Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Filing
UCSB requires students to electronically file their thesis or dissertation (referred to in this document as “ETD”) with ProQuest. Filing a hardcopy of the thesis or dissertation is no longer required nor accepted.
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Format
Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) must be submitted as a single electronic Portable Document Format (PDF) file*. Certain types of fonts and graphics work better with PDF, and special attention should be paid to creating equations for PDF conversion. Please review ProQuest’s Preparing Your Manuscript for Submission for helpful information. If the ETD is not in MS Word, RTF or PDF – e.g. LaTeX or OneNote – it must be converted to PDF by the student before the ETD can be uploaded.
How to Submit the Thesis or Dissertation Electronically
Start by creating an ETD account on the Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) website. Log on to your account to submit your manuscript and view/revise an existing submission. Some basic steps to submission:
- The thesis/dissertation must be submitted as a single electronic PDF file.
- The thesis/dissertation must follow all institutional formatting guidelines for submitting an electronic manuscript.
- Review all instructions on the ETD website prior to submitting your thesis/dissertation.
If you have Technical questions or concerns, contact ProQuest.
For formatting and degree completion questions contact our Graduate Division Academic Services Advisors.
*PDF is commonly used to distribute documents on-line because it allows readers on different platforms (e.g., Windows, Mac and UNIX) to view files as originally intended by the author.