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Theses and Dissertations

Defense and submission.

Below is an overview of the main steps in preparing, defending, and submitting your thesis or dissertation. For detailed instructions on each step, see The Graduate School's  Guide for Electronic Submission of Thesis and Dissertation (PDF) , in addition to this video recording from a workshop given on the subject. 

• Schedule your defense and apply for graduation in DukeHub ( defense and graduation deadlines ).  
• At least 30 days before your defense: Confirm or update your defense committee.  
• Give your thesis/dissertation to your advisor for inspection, and prompt your advisor to send a letter to [email protected] stating that it is complete and ready to defend. Note: For students in School of Medicine Ph.D. programs, their advisor letters are generated through T3.  
• Request your DGSA to send a departmental defense announcement to  [email protected] . Note: For students in School of Medicine Ph.D. programs, their departmental defense announcements are generated through T3.  
• At least 2 weeks before your defense: Submit your complete, correctly formatted dissertation/thesis to ProQuest (initial submission). Also provide it to each member of your committee.  
• Optional: After you receive an email through ProQuest from the Graduate School administrator who reviewed your thesis/dissertation format, you may make an appointment for a brief, virtual meeting with the administrator to discuss any questions you have about the defense process or the recommended formatting revisions.  
• A few days before your defense, The Graduate School will generate your final examination certificate and email it to the chair/co-chair(s) of your examination committee and the DGSA of your department. Note:  For students in School of Medicine Ph.D. programs, their final examination certificates are generated and released through T3.  
• Defend your dissertation. After your final examination, your committee members will vote on whether you passed or failed. Your chair and DGS will record the votes on your final examination certificate, sign it, and submit it to The Graduate School. Your committee may vote that you passed but still require minor edits or corrections before final submission.  
• As soon as possible after your defense, submit to [email protected] the Non-Exclusive Distribution License and Thesis/Dissertation Availability Agreement (“embargo agreement”) signed by yourself and your thesis/dissertation advisor.  
• Within 30 days after your successful defense, or by the established final submission deadline (whichever is first): Submit the final version of your dissertation/thesis to ProQuest.

Guide for Electronic Submission of Thesis and Dissertation (PDF)

We provide the following templates for your convenience and to help you eliminate common formatting errors. However,  all submitted theses and dissertations must meet the specifications listed in the ETD guide . The manuscript must be a completed document, formatted correctly, with no sections left blank.

• Word Template for Thesis/Dissertation (Word)
• LaTeX Template for Thesis/Dissertation (ZIP)

Notes about the LaTeX Template

• This LaTeX template is for both master's and Ph.D. students. Master's theses must also have an abstract title page.
• Neither The Graduate School nor OIT supports LaTeX beyond providing this template.

Ph.D. and master’s students are required to apply for graduation in  DukeHub  by the established application deadline for the semester in which they plan to graduate.

Review the full graduation guidelines on the  Graduation Information and Deadlines  page. 

When you submit your thesis or dissertation electronically, you will also permit Duke University to make it available online through  DukeSpace  at Duke Libraries. See the pages below for more information about ETDs:

• ETDs Overview
• ETD Availability
• ETD Copyright Information 
• ETD Technical Help 

Check out the writing support  offered by The Graduate School, such as writing spaces, consultations, and access to online writing workshops, communities, and resources.

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ETD Help -- UC Graduate School

The Graduate School ETD Informaton Web site provides an ETD submission time line, submission requirements and an FAQ page that addresses a wide range of formatting, PDF creation and publishing questions.

ETD Help Desk

Dissertations and theses resources.

At UC Libraries

• Center for Research Libraries (non-US dissertations) Use ILLiad to request. Some dissertations are available online.
• Inter-Library Loan Service (ILLiad) If the dissertation is not available or digitized, use the Thesis/Dissertation form in ILLiad to request through interlibrary loan.

On the Public Web

• British Library EThOS - Search and order these online "Search over 480,000 doctoral theses. Download instantly for your research, or order a scanned copy quickly and easily."
• DART - Europe E-theses Portal Open access portal to theses from 400+ European universities.
• eScholarship University of California "eScholarship® provides scholarly publishing and repository services that enable departments, research units, publishing programs, and individual scholars associated with the University of California to have direct control over the creation and dissemination of the full range of their scholarship."
• Global ETD Search (NDLTD) The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) is an international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination, and preservation of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs).
• OATD - Open Access Theses and Dissertations "OATD.org aims to be the best possible resource for finding open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world. Metadata (information about the theses) comes from over 1100 colleges, universities, and research institutions."
• PDTQ Open Open access collection within ProQuest's Dissertations & Theses.

E-Books on Theses and Dissertations

• Strategies for Writing a Thesis by Publication in the Social Sciences and Humanities by Lynn P. Nygaard; Kristin Solli ISBN: 9780367204075 Publication Date: 2020-10-13 " Drawing on current research and informed by extensive experience of working with and running workshops for PhD candidates who write article-based dissertations, this book gives readers an idea of what writing a thesis by publication entails." Particular emphasis is put on how to put the individual articles together to create a coherent thesis that clarifies the student's individual original contribution.

For additional e-book titles published before 2019 please see " Need help with the dissertation process? (Electronic Resources )."

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This collection of MIT Theses in DSpace contains selected theses and dissertations from all MIT departments. Please note that this is NOT a complete collection of MIT theses. To search all MIT theses, use MIT Libraries' catalog .

MIT's DSpace contains more than 58,000 theses completed at MIT dating as far back as the mid 1800's. Theses in this collection have been scanned by the MIT Libraries or submitted in electronic format by thesis authors. Since 2004 all new Masters and Ph.D. theses are scanned and added to this collection after degrees are awarded.

MIT Theses are openly available to all readers. Please share how this access affects or benefits you. Your story matters.

If you have questions about MIT theses in DSpace, [email protected] . See also Access & Availability Questions or About MIT Theses in DSpace .

If you are a recent MIT graduate, your thesis will be added to DSpace within 3-6 months after your graduation date. Please email [email protected] with any questions.

Permissions

MIT Theses may be protected by copyright. Please refer to the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy for permission information. Note that the copyright holder for most MIT theses is identified on the title page of the thesis.

Theses by Department

• Comparative Media Studies
• Computation for Design and Optimization
• Computational and Systems Biology
• Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Department of Architecture
• Department of Biological Engineering
• Department of Biology
• Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
• Department of Chemical Engineering
• Department of Chemistry
• Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
• Department of Economics
• Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
• Department of Humanities
• Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
• Department of Materials Science and Engineering
• Department of Mathematics
• Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
• Department of Ocean Engineering
• Department of Physics
• Department of Political Science
• Department of Urban Studies and Planning
• Engineering Systems Division
• Harvard-MIT Program of Health Sciences and Technology
• Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
• Media Arts & Sciences
• Operations Research Center
• Program in Real Estate Development
• Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies
• Science, Technology & Society
• Science Writing
• Sloan School of Management
• Supply Chain Management
• System Design & Management
• Technology and Policy Program

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Theses and Dissertations

Check Cornell’s library catalog , which lists the dissertations available in our library collection.

The print thesis collection in Uris Library is currently shelved on Level 3B before the Q to QA regular-sized volumes. Check with the library staff for the thesis shelving locations in other libraries (Mann, Catherwood, Fine Arts, etc.).

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses

According to ProQuest, coverage begins with 1637. With more than 2.4 million entries,  ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global  is the starting point for finding citations to doctoral dissertations and master’s theses. Dissertations published from 1980 forward include 350-word abstracts written by the author. Master’s theses published from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. UMI also offers over 1.8 million titles for purchase in microfilm or paper formats. The full text of more than 930,000 are available in PDF format for immediate free download. Use  Interlibrary Loan  for the titles not available as full text online.

Foreign Dissertations at the Center for Research Libraries

To search for titles and verify holdings of dissertations at the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), use the CRL catalog . CRL seeks to provide comprehensive access to doctoral dissertations submitted to institutions outside the U. S. and Canada (currently more than 750,000 titles). One hundred European universities maintain exchange or deposit agreements with CRL. Russian dissertation abstracts in the social sciences are obtained on microfiche from INION.  More detailed information about CRL’s dissertation holdings .

Please see our resource guide on dissertations and theses for additional resources and support.

Graduate Education

Office of graduate and postdoctoral education, theses & dissertations.

Review the thesis deadlines, including deadlines for the initial format check and required forms.

Thesis Manual

Read over the Thesis and Dissertation Manual for an overview of document and format guidelines and more.

View the checklist of required documents for thesis submission.

Access needed forms for the thesis and dissertation process.

Format your thesis or dissertation using our thesis format templates.

Resources to Help You Through the Process

Whether you need to make an appointment or need guidance about copyright rules, the following resources are available to support you:

Spring 2024 Thesis Info Session Resources

• Watch the Thesis Information Session presentation
• Access the Thesis Information Session presentation slide deck

Virtual Thesis & Dissertation Appointments

The Graduate Education Thesis and Dissertation coordinator is offering virtual appointments for questions related to:

• Thesis/dissertation process
• Format checking feedback
• Graduation policies and procedures
• Read about copyright information
• Attend Library classes and events
• Learn about citation tools
• Connect with subject expert librarians
• Access Library theses and dissertation resources

Conducting & Communicating Research

• Including Previously-Published Work in Dissertation
• Effective and Responsible Use of AI in Research  (updated October 30, 2023)
• Ethical and Responsible Use of AI in Research Projects Presentation
• Connect with the Naugle CommLab

Pathways to Graduation

Have questions about graduation? Not sure where to begin? The Office of Graduate Education has developed Pathways to Graduation , a self-guided Canvas course which helps to equip graduate students with the tools to succeed and experience a smooth, stress-free road to graduation.

Many policies related to this process are listed in Georgia Tech’s Policy Library. For international students, there are Office of International Education policies on enrollment and optional practical training that you’ll want to become familiar with.

Graduate Thesis Faculty Submission Form

Effective for the summer 2023 term, the policy on advisement of graduate students has been updated in the Catalog . Tenure-track faculty are members of the Graduate Thesis Faculty by default. All other Georgia Tech faculty must be approved by the program and submitted to the Office of Graduate Education. Departments must submit those names, once approved, via our submission form below.

Electronic Submission and Disseminating Your Work

Tech requires all theses and dissertations to be submitted electronically. Once it is approved by your committee, here’s what happens next:

• Visit the Electronic Thesis and Dissertations (ETD) Submission System . Please follow the instructions, and upload your approved thesis or dissertation as a PDF.
• Graduate Education will check your uploaded PDF and will notify you if there are any corrections. You must make the corrections, and resubmit the corrected file.
• If Graduate Education has all the required pre-thesis and thesis-related (or dissertation) documents, we will approve your thesis/dissertation and notify the Office of the Registrar that you are eligible to graduate.
• You and your committee members will receive an approval notice via Vireo/ETD. Approximately a month after you graduate, your thesis/dissertation will be released for electronic circulation.
• You can request that your thesis/dissertation be withheld from release for one year for intellectual property reasons. The Graduate Thesis Office ( [email protected] ) must receive a written request from your advisor approving your request at the same time as you submit your other thesis documents. The Request for Withholding form is available via DocuSign.

When you’re ready to share your work with the public, check out the Georgia Tech Digital Repository  on disseminating your thesis or dissertation.

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Theses and Dissertations

Theses and dissertations are formal research papers that exhaustively address a topic, which PhD and many Master's candidates are required to complete as a final step in working towards their degrees. A paper in support of a PhD is referred to as a "dissertation"; a paper in support of a Master's degree is a "thesis". 

The best approach for finding a thesis or dissertation depends on whether you're looking for a paper from NC State or one from another institution.

Theses and dissertations at NC State

• All theses and dissertations in the Libraries' collection – both print and electronic – can be found in the  NC State University Libraries Catalog .
• All theses and dissertations completed since 2002 (with some coverage back to 1997) are available electronically through the Libraries'  Digital Repository

More information and tips on finding NC State theses and dissertations

Theses and dissertations from other universities

The availability of theses and dissertations from other universities varies, depending on where and when they were published.  More information on finding theses and dissertations published at other universities

If you have a question about your own NC State thesis

For questions about the electronic copy of your thesis stored in the Libraries' Digital Repository, contact  [email protected] .

For editorial questions, or any questions about changing content in your published thesis, contact the Graduate School's ETD office at:

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Or visit  The Graduate School's ETD Help website .

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Harvard University Theses, Dissertations, and Prize Papers

The Harvard University Archives ’ collection of theses, dissertations, and prize papers document the wide range of academic research undertaken by Harvard students over the course of the University’s history.

Beyond their value as pieces of original research, these collections document the history of American higher education, chronicling both the growth of Harvard as a major research institution as well as the development of numerous academic fields. They are also an important source of biographical information, offering insight into the academic careers of the authors.

Spanning from the ‘theses and quaestiones’ of the 17th and 18th centuries to the current yearly output of student research, they include both the first Harvard Ph.D. dissertation (by William Byerly, Ph.D . 1873) and the dissertation of the first woman to earn a doctorate from Harvard ( Lorna Myrtle Hodgkinson , Ed.D. 1922).

Other highlights include:

• The collection of Mathematical theses, 1782-1839
• The 1895 Ph.D. dissertation of W.E.B. Du Bois, The suppression of the African slave trade in the United States, 1638-1871
• Ph.D. dissertations of astronomer Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (Ph.D. 1925) and physicist John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (Ph.D. 1922)
• Undergraduate honors theses of novelist John Updike (A.B. 1954), filmmaker Terrence Malick (A.B. 1966),  and U.S. poet laureate Tracy Smith (A.B. 1994)
• Undergraduate prize papers and dissertations of philosophers Ralph Waldo Emerson (A.B. 1821), George Santayana (Ph.D. 1889), and W.V. Quine (Ph.D. 1932)
• Undergraduate honors theses of U.S. President John F. Kennedy (A.B. 1940) and Chief Justice John Roberts (A.B. 1976)

What does a prize-winning thesis look like?

If you're a Harvard undergraduate writing your own thesis, it can be helpful to review recent prize-winning theses. The Harvard University Archives has made available for digital lending all of the Thomas Hoopes Prize winners from the 2019-2021 academic years.

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This is the master collection of contemporary BU theses and dissertations. We plan to consolidate school- and college-specific collections into this one, and add school- and college-specific metadata to enable users to browse appropriately.

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Dissertations and Theses (Ph.D. and Master's)

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Dissertations and theses submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for master's or doctoral degrees at the University of Michigan. This collection also includes theses written by U-M faculty.

Ph.D. dissertations at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor are awarded by the Rackham School of Graduate Studies .

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We can help locate sources, create multimedia components, manage your data, cite sources, answer questions about copyright, and more.

Browse the pages of this guide for information on finding graduate theses & dissertations and Senior Honors Theses at Tufts; resources for writing and submitting a thesis or dissertation ; and resources for locating dissertations written by authors at other institutions to use in your research. Get in touch with any questions about this guide or your research.

Search for Tufts master's theses and Ph.D. dissertations in JumboSearch . You’ll find records for both print and digital, and links to the digital version where available.

You can also browse for Tufts theses & dissertations in  Dissertations & Theses @ Tufts , with full text available for:

• Most PhD dissertations after 1996
• Most master's theses after 2005

Tufts undergraduate theses that have been submitted in print form are housed in Tufts Archival Research Center (TARC). More information and a list of theses submitted through 2015 is available from TARC. 

Theses that have been submitted electronically are available in the Tufts Digital Library . Students began submitting theses electronically in 2010.

To find senior honors theses for a specific department :

• Visit the Advanced Search page in the Tufts Digital Library
• Enter the name of the department in the "Creator Department" search box [note that this is not the "Creator" search box, which comes first. Scroll past that to "Creator Department"]. For longer department names you can use a few keywords instead of entering the whole name.
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• On the left side of the results page, open the Collections limit and click "Senior honors theses"

Please note that because undergraduates are not required to submit a copy to TARC, your results won't be a complete set of all honors theses written for a particular department.

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Electronic theses & dissertations (ETDs)

Electronic dissertations and masters’ theses have been deposited in the Libra scholarly repository at the University of Virginia since 2012. Libra makes UVA scholarship available to the world and provides safe and secure storage for the scholarly output of the UVA community. Submitting your work to Libra is a graduation requirement for all graduate students whose programs have required theses and for PhD students. LibraETD is can be used by all students, undergraduate  or graduate, whose programs have optional theses or capstones.

Before you upload your thesis or dissertation, be sure you have reviewed:

Copyright Essentials for Scholarly Work  (including Graduate Students)

The ETD Submission Checklist

Older dissertation formats

All dissertations submitted to the UVA Library in CD format were deposited into Libra in early 2014. Access to these items is UVA-only, replicating the accessibility level of the originally deposited CDs.

If you are the author of one of these dissertations and would like to change the access level to be world-wide open access, please  contact us .

Paper copies

We no longer accept paper copies for the Library shelves.  Many frequently requested dissertations from the UVA collection have been added to Libra through a generous grant from Jefferson Trust. If you are the author of one of these dissertations now in Libra and would like to change the access level to be world-wide open access, please  contact us .

If your dissertation was published in paper previously and you would like it to be added to Libra, please  contact us .

Many UVA dissertations were deposited in ProQuest until 2012, and some students continue to take the option to deposit to this commercial vendor of databases and other information products. ProQuest’s  Dissertations and Theses Full Text  database contains many dissertations published in the U.S. and is used by scholars worldwide whose institutions opt to provide paid access to the database. ProQuest also sells full-text copies of dissertations directly to the public, though it is worth noting they do not share revenue from those sales with authors. NOTE: To access "online" ETD's in Proquest, you must be affiliated with an institution that subscribes to the ProQuest database.

ProQuest charges fees for submission, and they have particular formatting and copyright requirements.  Please see their  submission instructions  for details. UVA does not require thesis or dissertation deposit to ProQuest, nor does UVA have an institutional agreement with ProQuest for such deposit. Students who opt to deposit with ProQuest do so as individuals contracting with this vendor.

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Theses and Dissertations Available from ProQuest

Full text is available to Purdue University faculty, staff, and students on campus through this site. No login is required.

Off-campus Purdue users may download theses and dissertations by logging into the Libraries' proxy server with your Purdue Career Account. Links to log in to the proxy server directly below the download button of each thesis or dissertation page.

Non-Purdue users, may purchase copies of theses and dissertations from ProQuest or talk to your librarian about borrowing a copy through Interlibrary Loan. (Some titles may also be available free of charge in our Open Access Theses and Dissertations Series, so please check there first.)

Access to abstracts is unrestricted.

Open Access Theses

This series contains theses that students have wished to make openly available. The full content is available to all, although some theses may have embargoes. If an embargo exists the date will be listed instead of the download button. The download button will appear once a thesis is no longer embargoed. To browse a fuller listing of theses from Purdue please visit the Theses and Dissertations Available from ProQuest series.

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This series contains open access dissertations that students have wished to make openly available. The full-text content is available to all, although some theses may have embargoes. If an embargo exists the date will be listed instead of the download button. The download button will appear once a dissertation is no longer embargoed. To browse a fuller listing of dissertations from Purdue please visit the Theses and Dissertations Available from ProQuest series.

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Dissertation/Thesis Instructions

Students completing their degree with a Dissertation or an MS Thesis must adhere to the deadlines below for final MS Thesis/Dissertation submission to the Graduate School of Engineering for the intended date of degree conferral. Northeastern University requires that students publish their Dissertation or Thesis with Proquest Dissertation Publishing. Whereas students previously completed this task by submitting a hard copy of the Dissertation or Thesis to Snell Library, you must now self-publish using the Northeastern University Proquest/ETD Administrator Site.

Please click the link for the Guidelines below.

• COE Guide to the Preparation and Submission of Theses and Dissertations
• COE Style Guide for Theses and Dissertations
• Publishing Guidelines
• LaTex Templates

Due to COVID-19, the Graduate School of Engineering is not currently requiring students to submit a physical hard copy document of their PhD Dissertation of MS Thesis to our office.

Students should initiate the submission process only after they have successfully defended the PhD Dissertation or MS Thesis and made all necessary changes as deemed by the Committee members.  Once complete, students can begin obtaining Committee and Graduate School of Engineering signatures by using one of the “initiate you signature page” links below.  Students will be notified by the Graduate School of Engineering once all signatures have been gathered and when to submit an electronic copy of their PhD Dissertation or MS Thesis to Proquest .

If there are any questions about this process, please email  [email protected] and your advisor can assist.

Initiate Your MS Thesis Signature Page

Initiate Your PhD Dissertation Signature Page

Dissertation/Thesis Deadlines

• April 22, 2024 : MS Thesis/PhD Dissertation Signature Page is due to the Graduate School by 5pm Students submitting after this date will be required to register for an appropriate course in the following semester and are responsible for any tuition incurred.
• April 27, 2024 : Submission to Proquest due and SED survey (PhD Only) The final MS Thesis or PhD Dissertation document should not be uploaded until the student has been notified of final approval by the Associate Dean for Graduate Education in the Graduate School of Engineering.  Please do not upload the committee signature page with your document to Proquest . Instructions to complete the SED survey (PhD Only) will be emailed when the PhD Dissertation has been approved by the Associate Dean for Graduate Education in the Graduate School of Engineering.
• April 27, 2024 : Degree Conferral
• August 19, 2024 : MS Thesis/PhD Dissertation Signature Page is due to the Graduate School by 5pm Students submitting after this date will be required to register for an appropriate course in the following semester and are responsible for any tuition incurred.
• August 24, 2024 : Submission to Proquest due and SED survey (PhD Only) The final MS Thesis or PhD Dissertation document should not be uploaded until the student has been notified of final approval by the Associate Dean for Graduate Education in the Graduate School of Engineering.  Please do not upload the committee signature page with your document to Proquest . Instructions to complete the SED survey (PhD Only) will be emailed when the PhD Dissertation has been approved by the Associate Dean for Graduate Education in the Graduate School of Engineering.
• August 23, 2024 : Degree Conferral
• December 9, 2024 : Thesis and Dissertations due to the Graduate School by 5pm Students submitting after this date will be required to register for Thesis/Dissertation Continuation in the following term. Tuition is billed at 1 semester hour for this course.
• December 14, 2024 : Submission to Proquest due and SED survey (PhD Only) The final MS Thesis or PhD Dissertation document should not be uploaded until the student has been notified of final approval by the Associate Dean for Graduate Education in the Graduate School of Engineering.  Please do not upload the committee signature page with your document to Proquest . Instructions to complete the SED survey (PhD Only) will be emailed when the PhD Dissertation has been approved by the Associate Dean for Graduate Education in the Graduate School of Engineering.
• December 14, 2024 : Degree Conferral

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Thesis & dissertation.

Welcome to the Thesis Office! If you are in a program that requires the completion of a master's thesis or doctoral dissertation, we have the resources and information to help you successfully complete your deposit with the Graduate College.

Each deposit period has firm deadlines by which students must apply for graduation, take the doctoral final examination, and deposit the thesis. And it may take several days for the Thesis Office to review and approve your thesis for deposit. Save yourself the stress of a last-minute thesis submission and start planning now! The Thesis Office can direct you to resources and provide support for each stage of the thesis process:

Stage 1: Development

Research, write, and repeat

• Find writing and research support
• Make use of copyright tools
• Become familiar with Graduate College format requirements

Stage 2: Departmental approval

Are you ready to defend?

• Be aware of important deadlines
• File your title page
• Get ready to defend your thesis
• Review release options
• Obtain departmental approval

Stage 3: Graduate College approval

Prepare for your deposit

• Prepare your submission
• Submit your thesis for Graduate College review
• Complete your deposit

Masters and PhD Thesis and Defense Guidelines

The crucial work produced in the course of graduate study for PhD students is a doctoral dissertation. MS students may also choose to culminate their studies by completing a master's thesis. There is no length requirement for these works, and they are read and approved by a committee put together by the student and their advisor. For PhD candidates, this committee consists of four members of which one must be an outside examiner from outside Tufts. For MS candidates, the committee must include at least 3 faculty members. The department provides a LaTeX template designed to help students meet the Tufts formatting requirements with basic instructions for setting up the document, which can be found on the  Organization for Graduate Students in Mathematics Resources page .

Thesis submissions deadlines and other important guidelines can be found in the  GSAS Handbook  and GSAS'  Graduation website . It is essential that you read and understand the Graduate School requirements in order to ensure an on-time graduation. Additionally, students must submit the "Thesis/Dissertation – Request for Final Approval" form to the chair of their committee once a final draft of the document, including any revisions recommended by the committee, is approved for publication.

During the electronic submission process, students are given the opportunity to order bound paper copies of their thesis or dissertation from ProQuest. The department requests that PhD students reserve   one of these bound copies  to be kept in our library, and will cover the costs for that extra copy.

Thesis Defense

In the last term before graduation, the student and advisor will schedule a thesis defense, which is announced to and open to the whole department and to visitors invited by the candidate.

The standard format is a presentation by the student followed by questions from the audience. The general audience is then asked to leave, and questions from the committee follow. In addition to the Graduate School rules, the Math Department has some additional requirements regarding thesis defenses:

• The defense must be scheduled for a date at least 1 week prior to the thesis submission deadline, allowing time for any corrections to the thesis suggested by the committee to be made;
• The defense date must be finalized and confirmed with the thesis committee 2 weeks in advance;
• The defense date must be announced to the Department and advertised at least 2 weeks prior to the defense date, and with subsequent reminders announced by the office;
• Students are expected to send a draft of their thesis to their committee 2 weeks prior to their defense. This does not have to be a finalized version, but should be substantially complete;
• While the defense must occur with the student and all committee members (except one with permission) attending in person, the defense may be streamed virtually with the consent of the student and committee, allowing for a diverse audience. Similarly, if the student and committee agrees, the public portion of the defense may be recorded. It is strongly encouraged that faculty and graduate students in the department attend these defenses to show support for each other.

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• MIT Thesis FAQ View topics such as specifications, submitting to DSpace, copyright, holds, availability, and fees.

MIT doctoral dissertations and masters theses

• Paper and microfiche: Search the library catalog, Search Our Collections .
• DSpace does NOT contain the complete collection of MIT theses.
• Use Search Our Collections to search for all MIT theses.
• Theses are received one month after degrees are granted in February, June, and September.
• Additional information may be found at Thesis Access and Availability FAQ .
• Theses may not be borrowed from the Distinctive Collections Reading Room .
• PDF copies may be purchased through the Distinctive Collections Request System . See Requesting Materials for complete information.
• Theses may be viewed in person in the Distinctive Collections Reading Room .
• Institutions may purchase PDF copies through the Distinctive Collections Request System . See Requesting Materials for complete information.

View Online:

•   MIT theses in DSpace are available to anyone, for free, as printable full-text PDF files.

Order PDF Copies:

• For theses not in DSpace, PDF copies may be purchased through the  Distinctive Collections Request System . See  Requesting Materials  for complete information.
• See pricing information and contact Distinctive Collections with any questions. 

Prepare and Submit Your MIT Thesis:  

• How to write a dissertation or thesis
• Manage your references
• MIT Thesis FAQ
• Specifications for Thesis Preparation and Submission
• Add your thesis to DSpace: Electronic submission information

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Teen earns doctoral degree at 17 after defending her dissertation

Dr. Dorothy Jean Tillman II was 10 when she entered college as a freshman.

A teenager from Chicago walked in her graduation ceremony this month after earning her doctoral degree at 17.

Dr. Dorothy Jean Tillman II was only 10 when she became a freshman at the college of Lake County, majoring in Psychology. In 2020, she earned her Master of Science from Unity College. She was accepted in 2021, when she was 15, into the Doctor of Behavioral Health Management Program at Arizona State University.

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Speaking to "Good Morning America," Tillman said she has always held education in such high regard in part due to her family's background.

"People in my life like my grandmother, who was part of the Civil Rights Movement, she of course harped on the importance of education and consistently learning something always," Tillman said.

"But the way I always held education so high on my own, aside from being raised that way was finding different things to be educated about it doesn't just have to be all of the subjects that they teach you in school there's so many things in the world to learn about that we wish we knew about," she said. "I feel like that urge to learn something new just never didn't exist for me."

Tillman said, growing up, she had always felt drawn towards psychology and related fields.

"They've always made me so curious," she said. "And so grinding away, I could continue to study in that area. With even more that was attached to it. It was just really intriguing to me."

In December 2023, at 17, Tillman successfully defended her dissertation to earn her doctoral degree in integrated behavioral health from ASU's College of Health Solutions. On May 6, she walked at ASU's commencement ceremonies.

Tillman told "GMA" prior to the big day that she was feeling "so excited," just like any other student.

"I love having a reason to celebrate and throw a big soirée," she said. "Just that walk, and especially with people I haven't been there, seeing every day, since my program is online, it's just gonna feel really fulfilling to finish."

Dr. Leslie Manson, a clinical associate professor at ASU, told "GMA" that Tillman is the youngest person in school history to earn a doctoral degree in integrated behavioral health.

"It's a wonderful celebration, and we hope ... that Dorothy Jean inspires more students," Manson said, adding of Tillman, "But this is still something so rare and unique."

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Throughout Tillman's time at ASU, Mason said she saw her growth in gaining the skills of professional writing as well as leadership, noting that Tillman is "inquisitive" and "intelligent."

"She has innovative ideas and motivation, which is wonderful," Mason explained. "And truly, I think what is inspiring is that she embodies that meaning of being a true leader."

Mason added that "other students can really learn the piece of dedication" from Tillman.

"So that motivating energy, those are the pieces that I think other folks can really turn to and feel inspired about," she said. "That curiosity is always there. And I think all learners come with that. But it's great to be able to see it in someone so young as well."

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Tillman's journey to success wouldn't be made possible without the support from her mom whom she said is one of her biggest motivators.

"Seeing my mother consistently worked so hard to continuously uphold our family's legacy, and be that person that everyone was able to go to, if they needed anything... Always seeing [her] like [a] 'Wonder Woman' definitely made me want to grow up [into] an accomplished person," she said.

An advocate for education, Tillman is also the founder and CEO of the Dorothyjeanius STEAM Leadership Institute, where she runs programs like summer camps to help kids find balance between arts and STEM subjects.

"I feel like adding art and putting a focus on it throughout science, technology, engineering, and math, makes the kids excited to learn all those things," she said. "And it opens them up to all of the possibilities and all the knowledge provided in that area of just STEM."

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As for her plans after graduation, Tillman said she is "just like any other teenager, still figuring out what my specific dreams and goals are."

"And I'm really just grateful that the world is my oyster, and that I've done so much so young. And I have time to like, kind of think that through," she said.

Discussing her advice to other youngsters, Tillman said she would remind them to be careful about being influenced on what they see on social media, noting that some posts "aren't real."

"There's a lot more to whatever it is than what you're seeing, you know, and so to always remember that is definitely important," she said. "And to always remember that everyone has points in their life where they feel like they're figuring it out…And so figuring things out, not knowing what you want, isn't a bad thing. But making the choice not to sit down and try to figure it out is."

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Congratulations to our Spring 2024 PhD and MS Graduates

The following graduate students in the Department of Biology graduated in the Spring 2024 semester. Congratulations to all of these students!

Merve Addemir (Summers Lab) M.S. in Integrated Biology

Athena Kvamme (Cheng Lab) M.S. in Integrated Biology (non-thesis)

Zhenshen Zhang (Green Lab) M.S. in Integrated Biology

Tara Hicks (Smolikove Lab) Ph.D. in Integrated Biology Dissertation Title: "R-loops' effect on chromosome stability and temporal regulation of DSB processing in the C. elegans germline"

Kelley Renninger (Cheng Lab) Ph.D. in Integrated Biology Dissertation Title: "Characterization of Phytohormone Signaling in Ceratopteris richardii : Reproductive Transition and Meristematic Activity"

Lindsey Snyder (He Lab) Ph.D. in Genetics Dissertation Title: "Evolution of stress response regulators and adhesin genes in pathogenic yeast"

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The following Microsoft Word templates are available for download and comply with all formatting requirements:

• Introduction for dissertation  (.docx)
• Introduction for thesis  (.docx)
• Chapters and text body for papers option  (.doc)
• Chapters and text body for non-papers option  (.doc)
• LaTeX templates  (.zip)