Thesis and Dissertation

To facilitate the research productivity of master's and doctoral candidates, the following format rules were adopted by 麻豆成人版 for theses and dissertations. The following provides detailed examples of abstract pages, title pages, proper document format, etc. These format standards have been developed to ensure a degree of consistency in the written presentation of research and should be followed by all students.

The Graduate Faculty at听麻豆成人版听guidelines are followed for the composition of M.S. thesis and Ph.D. dissertation committees.

Time Frame

Students must submit their MS thesis or PhD dissertation document, that includes their advisor's final changes, to the thesis/dissertation committee members听about three weeks before your defense.听The committee members must be given at least two weeks to review the document before the defense. Also, the听public defense announcement听must be submitted to GSO after GSO's second review of the document which must occur at least two weeks before the defense date. The second review of the thesis or dissertation with GSO cannot be scheduled if the embargo form hasn't been submitted to GSO.

Process for Thesis and Dissertation Document Approval (.PDF)
MS Thesis - Timetable for Document Approval (.PDF)
PhD Dissertation - Timetable for Document Approval (.PDF)

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Note: Thesis and Dissertation review for format by the Office of Graduate Studies must occur prior to defense and final submission.

Avoiding Format Problems in the Document (.PDF)
Proper Order of Thesis and Dissertation Pages (.PDF)
Steps for Page Numbering for Thesis and Dissertation Document (.PDF for 2013)
Steps for Creating a Table of Contents (.PDF) | (.DOC)
List of Correct Combinations of Graduate Degrees and Departments or Interdisciplinary Programs at 麻豆成人版: Title Page Documentation

Approval Page Signature Process

1. The student brings a printout of their unsigned Approval听Page听to be signed at the Final Defense.
2. All committee members present at the Defense sign the听Approval听Page.听
3. The student scans the signed听Approval听Page听and:听
If they are a PhD candidate, the student will upload听it to ProQuest听
If they are an MS candidate, the student will email听it to Graduate Studies (graduatestudies@njit.edu)
4. (Optional/Dependent) If any committee members did听not sign听the听Approval听Page at the defense, the student will scan and email the signed听Approval听Page听to Graduate Studies, where it will be sent to whichever members have not signed yet, via Docusign, for electronic signature.听
At this point, if the student is a PhD candidate, Graduate Studies听will send the signed Approval听Page听(when ready) to the student for uploading to ProQuest

Please note that the听dissertation/thesis committee must have previously been approved by Dr. Ziavras.听

Style Guides

(DISCLAIMER: these听templates may not be a 100% match to thesis/dissertation formatting standards due to potential version differences of general-purpose word processors and typesetting systems; additional changes may be needed after use)