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Theses & Dissertations
Obtaining the master’s degree or doctorate is the culmination of your graduate studies at Georgia Tech.
For all doctoral and many master's students, that means completing a doctoral dissertation or master's thesis, respectively.
Electronic Thesis/Dissertation
Submission
All theses and dissertations must be submitted electronically via the GT Library-Graduate Studies joint ETD web site at http://etd.gatech.edu.
For more information about how you submit your thesis electronically, visit http://www.grad.gatech.edu/thesis/electronic_submission.html.
Policy on Publication of Theses
Georgia Institute of Technology policy states that
Doctoral and Master's Theses should be openly published. Upon the request of the student and with the consent of the student's advisor, an ETD can routinely be withheld from circulation for one year. Research arrangements that would preclude publication for an extended time or permanently for reasons of national security or a sponsor's proprietary interest, however, are not appropriate for dissertations or theses. It is anticipated that all doctoral work and
a significant amount of master's research will be published in
the open, refereed literature.
In all cases, doctoral research should meet the "Guidelines
for Ph.D. Dissertation Research" [excerpted below].
Guidelines for Ph.D. Dissertation Research
- Doctoral research should provide a useful educational
experience for the student emphasizing creativity, independent
action and learning, research methodology, and scholarly
approach.
- The contributions to knowledge must be original and
as such, should represent a substantial addition to
the fundamental knowledge of the field or a new and
better interpretation of facts already known.
- The research should possess the major characteristics
of the scientific method, namely objectivity and reproducibility.
Assumptions should be clearly stated in both experimental
and theoretical research.
- The dissertation should reflect a level of competence
indicative of significant achievement beyond the master's
level. Thus, the research is expected to draw directly
upon advanced learning in the student's major field
and demonstrate mastery of that knowledge.
- The research should result in at least one paper publishable
in a suitable refereed journal of engineering, science,
management or architecture, as appropriate.
- The scope of the research should be such that it requires
at least the time and effort equivalent to one year
of full time graduate study.
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