Student | Thesis and Dissertation | Electronic Thesis

The Graduate School now offers a method by which students deliver electronic copies of their thesis manuscripts to us. We then review the manuscript for formatting, and contact the student for any revisions we deem necessary.

All of our electronic submissions are processed through the University of Massachusetts Amherst ScholarWorks website. Please note that a different process is used for submissions of Doctoral Dissertations. To access information about that process, click here.

• Overview of the electronic submissions process.
• Deadlines.
• Review Guidelines for Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations . There is also a formatting workshop available through OIT.
• Use this documentation and upload electronic dissertation files to ScholarWorks.

The following items must be completed and delivered directly to the Graduate School 's Office of Degree Requirements in Goodell Room 534A by the deadline:

• Degree Eligibility Form
• Two paper* signature pages with original signatures - a unsigned blank signature page should also be included after the copyright page in the electronic copy of your dissertation

A pdf file of this information in checklist form can be found here.

Help contacts:

For information on Rules, requirements, and standards - Office of Degree Requirements 545-0025
For information on Manuscript Formatting Workshops & Tutorials - OIT help
For problems in conversion to pdf (outside of BePress)- OIT Help Desk 545-9400

* The paper signature pages should be on acid-free, 20 lb. weight, white, 8 1/2" x 11" paper.