Graduation Guidelines and Deadlines for Doctoral Candidates for fall,
2008
Steps to take to graduate in fall, 2008
- Register for Dissertation (_99W) for fall.
- Turn in the Degree
Candidate Form (.pdf) to the Graduate School by October
13, 2008.
- Schedule your Defense/Final Oral Examination. Give
your committee a copy of your dissertation at least a month before you
plan to defend so each member can examine it. Then fill out the Request
for Final Oral (.pdf) form. Secure signatures of your committee
on this form indicating each of them agrees to attend the defense on
the date shown.
- Submit the Request
for Final Oral (.pdf) form to the Graduate School at least
two weeks in advance of the defense. This is how your Defense/Oral
Examination is officially scheduled.
- At the defense, the Committee Certification
of Approved Version (see Format
Guidelines .pdf) should
be signed by all members of your committee (any not attending will
need to sign this page before the dissertation is submitted).
- Make any required/requested revisions to the dissertation,
check it carefully for grammar, spelling, punctuation, content and format
(see Format Guidelines - .pdf),
then convert the final approved version of the dissertation into one
.pdf file.
- The last day to submit the dissertation for graduation
in the fall is December 5, 2008.
The following steps must be completed by the deadline:
- Submit your dissertation to UMI/Proquest.* Instructions
for submitting the dissertation on-line to UMI can be found at the Dissertation
Submission Site. When you upload your
dissertation to the submission site, you will be offered various publishing
options. UT Austin students should choose the "Traditional Publication" option which has an associated $65 fee. Please DO NOT select
the Open Access option with UMI/Proquest. UT does not bill or collect the $160 fee associated with
the UMI/Proquest Open Access option; however, UT does provide Open Access to your dissertation free of charge through the Texas Digital Libraries. If you wish to participate in the UMI/Proquest Open Access option, you will need to contact UMI directly after submitting your dissertation.
Additional information on converting your word or .rtf version of your dissertation
to .pdf (including a link to an on-line .pdf converter) is available at the Dissertation
Submission Site and the Electronic Thesis and Dissertations
(ETD) site. (Some students have reported difficulty using the on-line .pdf
converter. DO NOT WAIT until the last day to try to convert your dissertation
or treatise or you may not be able to meet the deadline.) For assistance
with technical problems while using the online submission system, please send
email to support@dissertations.umi.com,
or call 510-665-1200. The Berkeley Electronic Press handles the technical support
inquiries for the ProQuest ETD submission system.
- When
you have uploaded the final approved version of your dissertation
to UMI, submit the associated required forms
and paperwork to the Graduate School. Due to
the large numbers of dissertations to be processed you are encouraged
to upload your dissertation and submit the paperwork as soon
as possible. This paperwork may be submitted in person no later
than December 5, 2008 by coming to the Graduate
School, Main Building 101 or it may be mailed to arrive
no later than December 5, 2008 to:
The University of Texas at Austin,
VP & Dean of Graduate Studies, 1 University Station G0400,
Austin, Texas 78712-0531. For a detailed list of
paperwork to be submitted, print the Checklist
for Final Submission of Dissertation or Treatise.
*NOTE: Publication of your dissertation in
the exact version that has been approved by your committee is a requirement
for the degree. If for any reason you are considering not submitting
your dissertation to UMI directly for publishing, contact the Graduate
School's Doctoral Degree Evaluator to discuss how you will complete the
publication requirement. (Phone 512-232-3630 or email doctapp@uts.cc.utexas.edu.)
Please note: To access or complete .pdf forms, you must
have Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 or newer installed on your computer.
