General guidelines for the publication and delivery of the dissertation

The documents for the opening procedure must be submitted digitally two weeks before the meeting of the Board of Professors. The dissertation must be submitted no later than two working days before the Board of Professors’ meeting. Exception: At the last Board of Professors’ meeting before the lecture-free period, an early opening can take place and the dissertation can be submitted later.

Please send the documents to:

promotionen-fk3(at)tu-braunschweig.de

For faster processing, please number the files.

The application to start the doctoral examination procedure is submitted when the dissertation has already been completed or is about to be completed. The application to initiate the procedure can also be submitted at the same time as the application for acceptance.

The application to initiate the procedure must be accompanied by

• E1-Surname-Application
  The application for opening (an informal letter) to the Dean of the Faculty (3) of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences (with the private address and e-mail of the doctoral candidate) as well as the date, signature and indication of the title/notification of cumulative dissertation
• E2-Surname-Acceptance
  Notification of acceptance as a doctoral candidate in accordance with § 4 of the doctoral degree regulations and, if applicable, proof of any conditions imposed
• E3-Surname-Curriculum-Vitae
  Curriculum vitae and educational background of the doctoral candidate with contact details, date and signature as well as a list of academic publications
• E4-Surname-Affidavit
  Affidavit (§ 6 (paragraph 2 section h) of the doctoral degree regulations).
• E5-Surname-GradTUBS
  Proof of GradTUBS (checked by supervisor) or letter of equivalence from the supervisor with list of further training courses
• E6-Surname-Abstract
  Abstract of the dissertation of approximately one DIN A4 sheet with the name of the doctoral candidate, date and signature and indication of the title (in the case of a dissertation in English: abstract in German and English)
• E7 Surname-Doctoral-Committee
  Proposal for the doctoral committee (with contact details of the professors), prepared and signed by the supervisor
• E8-Surname-Dissertation
  The dissertation in electronic form. For the title page of the submitted dissertation, the title page according to Annex 1 of the Doctoral Degree Regulations must be used.

The thesis title must be the same in the application, abstract and dissertation.

Additionally:

• Official certificate of good conduct with document type "0" for submission to an authority for the purpose of doctoral studies, not older than 6 months. The certificate of good conduct should be sent directly to the office. Address:
  
  TU Braunschweig
  Faculty 3
  Mrs Anja Groß
  Mühlenpfordtstraße 23, 9th floor
  38106 Braunschweig

After the meeting of the Board of Professors, the members of the examination committee and the doctoral candidate will be informed on the committee's composition. The reporters are asked to prepare the expert reports and send them directly to the office. We will forward them to the chairperson of the doctoral committee.

Special features:

• Consent to the cumulative dissertation
• Affidavit (§ 6 (paragraph 2 section h) of the doctoral degree regulations) with information on the cumulative dissertation (sample in Annex 7 of the doctoral degree regulations)
• Insertion of "cumulative thesis" in the title page of the dissertation (sample in Annex 1 and 2 of the Doctoral Degree Regulations)

Before going to print, the final version of the dissertation must be approved by the member of the examination committee named for this purpose. Review can refer both to changes in content and/or to the final title of the dissertation.

Approval must be confirmed in writing (see sample form for the print template).

According to one of the following positions printed copies of the final dissertation have to be delivered to the TU Braunschweig Library, plus, if applicable, electronic publication:

1. Own reproduction: 40 copies bound with title page, see sample in Appendix 2
2. If published by a publisher with a confirmed minimum print run of 150 copies, proved by stating the ISBN number: 4 copies, bound, with an indication on the back of the title page that it is a dissertation at the Technische Universität Braunschweig, see sample Appendix 3
3. If the thesis is published in substantial parts in a scientific journal or in the case of a cumulative dissertation: 6 copies, bound, with title page, see sample Appendix 2
4. In the case of electronic publication in accordance with the currently valid information sheet of the University Library: 2 copies, bound, with title page, see sample in Appendix 2

Proof of publication is provided by forwarding a confirmation of the receipt from the University Library to the faculty.

Please find detailed information on the publication of the dissertation on the website of the Thesis Office of the University Library:

https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/en/ub/publishing-open-access/thesis-office

Furthermore, additional printed copies of the dissertation for members of the examination committee or for professors of the faculty may have to be submitted. If this is the case, the office will inform the doctoral candidate of the number of copies after the defence.

The degree certificate can be collected once the final version of the dissertation has been published and submitted according to Annex 4 of the Doctorate Regulations of Faculty 3 (explained in detail in the section above).

After publication, the doctoral candidate will be informed by e-mail as soon as the certificate is ready for collection from the office.