At the University of Hohenheim, all three faculties have the option of submitting doctoral theses in electronic form. The doctoral regulations state that you can fulfill the obligation to publish your dissertation by submitting three printed copies and one electronic copy to the KIM library. You can use the publication server hohPublica for the electronic submission of dissertations. Please note the following information:

• CV: For data protection reasons, you are not obliged to include a CV in the document. If you would like to include a CV, we recommend that you only include your work history.
• Original signatures: Original signatures in printed and electronic copies can be misused. We therefore recommend that you remove all signatures.
• Consistency of printed and electronic versions: The printed and electronic versions of the dissertation must be identical. If you remove your CV, please insert a placeholder page for each page removed so that the number of pages of the thesis does not change compared to the printed version.
• Order of submission: We recommend that you submit the electronic version of the dissertation to the publication server first. The dissertation team will check the document and get back to you if there are any questions so that any changes can be made before the dissertation is printed.

Please use the instructions "Submit dissertation" for electronic submission.

You can hand in the printed copies at the service desk of the Library during normal opening hours or send them by post:

Universität Hohenheim - KIM (630)
Dissertationsstelle
Garbenstraße 15
70599 Stuttgart

Theses that do not have to be published, such as Bachelor's or Master's theses, can be published on hohPublica if the responsible supervisor recommends publication due to outstanding achievements or relevance of content. The recommendation can be made informally by e-mail to hohpublica@uni-hohenheim.de with the following content:

“I, [supervisor], hereby recommend the publication of [graduate]'s work on hohPublica.”

In addition, the supervisor must submit a declaration of consent that he/she will be publicly named on hohPublica in relation to the work. This can also be done by email, ideally combined with the recommendation for publication.

To publish your thesis in hohPublica, please follow the Publication process for dissertations and select “Bachelor Thesis” or “Master Thesis” as the document type. Tips on how to best prepare your electronic document for publication can be found here.