Prepare Your Manuscript
Before beginning your submission, you can use the Submission Checklist [PDF] to ensure your manuscript is properly formatted prior to submission. This to-do list is compiled by Boston University Libraries and includes action items for students who will be submitting dissertations or theses to ProQuest.
Submission Checklist:
Step 1: Decide - Decisions to Make before Submission
Step 2: Prepare - Preparing Your Manuscript
Step 3: Submit - Submit your thesis/dissertation
This LibGuide was developed with permission from the "Electronic Theses and Dissertations" page of Boston College Libraries.
Tools to Assist You in Preparing and Submitting Your Thesis/Dissertation
- Microsoft Word template: You are welcome to use this Microsoft Word Dissertations template or Thesis template prepared by the library at your own risk. Contact us with questions about templates.
- LaTeX: The Electrical & Computer Engineering Department has a LaTeX template that conforms with proper formatting for library submission that you are welcome to use. Thanks to Professor Janusz Konrad for his help providing this template.
- Sample formats: A set of samples illustrates proper submission formats.
- Open access: Boston University’s policy is that scholarship, including BU theses and dissertations, should be made openly accessible as soon as possible so that the benefits of research can be widely shared. This FAQ discusses factors to think about for those of you considering an embargo.
- Adobe Reader: The PDF format (Adobe Portable Document Format) requires use of Adobe Reader software. If you do not have this installed, it may be downloaded at no charge.
