Qualification thesis are to be submitted in accordance with the doctorate or habilitation regulations of the individual faculties, which are available at the respective dean’s office or online:
Overview of doctoral degree regulations [GER]
Overview of habilitation regulations [GER]
The regulations specify the form required in order for the thesis to be approved for publication as well as the number of deposit copies to be submitted to the university library. The library includes the qualification thesis in its catalog and, depending on the publication mode, additionally in the Digitale Bibliothek Thüringen (DBT). The library also forwards the deposit copies to other academic libraries according to agreements and regulations between German libraries.
Video on the topic advantages of an open access thesis[TIB AV-Portal, German]
Please register your qualification thesis via the Electronic Text Center (ETC) at the latest after the defence (disputation) and before printing the deposit copies. Please use our registration form [GER]
For detailed information on the submission procedure for publishing your electronic qualification thesis in the Digitale Bibliothek Thüringen (DBT), please refer to our step-by-step guide
The format requirement for publishing your electronic qualification thesis in the DBT is PDF/A format. You can find information on creating PDF/A files in our instructions
The publication contract[GER] serves as the basis for the publication of your electronic qualification thesis in the DBT.
The conditions for the reuse of previously published content in the context of dissertations may vary depending on the publisher. Please clarify the legal basis in advance. TU Berlin handout on cumulative dissertations [German]
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us or use our step-by-step guide
Doctorate-degree regulations of the University of Erfurt
Habilitation regulations of the University of Erfurt
For the publication of electronic qualification thesis:
Registration form [GER]
Publication contract [GER]