The University Publication Office of the University Library accepts the deposit copies as part of the publication obligation for dissertations and habilitations. It issues the certificate required to receive the doctoral certificate and sends it to the contact person in the respective faculty.
The University Publication Office provides information on general questions and submission formalities for printed and digital documents.
Further information
- Publication portal OPUS Weimar for researching electronic documents
- Publication service "Digitale Bibliothek Thüringen" for the publication of electronic documents
- Printing cost subsidy for the doctoral thesis
Publication requirement for doctoral degrees and Habilitations (post-doctoral degrees)
Please note the doctoral regulations of the faculties of Architecture and Urbanism, Civil Engineering, Media, and Art and Design, including the examination regulations for the Art and Design / Fine Art / Media Art and Design doctoral programme for a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree.
Doctoral candidates on the Ph.D. course must fully document at least the academic part of their work and the art/design part in the form of a written summary.
Submitting deposit copies to the university library is a requirement for the awarding of the Ph.D. The library makes copies available to other universities or libraries as part of the publication exchange programme.
Submission options
at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism:
- One electronic document and 4 printed copies in bound form
or - 3 publisher’s copies, if the work is published by a publishing house or in a journal
or - 8 printed copies in bound form
at the Faculties of Media, Civil Engineering, Art and Design:
- One electronic document and 6 printed copies in bound form
or - 3 publisher's copies, if the work is published by a publishing house or in a journal
or - 20 printed copies in bound form
Format information
The deposit copies must be submitted in the text and image format approved by the faculty. However, spelling and typography proofreading is welcome.
In addition to the text, the thesis includes the following:
- A title page with the information specified in the doctoral regulations (date of defence, name of reviewers)
- Sworn declaration (optional)
- CV (optional)
If the version submitted contains a CV, this can be removed from the online version and replaced with blank pages.
Submission in digital format
- File in PDF/A format
- No copy protection or password on the file(s)
Submission in print format
The Bauhaus Research School helps students with low incomes to publish their theses by offering a printing subsidy.
- A4 to A5
- Soft cover or hard cover (no ring binding)
Submission as a electronic document
The publication of your dissertation in electronic form will take place from 15.01.2024 in the publication portal Digitale Bibliothek Thüringen (DBT).
Publishing is possible with a valid university account. Authors and submitters must login via Shibboleth.
If you are considering having your thesis published by a publishing house in the near future, you should clarify the possibility of prior or parallel online publication with the publishing house.
For theses being published in a publication series by the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar publishing house (Verlagsgruppe arts + science Weimar), the work may be published in parallel on the publication portal in the version submitted for the doctoral examination under a contract formalised between the university and the publishing house.
If (initial) publication is on Digitale Bibliothek Thürigen, doctoral candidates are free to also publish their work in print format via a publishing house.
In addition to the online publication, 6 printed copies or 4 printed copies for the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism must be submitted in bound form.
Publication on the publication portal involves the following steps:
- Clarify the fundamentals of copyright and licensing
- Provide a file in PDF/A format without copy or password protection
- Choose a creative commons licence
- Enter the metadata for the work in the publication form
- Submit the form
- Upload the file(s)
Publishers can make corrections and upload the file until the University Library releases them.
After a formal check, your document will be activated. You will receive a message by e-mail.
If you do not have a valid Bauhaus-Universität Weimar university account, you can submit your publication here.
Submission of a publishing house publication
If you opt for publication by a publishing house, please note the following:
- Your publication’s imprint must state that it is a Bauhaus-Universität Weimar thesis.
- The year of the oral examination must be stated.
If the title is changed by the publishing house, please note this in the imprint or another suitable location (e.g. by stating ‘The thesis was submitted under the title: ...’)
Three publisher’s copies are required to fulfil the publication requirement.
Since the amendment of the German Copyright Act (UrhG) in 2014, the authors of scientific contributions are entitled under specific conditions to publish these works in online repositories as a secondary publication, even if this right is not provided for by the publication contract concluded with the publisher of the initial publication. The publication portal facilitates this secondary publication.
Other contacts
Library Open Access Officer
Dana Horch, Diplom-Kulturwiss. (Medien), M.A. (LIS)
phone: +49 (0) 36 43/58 28 05
e-Mail: dana.horch[at]uni-weimar.de
Legal Affairs
Dr. Steffi Heine
phone: +49 (0) 36 43 / 58 12 16
e-Mail: steffi.heine[at]uni-weimar.de
Bauhaus Research School
Marion Hensel
e-Mail: marion.hensel[at]uni-weimar.de