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Types of Dissertations & Guidelines

There are two ways to prepare and structure a dissertation (= written version of your doctoral project) at the Medical Faculty of HHU Düsseldorf: as a monograph or based on one or more publications. The form has no influence on the later evaluation of the dissertation.

This "classic" style can always be chosen, regardless of whether you have already published your results in a journal, want to publish them, or are not aiming for publication in a journal.

Chapter breakdown:

1.  Summary
(in German and English)
2. Introduction
3. Material and methods
4. Results
5. Discussion (incl. conclusion)

Exceptions to the above outline are only permitted for dissertations from the Institute for the History of Medicine, as these have a fundamentally different structure.

In any case, the dissertation must be provided with a special title page and the format template for dissertations in accordance with the requirements of the doctoral regulations.

Prerequisite for this style is at least one undivided first authorship in an internationally recognised peer-reviewed journal listed on PubMed or ISI Web of Knowledge (PhD in Medical Sciences: at least two undivided first authorships and at least one co-authorship).

Chapter Breakdown:

  1. Summary (in German and English)
  2. Introduction
  3. Publication(s)
  4. Discussion (incl. conclusion)

Further methods, results or details not mentioned in the publication may be additionally listed in the publication-based dissertation.

The chapters Summary, Introduction and Discussion must be reworded and may not be copied from the publication. This also includes direct quotations from the publication.

In any case, the dissertation must be provided with a special title page and the format template for dissertations in accordance with the requirements of the doctoral regulations.

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