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Thesis & Dissertation Guidelines
Effective Fall 2010, all students will be required to submit the final copies of their theses or dissertations electronically in Portable Document Format (PDF) after the initial paper draft of the thesis has been approved by the School of Graduate Studies. SGS will continue to review a paper version of each thesis and dissertation for format, but the final submission to the library and UMI will be via electronic document. After submission of the PDF copy to ProQuest/UMI, full-text versions will be available through MOspace, the digital institutional repository of the University of Missouri System. Recent UMKC theses and dissertations may be seen here.
UMKC Guide to Formatting Theses and Dissertations (PDF updated 10/14/10)
Submitting Theses and Dissertations for Review
Thesis/Dissertation Completion Timeline Chart
Information from ProQuest on publishing your T/D
Username: dissertations Password: publish
Thesis/Dissertation Final Submission Checklist
| Deadlines for submitting theses/dissertations for format review by the School of Graduate Studies: | ||
| Spring 2013 Graduation | Summer 2013 Graduation |
Fall 2013 Graduation |
March 22, 2013 |
July 1, 2013 |
November 4, 2013 |
| Deadlines for completing defense of thesis/dissertation: | ||
Spring 2013 Graduation
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Summer 2013 Graduation |
Fall 2013 Graduation |
May 17, 2013 |
August 2, 2013 |
December 13, 2013 |
| Deadlines for submitting theses/disserations to UMI/ProQuest: | ||
Spring 2013 Graduation |
Summer 2013 Graduation |
Fall 2013 Graduation
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May 31, 2013
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August 16, 2013 |
January 10, 2014 |
| Forms and Links related to Thesis / Dissertation Process: |
UMKC ETD Administrator (ProQuest Upload Link) - Warning! Papers uploaded to ProQuest before SGS has completed their review will be deleted from the system. |
| Application for Graduation form - From the Registrar's website. |
| Preliminary Approval by Supervisory Committee Chair |
| MOSpace License Agreement |
| Doctoral Exit Survey Requirement |
| Doctoral Dissertation Pre-Oral Defense Form |
| Doctoral Dissertation FINAL Evaluation Form (for Interdisciplinary Ph.D. doctoral students) |
| Doctoral Dissertation FINAL Evaluation Form (for doctoral students in Psychology, Counseling Psychology, Nursing, D.M.A. and Ed.D. programs) |
| Master's Thesis Pre-Oral Defense Form |
| Master's Thesis FINAL Evaluation Form |
| Report of Results of Final Dissertation Examination for Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Candidates Oral Defense/Examination forms for other Ph.D. and Master's programs are available in the departmental offices |
Other helpful links:
Copyright Management Center at Indiana University
United States Copyright Office
Digital library of UMKC theses and dissertations
Published through University Microfilms International
