Guidance for electronic thesis submission
The information on this page outlines the steps you should take to upload your thesis electronically.
If you have any questions, please contact the Registry Postgraduate Research team by emailing registry-pgr@st-andrews.ac.uk.
Submission for examination
- Complete the necessary steps in the 'Thesis preparation and examination' task in MySaint as normal. This includes the ‘Declare my intention to submit my thesis’ and 'Preparing for submission of my thesis’ steps, which includes the declarations that you will need to download and include in your thesis. The Guidance for submission of theses provides further help with this.
- Check in with your supervisor to ensure that they are happy for you to submit your thesis in its current format. Supervisors need to sign off the thesis submission, and Registry will check with them to digitally sign off after we have received your thesis.
- Please make sure to convert your thesis to PDF, and rename it using the following format: StudentIDnumber.pdf.
- If you have any additional data that needs to be considered along with your thesis, please include them in the same file, at the end of your thesis. If this is not possible, please contact the Registry Postgraduate Research team by emailing registry-pgr@st-andrews.ac.uk.
- Log in to Moodle, and go to the Registry Student Journey activities module. You may need to click 'Enrol me' in order to access the page.
- You will be able to submit your thesis in the PGR thesis submission section. Follow the instructions, and you will receive a short receipt at the end of the process.
- Following your submission, Registry will liaise with your supervisor and the Associate Provost (Students), and then send your thesis to the examination committee. Please check your email for further notifications regarding your viva and next steps.
- It is no longer required to submit soft-bound copies of your thesis.
Submission of final copies for graduation
- Complete the necessary steps in the 'Thesis preparation and examination' task in MySaint as normal. This includes the 'Preparing for submission of my Library copies' step, which includes the declarations that you will need to download and include in your thesis. The Guidance for submission of theses provides further help on this.
- Check in with your supervisor to ensure that they are happy for you to submit your thesis in its current format. Supervisors need to sign off the thesis submission, and Registry will check with them to digitally sign off after we have received your thesis.
- You will need to submit your thesis in in the St Andrews Research Repository. For more information on registering to the Repository and for submitting your thesis, please see the Thesis Libguide.