Dissertation and Thesis Manual

The Dissertation and Thesis Manual provides definitive information on preparing your dissertation or thesis. If you are writing a thesis or dissertation, you should download a copy of it.

• The Dissertation and Thesis Manual
• Check here if you are writing a creative ETD!
• Important note: If the Dissertation and Thesis Manual and a selected style guide are in conflict regarding a specific format issue, the Manual takes precedence. See p. 5, General Guidelines, in the Dissertation and Thesis Manual.

Also of interest:

• General FAQs
• FAQs on Graduation Packets
• For your abstract (and only for your abstract), a Word formatting template is available here. (In Internet Explorer, you can right-click the link and click "Save Target As" to download the Abstract Template.)
• For the rest of your dissertation/thesis, you can find information here from the University of Kansas on using Microsoft Word.
• If you are using the LaTex formatting system, check here!

If you have a question that is not already answered in the documents or FAQs above, please feel free to contact us directly!

• Thesis/Dissertation Questions
• Graduation Questions