PDF file.
Please do not change the security settings. Changes will not protect your thesis from being misused. However, they will result in your thesis being rejected by the „Publication Services Theses", as the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek will not be able to include your thesis in its catalogue.
You cannot set the language on a computer with macOS. In this case, the language setting is made by the "Publicatio Services Theses".
Please enter the document properties and the language setting in your original file. When you convert your Apache OpenOffice file to a PDF file, these values will be adopted.
Only if you have the paid Adobe Acrobat Pro application (not to be confused with Adobe Acrobat Reader) can you edit document properties and language settings directly in the PDF file.
Please do not change the security settings. Changes will not protect your thesis from being misused. However, they will result in your thesis being rejected by the „Publication Services Theses", as the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek will not be able to include your thesis in its catalogue.
Please enter the document properties and the language setting in your original file. When you convert your LaTex file to a PDF file, these values will be adopted.
Only if you have the paid Adobe Acrobat Pro application (not to be confused with Adobe Acrobat Reader) can you edit document properties and language settings directly in the PDF file.
Please do not change the security settings. Changes will not protect your thesis from being misused. However, they will result in your thesis being rejected by the „Publication Services Theses", as the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek will not be able to include your thesis in its catalogue.
Use the hyperref package to create document properties in LaTeX. To do this, insert the following commands into the document preamble of your LaTeX document:
\usepackage{hyperref}
\hypersetup {
pdfpagemode = {UseNone},
pdftitle = {Title of your thesis},
pdfauthor = {FirstName LastName},
pdflang = {en-GB}
}
Please make sure that the subtitle is also included in the document properties.
German: | de-DE |
British English: | en-GB |
American English: | en-US |
French: | fr-FR |
Spanish: | es-ES |
Italian: | it-IT |
With the paid application Adobe Acrobat Pro, you do not need to enter the document properties in the original file, but can do so directly in the PDF file.
Please do not change the security settings. Changes will not protect your thesis from being misused. However, they will result in your thesis being rejected by the „Publication Services Theses", as the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek will not be able to include your thesis in its catalogue.
OR
The "Print to PDF" command does not retain the document properties and the language setting of the document. You can use Adobe Acrobat Reader to check whether the document properties have been adopted. However, the language setting is not visible in Adobe Acrobat Reader.
If you are using a computer running MacOS, the language setting will not be included in the PDF file. In this case, the language setting is made via the "Publication Services Theses".
OR
You can use Adobe Acrobat Reader to check whether the document properties have been adopted. However, the language setting is not visible in Adobe Acrobat Reader.
If you are using a computer running MacOS, the language setting will not be included in the PDF file. In this case, the language setting is made via the "Publication Services Theses".
LaTeX (or TeX) mostly uses bitmap fonts. After converting the Postscript output to PDF format, these fonts are poorly displayed on screen by some PDF previewers such as Adobe Acrobat Reader. Bitmap fonts should therefore be avoided, also in view of the size of the output file. The following options are available:
The program "pdflatex" is included in every current LaTeX distribution. It creates a PDF file directly from the LaTeX file.
Images must be in PDF, JPG or PNG format. Images in Encapsulated Postscript (EPS) format can be converted to PDF using Adobe Acrobat Distiller on Windows or MacOS or epstopdf (with Ghostscript 6.0 or later) on Unix/Linux.
Vector graphics (drawings) should be in PDF format.
The hyperref package of LaTeX automatically creates hyperlinks within the document.
dvipdfm converts the DVI file created with standard LaTeX directly into PDF format. When using the graphicx package from LaTeX, graphics in EPS, JPG and PNG formats are directly processed in addition to PDF graphics. dvipdfm is included in most LaTeX distributions.
If the fonts in this format are not included in the LaTeX distribution, they can be obtained from the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN). For "dvips" the options "-Pcmz -Pamz" are appropriate. To convert the Postscript file created by "dvips" into a PDF file, you can use e.g. Adobe Acrobat Distiller under Windows or MacOS or "ps2pdf" (with Ghostscript 6.0 or later) under Unix/Linux. However, these do not allow hyperlinks within the document.
Name your file like this: Surname_FirstName.pdf. If parts of your name are connected by hyphens, please enter a hyphen instead of an underscore.
Spaces must not be included in the file name and must be replaced by an underscore and not by writing parts of the name together.
If your first name or surname contains characters such as ä, ö, ü and ß, please resolve them as ae, oe, ue and ss etc. Please do not use diacritical marks in the file name.
For example:
Before you can upload your thesis to the repository "Electronic Theses" of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, you need to register.
Once you have registered, you can log in using your username and password by clicking on the "Login" menu item.
Now you can upload your PDF file to the repository by clicking "New item" and going through the screens one by one:
"Publication Services Theses" will check your electronic thesis for formal correctness and inform you by e-mail. Only when the printed copies have been submitted will your thesis be considered published and the certificate will be issued.
Please be very careful when creating the PDF file and uploading it!
Once your thesis has been published by "Publication Services Theses", it is no longer possible to make any changes to the thesis!
Please be very careful when creating the PDF file and uploading it!
If the metadata are incorrect, please send an e-mail to "Publication Services Theses". They will correct the error for you.
If an error occurred in the PDF file and your thesis has not yet been published, you can request its deletion.
The "Publication Services Theses" will send your upload back, which you will find in the repository "Electronic Theses" of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München under the tab "Manage deposits".
If you have corrected your PDF file and the incorrect version is still displayed, please clear your browser cache.
Once your thesis has been published by "Publication Services Theses", it is no longer possible to make any changes!
Creative Commons (CC) is an international non-profit organisation that regulates the re-use of works through pre-written license agreements. All rights protected by the Act on Copyright and Related Rights (Urheberrechtsgesetz – UrhG) are always retained without restriction.
It is not mandatory to grant a CC license. If you check "Unspecified" when uploading the PDF file, your thesis will automatically be subject to the German copyright law.
However, if you choose to grant a CC license, it will be valid for as long as the Act on Copyright and Related Rights (Urheberrechtsgesetz – UrhG) allows, i.e. 70 years after the death of the author (Section 64 UrhG). The decision to use a CC license cannot be reversed.
There are six different types of CC licenses. Of these, CC BY or CC BY-SA clearly comply with the DFG's "Guidelines for Safeguarding Good Scientific Practice" and the "Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Scientific Knowledge".
Act on Copyright and Related Rights (Urheberrechtsgesetz – UrhG)
DFG's "Guidelines for Safeguarding Good Scientific Practice"
Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Scientific Knowledge
If you are placing the PDF file under a CC license, you must clearly indicate this in both the PDF file and the printed copies. To do this, please print the following text on the back of the faculty title page (in the case of medicine, below the table of contents):
The CC License options:
This license enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, so long as attribution is given to the creator. The license allows for commercial use.
BY: Credit must be given to the creator.This license enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, so long as attribution is given to the creator. The license allows for commercial use. If you remix, adapt, or build upon the material, you must license the modified material under identical terms.
BY: Credit must be given to the creator.SA: Adaptations must be shared under the same terms.
This license enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for non-commercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator.
BY: Credit must be given to the creator.NC: Only non-commercial uses of the work are permitted.
This license enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for non-commercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. If you remix, adapt, or build upon the material, you must license the modified material under identical terms.
BY: Credit must be given to the creator.NC: Only non-commercial uses of the work are permitted.
SA: Adaptations must be shared under the same terms.
This license enables reusers to copy and distribute the material in any medium or format in unadapted form only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. The license allows for commercial use.
BY: Credit must be given to the creator.ND: No derivatives or adaptations of the work are permitted.
This license enables reusers to copy and distribute the material in any medium or format in unadapted form only, for non-commercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator.
BY: Credit must be given to the creator.NC: Only non-commercial uses of the work are permitted.
ND: No derivatives or adaptations of the work are permitted.
Once you have uploaded your thesis to the repository "Electronic Theses" of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, you must submit 2 to 6 printed copies to the "Publication Services Theses", depending on your doctoral order or your Habilitationsordnung
If your thesis is related to a patent application, you may request that your thesis not be published until up to 3 years after the date of the oral exam. However, you have already fulfilled your statutory obligation to publish your thesis by submitting the required copies and will receive your doctoral certificate.
Please proceed as follows:
The blocking period is initially two years and can be extended once for another year.
To extend the blocking period, please contact the "Publication Services Theses" by e-mail at least 4 weeks before the original deadline. You will then receive a completed extension form, which must be signed by you and your doctoral supervisor. This extension form is not available online.
If the blocking note is no longer required before the blocking period expires, please inform the Publication Services Theses by e-mail.
Form for the issue of a blocking note due to a patent application (PDF, 138 KB)
Form for the suspension of a blocking note due to a patent application (PDF, 211 KB)
If your thesis contains parts that have not yet been published in a journal or if you have to observe an embargo period due to already published articles, you may request that your thesis not be published until up to 3 years after the date of the oral exam. However, you have already fulfilled your statutory requirement to publish your thesis by submitting the required copies and will receive your doctoral certificate.
Please proceed as follows:
The blocking period is initially one year and can be extended twice for one year each.
To extend the blocking period, please contact the "Publication Services Theses" by e-mail at least 4 weeks before the original deadline. You will then receive a completed extension form, which must be signed by you and your doctoral supervisor. This extension form is not available online.
If the blocking note is no longer required before the blocking period expires, please inform the "Publication Services Theses" by e-mail.
Form for the issue of a blocking note due to publishing in a journal (PDF, 108 KB)
You can submit your thesis to the "Publication Services Theses" in person, through a third party (without authorization) or by (in-house) mail.
Please note that a drop-off is not possible outside opening hours. There is no mailbox for dropping off your thesis.
Personal delivery
Monday – Friday 9.00 a.m. – noon (no appointment necessary)
Address for in-house mail
Publikationsdienste Dissertationen
Leopoldstr. 13, Haus 1, Zimmer 1108
80802 München
Postal address
Universitätsbibliothek der LMU
Publikationsdienste Dissertationen
Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1
80539 München
Before sending parcels from non-EU-countries please check customs formalities. Parcels held at German customs will be returned to the sender.
We will always inform you when your upload is in order, a part of your submission has arrived or the submission is complete. You don't need to call us. If you track your package and it is considered delivered, please allow an additional 2-3 business days for the package to be received by "Publication Services Theses" for processing.
Please include your e-mail address when sending your books by post so that we can inform you. You can also send us your e-mail address via e-mail to "Publication Services Theses".
The University Library (UB) has joined forces with publishing service providers to enable you to publish your thesis simultaneously as a printed book and in electronic form.
This type of publication requires a certain amount of time on your part. The manuscript of your thesis must be ready for typesetting before it is submitted to us, i.e. the wording cannot be changed, it must be free of spelling mistakes, etc., and formatted according to the specifications in our checklist.
We work with two service providers, the Nomos Verlag with the Olms imprint and the self-publisher Buchschmiede in Vienna.
The services of the UB (typesetting, contact with the publisher, etc.) are free of charge in both cases.
This is how it works:
You will be kept informed of every step by email.
Checklist for "Open Publishing LMU" (PDF, 195 KB)
On this server you'll find currently 21431 electronic theses of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in PDF format.