April 12, 2018

New Thesis/Dissertation and Graduation Web Resources

We’re excited to share our new and improved thesis/dissertation and graduation web pages. We believe these updates will assist your students as they prepare to graduate.

You may have already noticed some website restructuring on the Graduate School‘s Students & Postdocs tab. Please review the new “Degree Requirements” link. Within this section, you’ll find “Thesis/Dissertation Information,” “Dates and Deadlines” and “Policies and Procedures.”

Updates to Thesis/Dissertation Information:

• The information flow and framework of the pages has changed! This means some pages have been renamed, and duplicated and obsolete information has been updated or removed.
• The standalone page “Policy for Deposit and Dissemination of Master’s Theses and Doctoral Dissertations” was removed. The policy has instead been integrated to the main Thesis/Dissertation page. If you previously linked to that page, please redirect any external links to http://grad.uw.edu/for-students-and-post-docs/thesisdissertation/
• Two new pages have been created!
  • 1. Preparing to Graduate:
    • This page replaces Final Submission of your Thesis or Dissertation. If you previously linked to that page, please redirect any external links.
    • This page has information relevant to all graduating students, not just those submitting ETDs. Consider referring your students to this information even if they don’t have a thesis or dissertation requirement. We’ve also created three graduation checklists: thesis master’s, non-thesis master’s, and doctoral students. These are displayed on the website and as one-page PDFs graduation checklists.
  • 2. ETD Formatting Guidelines:
    • This page replaces “Required Sections for your Documents”. If you previously linked to that page, please redirect any external links.
    • We have updated the instructions and language on the page, our template files, and provided new formatting resources including fillable PDF title page templates and comprehensive “do’s and don’ts” of ETD formatting– a guide which addresses our most common revisions requested. A PDF version of the checklist is available, too.
• Access Options for Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) has been updated to a more streamlined chart created by our partners in the UW Libraries. This chart will help clarify and inform students as they consider which publication access option is best suited for their work.

We appreciate any feedback about these revised web resources! Feel free to email gemshelp@uw.edu with any questions.