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Preparation and Submission Manual Overview
Doctoral dissertations and master’s theses.
Doctoral dissertations and master’s theses submitted to UC San Diego must meet the requirements set by the Graduate Council of the University of California San Diego for the degree candidate to be eligible for a graduate degree. A doctoral dissertation must be the result of original research conducted in the candidate’s specialization and must be approved in its entirety by the student’s doctoral committee. A master’s thesis must be a significant research work that must be approved in its entirety by the master’s committee.
The final version of the dissertation/thesis must conform to the details outlined in the " Preparation and Submission Manual for Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Theses. " For reference, we have provided some highlights below, but please refer to the full PDF Manual for complete instructions.
We have also made a template available as an inital resource to assist students with proper formatting.
Co-author permission letters are submitted electronically via the Kuali Permission Letter Submission Form . (see section below, "Use of Published Material," for additional information)
Specifications and Formatting
Minimum Margins
The margins of your thesis/dissertation should be from 1" on all sides. (Slightly larger margins are acceptable, but should be a minimum of 1 inch.)
Font and Font Sizes
A font size of at least 10 must be used for the text; students may choose one of the following font sizes: 10pt, 11pt or 12pt. Standard fonts are Arial, Century Gothic, Helvetica, or Times New Roman. A consistent font must be used throughout the entire dissertation or thesis.
Page Numbers
All page numbers are centered at the bottom of the page, 0.5” from the bottom edge.
Except where noted below, each page of the entire dissertation or thesis must be numbered consecutively; pages should be numbered according to the following standards:
- Neither the title page nor the blank or copyright page is to be numbered; however, the two pages are counted when numbering the preliminary pages that follow.
- The dissertation/thesis approval page is always numbered as page “iii”.
- The preliminary pages following the title and blank or copyright pages must be numbered consecutively beginning with lower case Roman numeral “iii” on the dissertation/thesis approval page. All preliminary pages are to be numbered using lower case Roman numerals (following the title and blank or copyright pages, begin with iii, iv, v, vi, etc.). This includes the dissertation/thesis approval page, dedication, epigraph, table of contents, list of abbreviations, list of symbols, list of illustrations, list of figures, list of schemes, list of tables, list of photographs, preface, acknowledgements, vita (required for doctoral dissertations), and the abstract. The page numbers must be placed at the bottom of the page and centered 0.5” from the bottom.
- The main body of the text and any back matter must be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals beginning with “1” (1, 2, 3, etc.), including text, illustrative materials, notes, appendices and bibliography. All pages are numbered at the bottom of the page and centered.
Correct pagination (no missing pages, blank pages, or duplicate numbers or pages) is required for the doctoral dissertation or master’s thesis to be acceptable.
Page Organization
Preliminary Pages
Except for the title page and blank or copyright page, all preliminary pages are numbered with lower case Roman numerals at the center bottom of the page. Pages are numbered in sequence, and page numbers are centered and placed 0.5” from the bottom of the page.
- The name of the conferring institution – UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO – appears in all capital letters at the top of the page.
- The title should be specific, unambiguous, and descriptive of the research, with easily identifiable key words that will ensure electronic retrieval.
- Scientific titles must use words, not symbols, formulas, superscripts or Greek letters.
- Doctoral students should refer to their document as a dissertation. Master’s students should refer to their document as a thesis.
- “in” should be all lowercase and on a line alone.
- The degree title listed should be the title that UC San Diego will actually confer; if unsure, contact your Graduate Coordinator.
- “by” should be all lowercase and on a line alone.
- Students may use either their legal or lived name as it is listed on the UC San Diego official record and remain consistent throughout the document
- All committee members must be listed, chair first, using the title Professor. If professor is not applicable to all committee members, list all names without any titles. Use double spacing between “Committee in Charge” and the chair’s name. Alphabetize all members after chair and single space all names. Indent all committee members 0.5” from “Committee in Charge”. (This section is the only section of the title page that is not centered.)
- Degree year: Students must use the year of the quarter of degree conferral.
- The title page is not numbered; it is counted as page “i” in the numbering of the preliminary pages. The title and blank or copyright pages are the only manuscript pages without page numbers.
Dissertation/Thesis Approval Page
This page is always numbered page iii. Page numbers from here forward in the preliminary pages of the document will vary for individual students, depending on which of the optional pages described below students choose to include. The numbers must be internally consistent for the document.
There is no header on the dissertation/thesis approval page. The text at the top of the page is either left justified or fully justified. The text at the bottom of the page is centered. All information should be centered on the page vertically.
Effective November 2020, faculty signatures are not collected on the dissertation/thesis approval page. Faculty committee member approval is captured on the combined Final Report Form (this form is initiated and managed by the department/program graduate coordinator). Students should check with their department/program graduate coordinator to verify that the combined form is being used. The formatted page iii must still be included in the dissertation/thesis and must follow the format described above.
All dissertations or theses are required to have a table of contents. List the page number that each section first appears on. Use proper capitalization and include header and sectional titles exactly as they appear within the dissertation or thesis (for example, if “Chapter” is used in the text headers, it must be used in the Table of Contents).
If illustrations such as figures, tables, graphs, maps, diagrams, photos, etc., are scattered throughout, make a separate “List of Figures,” “List of Tables,” “List of Graphs,” etc. to follow the table of contents.
Acknowledgements
The acknowledgements, along with any other preliminary sections or parts of the dissertation or thesis, must be reviewed and approved by the committee members.
See the section “Using Published Material” (in the full PDF manual, and in the excerpted section below) if any portion of the dissertation or thesis is co-authored, published, submitted for publication, or is being prepared for publication. A paragraph acknowledging all co-authors and publishers is required in the acknowledgements page and as the last paragraph of text at the end of each applicable chapter.
Permission letters from the committee chair and all co-authors must be submitted electronically via the Kuali permission letter submission form prior to or the day of the student’s final document review . See the full manual for sample letters and additional information. Click here for step by step instructions and an overview of the Kuali form.
An abstract should provide a clear impression of the content and major divisions of the dissertation or thesis. Abstracts of doctoral dissertations must not exceed 350 words; master’s theses abstracts must not exceed 250 words.
Figures and Tables
All figures and tables must be accompanied by a caption. Captions for figures go below the figure. Captions for tables go above the table.
All figures and tables must have their captions formatted the same, ie numbering, spacing, bold/italicized text, text alignment (left, centered, justified), font.
Figures/tables and their captions need to fit on one page and within the page margins. If they cannot fit on one page, then format the captions as a facing caption, where the caption goes on the page before the figure/table. For example, page 1 would be the figure caption (no other text), and page 2 would be the figure itself.
If figures/tables go on multiple pages, then the caption must be on each page that the figure/table appears. Table headers must also be on each page.
Appendices and References
- Appendices typically contain supporting material such as data sheets, questionnaire samples, illustrations, maps, charts, etc. Appendices may be single-spaced.
References/Biolography/Works Cited
- The format of the references and/or bibliography should follow that of the student’s discipline and should be consistent throughout the dissertation/thesis.
- All authors must be listed. Do not depersonalize non-primary authors by referring to them in the bibliography as et al.
- Bibliographies, references, and works cited are to be single-spaced with a double space between entries, and should be the last entry in each chapter or in the dissertation/thesis.
Use of Published Material and Co-Author Permissions
If students are using material which has been submitted for publication or has been published, students must read the full text that follows and see the manual for additional details.
Students must obtain permission letters from all co-authors, including committee members and UCSD faculty. Students submit the co-author letters to GEPA electronically via the Kuali permission letter submission form for any chapter or portion of a chapter in the dissertation or thesis to which one or more of the following applies:
- Students have co-authors (regardless of whether or not students are submitting it for publication);
- The chapter or portion thereof is being prepared for publication;
- The chapter or portion thereof has been submitted for publication;
- The chapter or portion thereof has been published.
If approved by the committee members, reports of research undertaken during graduate study at UC San Diego that have been published or submitted for publication in appropriate media may be accepted in their printed form in full or in part as the dissertation or thesis.
If the material has co-authors other than the committee chair, the student must obtain permission letters from all co-authors giving their approval for the co-authored material to be used. This must be done even if copyright has been retained. Students need to determine if the publisher’s permission is also required. Students collect their signed co-author permission letters and cover letter from their committee chair and submit electronically via the Kuali permission letter submission form prior to or the day of their final document review with GEPA.
Click here for a sample/template of the cover letter from the committee chair and the permission letter(s) from co-author(s).
Click here for step by step instructions and an overview of the Kuali form.
Copyright and Publishing Options
- All students receive copyright when creating and publishing their dissertation/thesis.
- Proquest offers to file for additional copyright with the US Copyright Office for a fee. Students can file for additional copyright through Proquest or on their own through the US Copyright Office .
Publishing Options
- Your dissertation/thesis is published in two different libraries, Proquest and eScholarship.
- Traditional = your paper can only be accessed if someone has access to Proquest or pays to access your paper. The default option.
- Open access = your paper is available to anyone on the internet for free. You would have to pay a fee for this option.
- eScholarship is the University of California's digital library. All papers are open access in eScholarship.
Dissertation and Thesis Release Form (Embargo)
Students, with approval from their committee chair, may choose to immediately publish or put an embargo/delay on publishing their disserrtation/thesis. The default option is immediate publication.
- If an embargo is chosen, the options are for a 1 or 2 year delay. (Note: Students in the MFA in Writing program are required to have a 10 year embargo).
- If the embargo needs to be extended, a request from the committee chair must be submitted to the Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs via email before the embargo expires . Dissertations/theses cannot be re-embargoed once the embargo expires.
Your embargo choice must match in Proquest and on the dissertation/thesis release form . The release form must be signed by the student and the committee chair and must be uploaded as part of the submission to ProQuest.
Please note: If you delay the release of your work, access to the full text of your work will be delayed for the period that you specify. However, the citation and abstract of your work will be available through ProQuest and through the UC California Digital Library (eScholarship).
Dissertation and Thesis Release Form (Embargo Form)
Embargo options are for a 1 or 2 year delay. (Note: Students in the MFA in Writing program are required to have a 10 year embargo).
Embargo Extension: If the embargo needs to be extended beyond initial embargo period, a request from the committee chair (with endorsement from the department chair / program director) must be submitted to the Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs via email before the embargo expires . The request must specify the reason for the additional time and how long the embargo should continue. Dissertations/theses cannot be re-embargoed once the embargo expires. Please see the Policy on Open Access for Theses and Dissertations: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/2000688/ .
For further questions about doctoral dissertation or master’s thesis formatting, students may contact the appropriate GEPA Academic Affairs Advisor .
Master’s thesis formatting questions:
- Kelsey Darvin, [email protected] : Biological Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Structural Engineering, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- Kim McCusker , [email protected]: All Arts & Humanities, Physical Sciences, and Social Sciences, Materials Science, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Karen Villavicencio , [email protected] : Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Chemical Engineering, NanoEngineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Neurosciences
Doctor of Philosophy dissertation formatting questions:
- Kelsey Darvin , [email protected]: Structural Engineering
- Eliese Maxwell , [email protected] : all other PhD programs (except those listed)
- Karen Villavicencio , [email protected]: Chemical Engineering, NanoEngineering
Doctor of Musical Arts, Doctor of Education, all Rady programs, Biomedical Sciences, Biostatistics, and Neurosciences PhD, all joint PhD programs with SDSU, and Master of Public Health (MPH) formatting questions:
- Sara Miceli , [email protected]
After fully formatting your doctoral dissertation or master’s thesis you may schedule your appointments at: https://gradforms.ucsd.edu/calendar/ .
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Alumnus Shai Agmon wins prize for best doctoral thesis
Alumnus Shai Agmon has been awarded the DPIR’s inaugural prize for the best doctoral thesis in Political Theory.
Shai’s thesis is entitled “ Liberal Democracy, Competition and the Institutional Limits of Markets ”, which he completed in the academic year 2022-23.
Details of Shai’s thesis
The thesis focuses on a ‘particular class of problems affecting liberal democracies worldwide’. In particular, Shai states that the electoral system, the free press, and the legal system are ‘undermined’ by their ‘subordination to the markets’.
With this in mind, the Junior Research Fellow explores how a ‘shared fear of market expansionism has developed into a vast normative literature, the “Moral Limits of Markets”, which he says suffers from a failure to ‘properly analyse normative issues arising from the clash between markets liberal democratic institutions’. The thesis reflects Shai’s research interests, which, alongside political theory, include the institutional limits of markets, competition, liberalism and legal philosophy.
Shai’s response to his award
Upon receiving news of his award, he said: ' I wish to thank my supervisors, Cécile Fabre and Jonathan Wolff, for their invaluable intellectual and emotional support. I am also deeply appreciative of my examiners, Joseph Heath and Cécile Laborde, for their insightful feedback. Finally, I couldn't have done any of it without my DPhil colleagues, friends, and, most importantly, my dear family.'
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Dissertation defense, overview of the dissertation defense.
The Defense (Ph.D. Final Exam) is a final oral examination taken after preparation of a written Ph.D. dissertation. Each student will prepare and present a seminar defending the scientific importance of their dissertation before a 3+ member Dissertation Committee and interested faculty and graduate students in the program. Following the open presentation, the audience will be excused, and the committee will continue to examine the student regarding the presentation and dissertation work. This examination is usually restricted to the members of the committee, but may be open to faculty members and guests, with the consent of the student and all the members of the dissertation committee.
- 8 weeks prior – Set date of exam and reserve room (allow two hours for presentation and examination period)
- 2-4 weeks prior – Share Dissertation with Committee Members
- 2 weeks prior – Share Defense details with BME Community (email details to Graduate Program Coordinator for distribution)
- Defense exam (exam should be conducted in person, one remote member allowed)
- Dissertation Chair submits PhD Final Exam Report in GradSphere
- Refer to Graduate Studies Filing Your Dissertation process
- Initiate Filing Process in GradSphere
Committee Requirements:
- Established at the time of Advancement to Candidacy for the Ph.D.
- Three members (5 maximum)
- The chairperson is required to be a member of the BMEGG and is normally the Major Professor
- Representation from both engineering and biology/medicine
- All potential committee members must meet the Graduate Council Policy on Service on Advanced Degree Committees
- Individuals from outside the University of California are considered External Members and may be approved with additional review. External members include faculty, researchers, or other professionals who are not employed by the University of California, and who possess special expertise and/or experience not matched by eligible UC committee members. Please be prepared to upload their current CV/Resume and justification of expertise not available within the UC System.
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS DISSERTATION: Kevin Zhou
Ph.D. Candidate: Kevin Zhou
Research Advisor: Natalia Toro
Date: Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Time: 11:30am PST
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Abstract Thesis writing is a skill that every PhD candidate must acquire to convey his or her research findings clearly. The main objective of this i-paper is to facil tate the thesis writing process so that PhD candidates understand what a PhD thesis is and can write their thesis correctly and scientifically.
PREFACE Writing a PhD dissertation or thesis is probably the most challenging task that a young scholar attempts to do. We have traveled this journey ourselves and helped numerous students to achieve their goal of successfully completing a PhD. If you are about to embark on your own journey, you will want to start at the beginning of this book and work your way through the chapters which are ...
The Dissertation The dissertation is a document in which a student presents his or her research and findings to meet the requirements of the doctorate. It is a substantial scholarly product that represents the student's own work. The content and form of the dissertation are guided by the dissertation committee and the standards of the student's discipline. The dissertation may take a ...
a comprehensive overview, and as such is helpful in making sure that at a glance you understand up front the necessary elements that will constitute each section of your dissertation. This broad overview is a prelude to the steps involved in each of the chapters that are described and demonstrated in Part II. While certain elements are common to most dissertations, please note that ...
Writing a Doctoral Thesis or Dissertation in the Social Sciences Anne Jordan, Ph.D. Ontario Institute for Studies in Education University of Toronto ©2020 A guide for doctoral students at various stages of their doctoral theses and dissertations: Designing their thesis proposals, developing their research
Advanced research and scholarship. Theses and dissertations, free to find, free to use.
viii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS It has been a great pleasure working with the faculty, staff, and students at the University of California, Irvine, during my tenure as a doctoral student.
PDF | This presentation is a practical guide on how to write a PhD thesis based on personal experiences and existing literature .
In this paper, I discuss the PhD methodology, results and how to write a stunning conclusion for your thesis. The main objective of this paper is to help PhD candidates to understand what is a PhD methodology and guide them in writing a systematic and meaningful PhD methodology, results and conclusion.
You should be prepared to hire assistance with coding and data entry and analysis if needed. 8. Get a copy of the graduate school's guidelines for writing theses and dissertations and follow these guidelines exactly. Writing. 9. Each thesis or dissertation is unique but all share several common elements.
EBSCO Open Dissertations makes electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) more accessible to researchers worldwide. The free portal is designed to benefit universities and their students and make ETDs more discoverable.
Sample Thesis/Dissertation Approval (TDA) Form Doctoral Students Number of signatures required for doctoral students Degree be Title must found on title = director of research (adviser) + all voting committee members who voted to pass the student at the final exam (defense) + the department head
Open Access Theses and Dissertations Database of free, open access full-text graduate theses and dissertations published around the world.
The paper gives advice on how to write a good PhD thesis in a Computing subject in the UK | assuming that one has done interesting, novel academic work and \just" needs to write up. The context of this document relates to my experience, opinion and practice in various roles as supervisor, examiner or examination panel chair in more than two dozens of PhD examinations. What I have expressed ...
patience, time and inspiration during the course of my PhD study. Without their genuine guidance and suggestions, this thesis could have been very hard to accomplish. I owe the University of Stirling and the Accounting and Finance Division a debt of gratitude for financially supporting me over the first three years of the doctoral studies.
Introduction Every PhD candidate in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is required to successfully complete and submit a dissertation to qualify for degree conferral. This document provides information on how to submit your dissertation, requirements for dissertation formatting, and your dissertation publishing and distribution options.
The vortex studies discussed in this dissertation would not have been possible without the high-purity crystals of underdoped YBa 2 Cu 3 O 6+ x from the group of Doug Bonn and Walter Hardy at the University of British Columbia.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. A free, online database of Ohio's undergraduate, masters and doctoral theses and dissertations from participating OhioLINK member schools. It contains the abstract for all included theses and dissertations. The full-text is also available if it was submitted.
The final version of the dissertation/thesis must conform to the details outlined in the "Preparation and Submission Manual for Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Theses." For reference, we have provided some highlights below, but please refer to the full PDF Manual for complete instructions. We have also made a template available as an inital ...
A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE DOCTORAL SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DOCTORAL DEGREE
Understanding Mental Health Provider's Experiences of Burnout, Vicarious Trauma, and Vicarious Resilience from the provider perspective, Lauren Beheler-Romero
Department of Mathematics in the Graduate School Southern Illinois University Carbondale July, 2006 (Please replace Name and Year with your information and delete all instructions)
DOCTORAL THESIS Leadership development: the role of developmental readiness, personality dispositions,and individual values. Mariam Shebaya
In American English, a dissertation is the study document required for a doctorate degree. In contrast, a thesis is often linked with a master's degree.
If you're a PhD, Masters by research or Honours student, the Library's new Graduate Research and Thesis Writing Guide is for you.. Whether you're just starting out, mid-way through your candidature, or in the final stages of writing your thesis, this new resource provides advice, tips and strategies to enhance your academic writing and develop your skills.
Alumnus Shai Agmon has been awarded the DPIR's inaugural prize for the best doctoral thesis in Political Theory.. Shai's thesis is entitled "Liberal Democracy, Competition and the Institutional Limits of Markets", which he completed in the academic year 2022-23. Details of Shai's thesis. The thesis focuses on a 'particular class of problems affecting liberal democracies worldwide'.
Overview of the Dissertation DefenseThe Defense (Ph.D. Final Exam) is a final oral examination taken after preparation of a written Ph.D. dissertation. Each student will prepare and present a seminar defending the scientific importance of their dissertation before a 3+ member Dissertation Committee and interested faculty and graduate students in the program. Following the open presentation ...
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