Before submitting your thesis or dissertation, you must confirm that it meets the university’s formatting requirements. Additionally, confirm that all required documents have been submitted before the semester’s final deadline.
Once you have defended your thesis/dissertation, submitted the required documents, and are ready to submit your thesis/dissertation to ProQuest, there are still several steps you must complete.
This step includes the following:
These surveys and paperwork can be accessed on the Required Paperwork page.
As a public, land-grant university, MSU is committed to advancing knowledge and sharing it publicly.
The university requires an electronic copy of the thesis/dissertation to reside in the MSU library and at least the title and abstract must be published online with ProQuest. (See sections 380, 400, and 402 of the Academic Catalog.)
Sometimes students may wish to put a hold/embargo on the online publishing of their thesis/dissertation for a brief period of time in order to obtain a patent or submit the work for publication. A request for an embargo of up to 2 years may be made using this online form.
For questions regarding embargoes, please contact the Graduate School at msuetds.approval@grd.msu.edu or at 517-353-3220.
You may submit your document to ProQuest once you have successfully defended your thesis or dissertation and you have made the corrections that your committee wishes you to make. Do not submit your document prior to your defense.