Ph.D. Thesis Submission
Once all requirements within the framework of the target agreement have been fulfilled, the supervisors can initiate the scientific assessment of the Ph.D. thesis. You need to submit all relevant documents to the Ph.D. program coordination, who in turn will forward all documents to the MMRS after reviewing them for completeness. We recommend that you to read our finalization handbook carefully to know all the important steps for submitting your thesis and the subsequent process.
Documents that need to be submitted to the Ph.D. program coordination:
- Electronic version of your thesis in PDF format
- Confirmation of all co-authors
- iThenticate report (plagiarism check)
- Supervisor Consent Form
The Supervisor Consent Form needs to be signed by all supervisors (local and LMU) of the Ph.D. candidate.
- Application for Admission to the Ph.D. Examination Form
This form needs to be filled in and signed by the Ph.D. candidate. Please note that the “Supervisor Declaration for Admission to the Oral Defense” needs to be filled in and signed by the habilitated LMU supervisor.
- Declaration for the “Münchner Universitätsgesellschaft”
- Original Supervision and Target Agreement
If you have not yet submitted the supervision and target agreement to the Ph.D. program coordination, you must submit the original documents now. No copies and no digital signatures are allowed for these two documents, only original handwritten signatures. The Ph.D. program coordination can only submit the printed and bound copies of your thesis to the MMRS if the original supervision and target agreement are also ready for submission to the MMRS.
Important Downloads:
- Affidavit
- Confirmation of Congruency
- Style template for monographic dissertations
- Style template for cumulative dissertations
- Confirmation of all co-authors
- iThenticate Statement Form
- Supervisor Consent Form
- Application for admission to the Ph.D. Examination Form
- Declaration for the “Münchner Universitätsgesellschaft“
- Citation guide
- Checklist for the Ph.D. thesis submission
- Finalization handbook
- For cumulative Ph.D. thesis - Guide to estimate journal rank