Have you gathered together the information you need for your ProQuest submission?
When you begin your submission, you will be be asked to provide to ProQuest includes:
- Your current and future contact information
- Name of your committee chair
- Names of your committee members or readers
- Year - your manuscript was completed
- Year - your degree was awarded
- Type of degree
- Department
- A plain-text copy of your abstract that you can cut and paste into your ProQuest account
- PDF of your dissertation or thesis; any supplemental files
- Subject categories and additional keywords or phrases
- If your dissertation/thesis is in a foreign language, the title and abstract in English
Is your name and the title of your thesis or dissertation on the ProQuest account the same as on your PDF?
When you begin your submission, go to http://www.etdadmin.com/bu to submit your thesis/dissertation.
Click on “Submit my dissertation/thesis” and then on “Create an Account.” You must use your BU email address when creating your account. The University will not accept your submission otherwise.
Your name as it appears on your ProQuest account should match the name you use on the title and copyright pages of your dissertation/thesis and your signature page (including the exact use of middle names or initials). You may use the name and styling of your choosing, but they must match in all places.
Submit your thesis/dissertation
Regardless of whether you ordered copies or copyright registration you will be taken to a page to review your submission and ensure that all the data and files are correct. Please review to make sure all the information and options align with what you intended. After verifying the information is correct you can click "submit." The ETD administrators on campus will review your dissertation/thesis submission to ProQuest.
Did you pay Dissertation processing fee $115 or Thesis processing fee $25?
Fees for Processing Dissertations and Theses:
| Dissertation | $115.00, payable to Boston University |
| Thesis | $25.00, payable to Boston University |
Submit your processing fee by credit card, here.
Optional Fees:
| Copyright fee | $75.00, payable to ProQuest (credit card) |
| Printed/bound copies | varies, payable to ProQuest (credit card) |
These optional fees must be credited the FIRST TIME you submit your draft through the ETD Administrator. The services will be applied only to the final, accepted version (which may or may not be the first draft that you submit), but the first submission is the only point at which payment will be processed.
