Understanding the general conditions

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Generally, a thesis can be written in the following styles:

monographic study ('book')	publication-based (cumulative) thesis	joint thesis
one author	one author or, as the case may be, several authors	several authors
one book	several articles	one book or several articles
comprises all parts	Sub-topics as articles, additional framing at the end	Depending on type
Sole responsibility	Sole responsibility or designation of the share contributed	Responsibility is carefully defined
Risks: length, duration, topicality	Risks: acceptance by journals, complexity of the procedure	Risk: complexity of the procedure

Please note that your doctoral degree regulation may set forth further requirements or limitations. And last but not least, your supervisor will certainly have an opinion on the topic, too. He or she is familiar with the conventions and practices in the specific field of research.

In the case of a publication-based thesis, please contact the competent Board of Examiners for Doctoral Awards before your publish your thesis and/or parts of it. All in all, publication further down the road may be more difficult if parts of the doctoral thesis have already been published. Please make sure you talk to your supervisor before publishing your doctoral thesis or parts of it.

Also make sure you are up to speed about the obligation to mandatory publication and the printing subsidy.