Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Completing the doctor’s thesis

Form
  


Discuss with your academic adviser whether you will produce a monograph or a cumulative doctor’s thesis (includes at least one published or submitted paper).

Should you plan a cumulative doctoral examination, please follow the general regulations of the Faculty according to the cumulative doctoral examination process overview.

Subject-specific regulations for the cumulative doctoral examination process:

Regulations Department of Chemistry

Regulations Department of Computer Science

Regulations Department of Physics

Regulations Department of Geography

For the Department of Mathematics, the general regulations of the Faculty apply.
Co-authors
  


If parts of your doctor’s thesis are co-authored, you must submit a declaration of your own contribution that has been signed by all co-authors. This applies both to monograph and cumulative doctor’s thesis.
Publication
  
The PhD Regulations contain various options for publication. Electronic publication requires the doctor’s thesis to use a particular document template from the beginning: http://edoc.hu-berlin.de/e_autoren/.
Legal questions
  
Please clarify all legal questions relating to publication yourself before writing your doctor’s thesis. The Doctoral Office does not offer legal advice.