Please note that the dissertation can only be submitted once you have fulfilled all the conditions of your admission (e.g. presentation of the original documents (Master/Bachelor certificates, and transcripts, language certificate) as part of the admission application). Please refer to your admission notification for the conditions.

Announcement of Thesis Submission

Please send approx. 10 days before you plan to submit your thesis an email with the subject "Announcement of the thesis submission" and the following information to the doctoral office:

• final title of your thesis
• names and institutions/affiliations of your reviewers 
• type of your thesis (monograph / cumulative thesis)

according to the doctoral subject responsibilities and the first letter of your surname.

Biology + Pharmacy A - Z	Chemistry + Biochemistry A - L	Chemistry + Biochemistry M - Z
Ms. Kerstin Reinsberg	Ms. Isabell Franke	Ms. Lydia Alnajjar
prom1@bcp.fu-berlin.de	prom2@bcp.fu-berlin.de	prom2@bcp.fu-berlin.de

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Thesis Submission

Please submit the thesis with all documents electronically (as a PDF-file) by e-mail with the subject "Thesis submission" - either as an attachment or by using the FU-Box. The electronic sending of the dissertation is considered as the submission date. A printed and bound copy is no longer required.

• For a monograph, publications (related to the dissertation) must be submitted separately as off-prints/prints, but NOT as part of the dissertation.
• For a cumulative thesis, the publications including possibly existing supporting information/supplements will be included as part of the thesis.

Please send us the following documents when submitting your dissertation:

• An electronic version of the thesis (as pdf-file, file name: Lastname_Firstname_Thesis)

• Copy of the identity card or passport

• Form: Submission of the thesis to the doctoral board

• Form: Declaration of authorship

• Form: Information on the reviewers
  Note: your supervisor is your first reviewer

• Form: Declaration of confidentiality
  (for reviewers not holding a permanent professorship of FU Berlin)

• Form: Confirmation of storage of primary data
  Note: This form does not necessarily have to be submitted at the time of submission, but at the latest before receipt of the doctoral certificate.

• Form: Confirmation for submission of a monograph
  For a monograph: a separate pdf file of possible publication/s written in context with the thesis - Note: please do not imbed in the thesis

or

• Form: Confirmation for submission of a cumulative thesis
  For a cumulative thesis: list (pdf file) of already accepted publications that are part of the thesis, stating the titles and any DOI links or confirmation of acceptance of the manuscripts by the publishing house

If there are any proposals regarding the composition of the doctoral committee, this must be communicated by the supervisor to the doctoral office by e-mail before you submit your dissertation, so that the doctoral board can take this into account accordingly. Once the dissertation has been submitted, it can no longer be considered.

Please note: You no longer need to be enrolled once you have submitted your dissertation. The obligation to provide proof of membership of Freie Universiät Berlin only applies until the submission of the dissertation.

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Answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ) can be found here.

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