Dissertation Dissertation Preparation of the Dissertation Completing the Dissertation: Registration, Defense, Deposit

The Ph.D. student must prepare a dissertation, embodying original research, under the supervision of a sponsor approved for that Ph.D. program by the Executive Committee of the Faculty of the Graduate School and the Dean.

A complete set of rules, covering such issues as, but not limited to, the formulation of a dissertation proposal and procedures for its approval; language, style, and formatting; criteria for sponsorship of doctoral dissertations; composition, size and selection of the dissertation defense committee; distribution of the dissertation to members of the defense committee; evaluation of the dissertation and the candidate is available at the web site of the Dissertation Office. The Dissertation Office also provides online forms for procedures ranging from applying for the M.Phil. to publishing the completed dissertation.