Dissertations

The doctorate regulations ("Promotionsordnung") of the faculties of the University of Cologne offer the opportunity to submit an electronic dissertation. With KUPS the USB Cologne provides an appropriate platform for publishing electronic dissertations. In addition, a submission of printed copies may still be necessary. Please find out what your PhD regulations require. After entering your data you must also print out, fill out and sign the Author's Agreement. Direct link to the Author's Agreement. The Author's Agreement will also be displayed once you have filled in your data.

Before you submit your PhD thesis please check the faculty website for further information about the PhD regulations:

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• Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
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• Medizinische Fakultät

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Dissertation abstracts (only valid for the Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät)

If you do not submit the electronic fulltext of your dissertation you have to publish an electronic version of your dissertation abstract in English and German.

First of all, create an electronic version of your dissertation or dissertation abstract in pdf- or epub-format To deposit a greater number of files, e.g. with various data as attachement to your dissertation you can choose .zip or .tgz format:

Do not use special characters, blank characters nor umlauts in your file name.
Do not use special encryption and security settings in your file. Otherwise digital preservation will not be possible.
The maximum file size for uploading is limited to 1 GByte.
The electronic and the corresponding printed version of the thesis has to be identical in content and layout.

Prepare an abstract and a set of bibliographical metadata:

An abstract as unformatted txt- file, max. 2.000 characters (not required if you submit a dissertation abstract)
metadata containing the author’s name, document title, exam data and free keywords for describing the content of your dissertation

After having prepared the necessary data you can upload your document to KUPS:

Register on KUPS before logging in for the first time (Register)
After finishing the registration procedure log on to KUPS and choose "New item" to upload your document (Login).
Select the appropriate item type (Thesis or Thesis Abstract) and upload your document
Fill in the onlineform with all necessary data concerning your publication.
By the consent form displayed at the end of the upload process you grant us permission to make your document available publicly and you affirm that you do not violate any third-party copyrights. As soon as you click on "Deposit item now" you agree to these terms.

Print out the Author's Agreement:

Complete and sign the form and send it to the Tauschstelle together with the printed copies of your dissertation.
You allow us to publish your document on the internet.
You confirm that the electronic version is identical to the printed version.
You assure that you do not violate third-party legal rights.

Further information concerning copyright regulations and authors’ rights can be found onLegal issues.

After finishing the upload process your document is stored in a non public cache . At this point it is not visible to the public. After you have delivered your printed copies your submitted data will be checked by library staff and will be made available on the internet. After this you will find your document in KUPS.You only get a reply from us if something is wrong with your submitted data or your document

At the moment submission of printed copies is only possible by mail. Please send the copies by in-house mail or post to USB Köln, Tauschstelle, Universitätsstr. 33, 50931 Köln

The electronic publication is voluntary and not part of your examination procedures. Therefore you should first of all ask your supervisor if you are allowed to publish your thesis electronically.

First of all, create an electronic version of your thesis in pdf- or epub-format To deposit a greater number of files, e.g. with various data as attachement to your publication you can choose .zip or .tgz format:

Do not use special characters, blank characters nor umlauts in your file name.
Do not use special encryption and security settings in your file. Otherwise digital preservation will not be possible.
The maximum file size for uploading is limited to 1 GByte.

Prepare an abstract and a set of bibliographical metadata:

An abstract as unformatted txt- file, max. 2.000 characters
metadata containing the author’s name, document title, exam data and free keywords for describing the content of your publication

After having prepared the necessary data you can upload your document to KUPS:

Register on KUPS before logging in for the first time (Register)
After finishing the registration procedure log on to KUPS and choose "New item" to upload your document (Login).
Select the appropriate item type and upload your document
Fill in the onlineform with all necessary data concerning your publication.
By the consent form displayed at the end of the upload process you grant us permission to make your document available publicly and you affirm that you do not violate any third-party copyrights. As soon as you click on "Deposit item now" you agree to these terms.

Print out the Author's Agreement:

Complete and sign the form and hand it over to the Tauschstelle.
You allow us to publish your document on the internet.
You confirm that the electronic version is identical to the printed version.
You assure that you do not violate third-party legal rights.

Further information concerning copyright regulations and authors’ rights can be found onLegal issues.

After finishing the upload process your document is stored in a non public cache. At this point it is not visible to the public. After you have delivered the author's agreement your submitted data will be checked by library staff and will be made available on the internet. After this you will find your document in KUPS. You only get a reply from us if something is wrong with your submitted data or your document

Apart from dissertations and final theses KUPS is a publication platform for many other publication types, such as:

• Habilitation theses
• Monographs or book chapters from edited volumes
• Journal articles, conference proceedings, technical or project reports
• Papers from conferences or workshops
• Monograph series

Requirement: the authors or editors are members of the University of Cologne or are members of a central facility of the University.

First of all, create an electronic version of your thesis in pdf- or epub-format To deposit a greater number of files, e.g. with various data as attachement to your dissertation you can choose .zip or .tgz format:

Do not use special characters, blank characters nor umlauts in your file name.
Do not use special encryption and security settings in your file. Otherwise digital preservation will not be possible.
The maximum file size for uploading is limited to 1 GByte.

Prepare an abstract and a set of bibliographical metadata:

An abstract as unformatted txt- file, max. 2.000 characters
metadata containing the author’s name, document title and free keywords for describing the content of your publication

After having prepared the necessary data you can upload your document to KUPS:

Register on KUPS before logging in for the first time (Register)
After finishing the registration procedure log on to KUPS and choose "New item" to upload your document (Login).
Select the appropriate item type and upload your document
Fill in the onlineform with all necessary data concerning your publication.
By the consent form displayed at the end of the upload process you grant us permission to make your document available publicly and you affirm that you do not violate any third-party copyrights. As soon as you click on "Deposit item now" you agree to these terms.

Further information concerning copyright regulations and authors’ rights can be found onLegal issues.

After finishing the upload process your document is stored in a non public cache. At this point it is not visible to the public. Your submitted data will be checked by library staff and will be made available on the internet. After this you will find your document in KUPS. You only get a reply from us if something is wrong with your submitted data or your document