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Dissertations & Final Theses

Please note that because of the COVID-19 pandemic, mandatory deposit copies of your dissertation have to be submitted by mail to the Exchange Office for Dissertations and Publications.

Marburg University Library complies with the applicable regulations as set out in the Doctoral Degree Regulations (Promotionsordnungen) of the faculties. These generally require publication of the dissertation in one of the following forms:

• Publication in book form by a publishing house or in a scientific journal
• Publication as a photoprint
• Publication as a microfiche
• Electronic publication (if the dissertation is published electronically, two additional print copies must be submitted to the University Library)

The overview provided below applies. If older doctoral degree regulations are still valid in your case (depends on the date your dissertation was accepted), then the modalities which govern the submission of deposit copies of your dissertation may differ from those listed below.

• Certificate for submission of mandatory deposit copies
• Declaration on the publication of electronic documents

• Inhalt ausklappen Inhalt einklappen Submission of Deposit Copies of Dissertations to the University LibrarySubmission of Deposit Copies of Dissertations to the University Library

  According to an agreement among all faculties, doctoral candidates who have uploaded their dissertations in electronic form (in PDF-A format) will only have to submit two printed copies at the University Library. For further information see Publishing Dissertations.

• Inhalt ausklappen Inhalt einklappen Submission of Printed DissertationsSubmission of Printed Dissertations

  Faculty: Photo Print; Publisher/Journal:
  01 Law: 80; 4
  02 Economics: 50; 4
  03 Humanities and Philosophy: 50; 4
  04 Psychology: not allowed; 4
  05 Protestant Theology: 50; 4
  06 History and Cultural Studies: 50; 4
  09 German Studies and Art History, Musicilogy: 50; 4
  10 Foreign Languages and Philologies: 50; 4
  12 Mathematics and Informatics: not allowed; 4
  13 Physics: not allowed; 4
  15 Chemistry: not allowed; 4
  16 Pharmacy: not allowed; 4
  17 Biology: not allowed; 4
  19 Geography / Earth Sciences: not allowed; 4
  20 Medicine (Dr. med., Dr. med. dent.): 25; 4
  20 Human Biology in the Medical Faculty: not allowed; 4
  21 Education Studies: 50; 4

• Inhalt ausklappen Inhalt einklappen Submission of Dissertations in Microfiche FormatSubmission of Dissertations in Microfiche Format

  Faculty: Microfiches (MF) (+ Masterfiche)
  01 Law: not allowed
  02 Economics: 50 MF + 4 print copies
  03 Humanities and Philosophy: not allowed
  04 Psychology: not allowed
  05 Protestant Theology: 50 MF + 4 print copies
  06 History and Cultural Studies: 50 MF
  09 German Studies and Art History / Musicology: 50 MF + 4 print copies
  10 Foreign Languages and Philologies: not allowed
  12 Mathematics and Informatics: not allowed
  13 Physics: not allowed
  15 Chemistry: not allowed
  16 Pharmacy: not allowed
  17 Biology: not allowed
  19 Geography / Earth Sciences: not allowed
  20 Medicine (Dr. med., Dr. med. dent.): not allowed
  20 Human Biology in the Medical Faculty: not allowed
  21 Education Studies: 50 MF + 4 print copies

• Inhalt ausklappen Inhalt einklappen ContactContact

  Please note that because of the COVID-19 pandemic, mandatory deposit copies of your dissertation have to be submitted by mail to the Exchange Office for Dissertations and Publications.

  If you have any questions, please contact us:
  Email: disstausch@ub.uni-marburg.de
  Tel.: +49 6421 28-25187

  Address:
  Universitätsbibliothek Marburg
  Dissertations- und Tauschstelle
  Deutschhausstr. 9
  35037 Marburg