Publication
Publication (enforcement)
The required templates and documents can be found under “Documents and Services” – “Publication (enforcement)”.
Please refer to the website of the FAU doctoral theses service for further information.
The following forms of publication (see also the valid doctoral regulations) are possible:
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- Option 1: “Electronic publication (OPEN FAU)”
The signed application form must be submitted to the Economic and Social Sciences Branch Library. Instructions for publication in OPEN FAU: https://open.fau.de/info/faq/rulesfordiss (upload with IDM ID or FAU e-mail address)
Contact: Kim-Patrick Weiß/Gerlint Straub, Tel. 09131 85-29377, E-Mail: ub-repo@fau.de.
For essay-based theses: Please remember to add a blocking notice to your thesis when uploading if parts of essay-based dissertations are still in the review process. Please send this – signed by you and your supervisor – to the doctoral office for approval. You can find the document here.
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- Option 2: “Publishing publication”
The application for a publisheing publication and publishing contract (minimum number of copies: 150) must be submitted to the Economic and Social Sciences Branch Library in Nuremberg (contact: Gabriele Radler/Julia Gauthier, Tel. 0911 5302-95847 or -95639, E-mail: ub-wszb-diss@fau.de). Within one year (date of the oral examination) 6 copies of the book printed by the publisher must be handed in at the Economics and Social Sciences Branch Library together with the application for completion
Contact: Gabriele Radler/Julia Gauthier, Tel. 0911 5302-95847 or -95639, E-Mail: ub-wszb-diss@fau.de.
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- Option 3: “FAU University Press”
The signed application form must be submitted to the Economic and Social Sciences Branch Library in Nuremberg (contact: Gabriele Radler/Julia Gauthier, Tel. 0911 5302-95847 or -95639, E-mail: ub-wszb-diss@fau.de) before you have signed the FAU publishing contract. 6 copies must be submitted if the complete work marked as a dissertation is also published electronically by the FAU University Press (https://ub.fau.de)
Contact: Markus Putnings, Tel. 09131 85-27835, -24797, E-mail: markus.putnings@fau.de.
Doctorate Certificate
After the candidate has fulfilled all obligations, the doctorate is awarded by handing over the doctoral certificate. Only after receiving the doctoral certificate does the doctoral candidate have the right to use the doctoral title.