Dissertation Office

Winter Graduates: Congratulations on receiving your PhD!

  • Your dissertation has been added to ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global.
  • If you selected the Institutional Repository (IR) option, your dissertation has been added to Knowledge@UChicago.
  • Wait for bound copies of your dissertation. If you ordered copies of your dissertation from ProQuest, it may take slightly longer than 8-12 weeks before you receive your copies.
  • Contact the Dissertation Office if you need to renew an embargo or to initiate an embargo after graduation. Dissertation Office staff members coordinate post-graduation embargo requests with University Administration and with ProQuest.

Spring PhD Candidates:

  • Consider copyright issues. If your dissertation includes material protected by copyright and your use goes beyond fair use, you must have permission from the copyright holder to include the material.
  • Schedule your defense. The defense (and any revisions requested by your committee) must occur before you receive departmental approval for your dissertation and before you file your dissertation.
  • Apply to graduate.

The Dissertation Office provides information on the University's dissertation policies. We help doctoral students understand dissertation formatting and publication requirements, and we assist with the submission process. We support graduate program administrators as they manage dissertation submissions and departmental approval, and we audit completed dissertation submissions to ensure they meet University requirements. We coordinate dissertation publishing and embargoes with ProQuest and with Knowledge@UChicago.