Doctoral theses service
Publishing doctoral theses
Doctoral regulations according to § 15 Abs. 4 Nr. 3 of the Rahmenpromotionsordnung (RPromO) of the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg in the latest valid version
Competent Units
The Economics and Social Sciences Branch Library is responsible for the School of Business and Economics.
The above mentioned offices will be able to assist with questions regarding the submission of the required copies of the doctoral thesis. Please direct general inquiries about the doctoral procedure or the doctoral thesis and for (for example publication ethics related) conflicts to your responsible Office of Doctoral Affairs or other support offices.
Publishing doctoral theses in electronic form
- Upload to OPEN FAU at https://open.fau.de/home in accordance with § 15 Abs. 4 Nr. 3 of the RPromO in the latest valid version
- Supporting information for this process can be found within the FAQ at OPEN FAU
- Blocking notice. Please use the English language version to help with filling out the German form Blocking notice form
Please submit the approved blocking notice together with the upload on OPEN FAU. Further extensions are possible for the School of Business, Economics and Society. Information and the blocking notice form can be found here: https://www.promotion.rw.fau.eu/documents/.
Publishing doctoral theses in print form
- FAU University Press (in accordance with § 15 Abs. 4 Nr. 3 of the RPromO in the latest valid version), or
- a commercial publisher as a book with an ISBN number and the publisher confirms a minimum circulation of 150 copies if demand is sufficient (in accordance with § 15 Abs. 4 Nr. 1 RPromO).
Please send your printed copies to the department responsible for your faculty (see above) and include your email-address to receive a confirmation of receipt. A personal deposit during our office hours is also possible.
Confirmation of submission
For doctoral theses that include a blocking notice (embargo) the confirmation will also be issued immediately, not after the end of the blocking period.
Cumulative thesis
However, in legally unproblematic cases, such as articles published under a Creative Commons (CC) licence, it is advisable to publish the Open Access articles in full text in accordance with FAU’s Open Science Policy. Please note the licence selection for the entire dissertation when uploading to OPEN FAU: If all included articles have been published under the same CC licence (for example CC-BY 4.0), then this license should be chosen. If the articles have been published under different but compatible licences, it is advisable to choose the stricter licence form (see Creative Commons Mixer). If the articles have conflicting CC licences, please select ‘The copyright and licence rights of the publisher and any open access rights negotiated with it apply’ when uploading your thesis to OPEN FAU. In this case additional information regarding the licenses for each individual article should be stated in the PDF of your thesis, either within the articles themselves or in a separate publication list which includes the copyright information.
This information is only meant as guidance, the doctoral theses services so not provide any legally binding information. For inquiries and help please contact the Open Access legal counsel of the university library.