ETD Process Requirements

ProQuest Thesis/Dissertation Submission

ProQuest is the website we use to facilitate the ETD Review. It saves all versions of the ETD, and allows us to work with you on revising your document to meet the format requirements. You'll need to create a new account and then upload your thesis/dissertation in PDF format for review. You will receive a confirmation email once you've submitted the ETD.

Review of the ETD will generally require 5-10 business days (once all of the submission requirements have been completed) to review, although ETDs submitted close to or on the deadline may require longer review times.  Keep an eye on your inbox so you don't miss any updates to your submission. Double-check your inbox and spam folder for emails from ProQuest before reaching out to the ETD Administrative Specialists for an update on your submission.

Making Revisions & Submitting the Revised ETD

If the Office of Graduate Studies requires modifications to the submitted ETD, the student will receive an email with instructions on how to view the requested revisions. You will need to download the PDF with the ETD Administrator's commentary to your computer and then open it in order to see the comments.

NOTE: Do not try to make corrections to the PDF or try to save the PDF as a Word document. This messes with all of your formatting, and will make it nearly impossible to make the corrections. Make the needed revisions in the Word document you originally used. We strongly suggest saving the word doc as a new copy, so that you have the original Word document if anything happens to the revised document.

The student must make all of the corrections and resubmit the corrected ETD to ProQuest at least a few days before the Office of Graduate Studies final clearance deadline. (Be sure to click on all "Submit Revision" confirmations within ProQuest – this lets us know you are ready for your revisions to be annotated!) The Office of Graduate Studies will then re-review the corrected ETD as described above. This review may require an additional 5-7 business days - depending on the current number of ETDs in review and the level of revision required.

Late ETD Submission

ETDs submitted after the thesis/dissertation deadline without an extension request form from Dr. Ruth Bahr will not be processed for that semester's graduation. You will have to register again in the following semester.