Dissertation & Graduation
Documents for Submitting a Dissertation
Please upload all documents (including the submission form) to Docfile. You can submit your certificates of doctoral studies during office hours or send it by post.
Additionally you need to inform the doctoral office of your upload via mail: promotion(at)wiso.uni-koeln(dot)de !
You will be notified when the application has been reviewed and you will be admitted to the doctoral examination. A processing time of up to four weeks can be expected. You can therefore send your dissertation copies to your examiners in advance, stating that they will be sent with reservations as you have not yet been admitted to the examination.
- Submission Form (DE|EN)
- Declaration on Oath (DE|EN)
- Declaration on the Monographic or Cumulative Dissertation (DE|EN)
- Stay Abroad (DE|EN)
- Declaration According Conflict of Interest (DE|EN) (please upload 1 version per reviewer!)
- Data Collection and Storage (DE|EN)
- Dissertation Front Page Template (DE|EN)
- Instruction Sheet for Self-quotation (DE|EN)
Defense
The doctoral dissertation reports submitted by the reviewers, as well as the doctoral candidate's confirmation of the defence date, must be received by the Doctoral Office at least four weeks before the scheduled defence. Unless the doctoral candidate objects, the oral defence is open to members of the Faculty.
Announcements of Doctoral Defenses
Upcoming defense appointments are published here: Appointments of SoSe 26
Publication
Following the successful doctoral defense, the dissertation must be published in accordance with the doctoral regulations. Publication is possible in one of the following formats:
- Online publication via KUPS: No printed copies required
- Publication through a commercial publisher: 5 printed copies must be submitted to the Exchange Office of the University and City Library
- Self-publication: 26 printed copies must be submitted to the Exchange Office of the University and City Library
For cumulative dissertations, articles that have already been published or formally accepted for publication in journals with an ISSN may be replaced by a bibliographic reference.
Degree Award Ceremony
Award ceremonies are held annually in June or July. The ceremony is open to all doctoral researchers who have successfully completed their oral examination. Publication of the dissertation is not required at the time of the ceremony.
