LibGuides: Open Access: a guide for researchers: Depositing your Phd into the Institutional Repository

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Examination Office Post Graduate Student Information

Submission form for Doctoral Thesis

Thesis Withhold Request Form

Thesis Withhold Request Form
Principles: In exceptional cases, it may be appropriate for a postgraduate research thesis to be embargoed for a period of time. Before making an application for an embargo, consideration should be given as to whether a redacted version of the thesis might be made available in the open access repository.

Regulations for Postgraduate Research Degrees Maynooth University Graduate Studies Office

Deposit of thesis and eThesis
Doctorate Students are required to submit 1 hardbound copy of the final corrected thesis with an electronic copy in one pdf file on CD/USB for the library (Do not password protect the electronic copy on CD/USB) .

Research Masters Students are required to submit 1 hardbound copy of the final corrected thesis with an electronic copy in one pdf file on CD/USB for the library (Do not password protect the electronic copy on CD/USB) .

You can find guidance on formatting and the presentation of your final thesis via the link above under:

PhD Thesis Layout Recommendations &
Research Masters Thesis Layout Recommendations

Once the hardbound theses have been received, the Examiners Reports will be sent to Faculty for formal approval. Following Faculty approval the award is then ratified by Academic Council and the Conferring Office is notified.

MURAL Institutional Repository Guide

MURAL
MURAL stands for Maynooth University Research Archive Library. It is an institutional repository which makes the research output of staff and postgraduate students at Maynooth University and St Patrick's College freely available online.

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