Dissertations
In order to fulfill the publication requirement for your dissertation, you have the choice between several publication types. One possibility is the electronic publication of your dissertation on OPUS. Further possible publication types can be found here.
To publish your dissertation electronically, please log in to OPUS, enter all necessary information describing your work and upload the corresponding file(s) to OPUS.
Before uploading your file(s) to OPUS, please make sure that they meet certain technical requirements.
Also, please settle copyright and licensing issues before publishing electronically so that no third party rights conflict with the publication.
After you have uploaded your work and we have formally reviewed it, you will receive feedback from us if everything is in order from our point of view.
If changes need to be made, we can refer the document back to you and you can make the correction. Please note that changes are no longer possible after publication.
If everything is in order, you can have the 6 print copies of the dissertation made that must be submitted in addition to the electronic version. Please note the guidelines for the outer form.
The online and print versions must match exactly in order to ensure the correct citability of your work. This means that also the formatting and pagination must be identical. Therefore, please print only the final PDF file and not the manuscript from Word, InDesign or LaTeX to avoid differing formatting, breaks, etc. If the printer makes changes to the file, e.g. inserts or removes blank pages or even changes pagination, please ask for the corresponding file and inform us about it.
A curriculum vitae does not have to be published in the dissertation (see Doctoral Degree Regulations (PromO) Sec. 13, par. 3, cl. 1). As the online version of the dissertation is permanently available worldwide, we recommend not doing so for reasons of privacy. Please remove the CV, if necessary, and adapt the table of contents accordingly before uploading the file. In this case, please make sure that the print copies also do not contain a CV as the online and print versions must match exactly.
Deletion is no longer possible after the publication.
Additionally, we need the completed and signed licensing terms (DE).
Please contact the Team Publication Services (T3) of the University Library to submit the print copies and the corresponding documents.
You can find further information on the submission and further procedure here.
After clearance of your dissertation by the dean or the chairperson of the doctoral committee, you will automatically be notified by email that your document has now been published.
Habilitation Theses
Habilitations theses written at the University of Stuttgart are to be published as well (see Habilitation Regulations (HabilO) Sec. 12, par.1, cl. 1).
As for dissertations, you also have the choice between several publication types here. One possibility is the electronic publication of your habilitation thesis on OPUS. Other possible publication types are the release through a publishing house, as a self-print, within an institution series or as a cumulative habilitation thesis.
To publish your habilitation thesis electronically, please log in to OPUS enter all necessary information describing your work and upload the corresponding file(s) to OPUS.
Before uploading your file(s) to OPUS, please make sure that they meet certain technical requirements.
Also, please settle copyright and licensing issues before publishing electronically so that no third party rights conflict with the publication.
After you have uploaded your work and we have formally reviewed it, you will receive feedback from us if everything is in order from our point of view.
If changes need to be made, we can refer the document back to you and you can make the correction. Please note that changes are no longer possible after publication.
If everything is in order, you can have the 5 print copies of the habilitation thesis that must be submitted in addition to the electronic version.
The online and print versions must match exactly in order to ensure the correct citability of your work. This means that also the formatting and pagination must be identical. Therefore, please print only the final PDF file and not the manuscript from Word, InDesign or LaTeX to avoid differing formatting, breaks, etc. If the printer makes changes to the file, e.g. inserts or removes blank pages or even changes pagination, please ask for the corresponding file and inform us about it.
A curriculum vitae does not have to be published in the habilitation thesis. As the online version of the habilitation thesis is permanently available worldwide, we recommend not doing so for reasons of privacy. Please remove the CV, if necessary, and adapt the table of contents accordingly before uploading the file. In this case, please make sure that the print copies also do not contain a CV as the online and print versions must match exactly.
Deletion is no longer possible after publication.
Additionally, we need the completed and signed licensing terms (DE) from you.
Please contact the Team Publication Services (T3) of the University Library to submit the print copies and the corresponding documents.
After the clearance of your habilitation thesis by the dean or the chairperson of the habilitation committee, you will automatically be notified by email that your document has now been published.
Other Qualification Theses
Students of the University of Stuttgart can also publish their own qualification theses (bachelor’s and master’s theses, etc.) on OPUS. It is required is that the publication is approved by the supervisor.
To publish your qualification thesis electronically, please log in to OPUS enter all necessary information describing your work and upload the corresponding file(s) to OPUS.
Before uploading your file(s) to OPUS, please make sure that they meet certain technical requirements.
Also, please settle copyright and licensing issues before publishing electronically so that no third party rights conflict with the publication.
After you have uploaded your work and we have formally reviewed it, you will receive feedback from us if everything is in order from our point of view.
If changes need to be made, we can refer the document back to you and you can make the correction. Please note that changes are no longer possible after publication.
Additionally, we need the completed and signed licensing terms (DE) from you including the approval of your supervisor.
As soon as we have received all necessary data and documents in full, the document is released. You are automatically notified by email that your document has now been published.