Preparing to submit your thesis

Steps

1. Prepare your master's thesis/doctoral dissertation following the the guidelines called “Format for Preparation of the Master’s Thesis/Doctoral Dissertation”
2. Have your thesis/dissertation advisor approve the format before it is submitted to ProQuest.
3. Once your prepared master’s thesis/doctoral dissertation in the proper format, access the Guide to the On-Line Submission of the Master’s Thesis/Doctoral Dissertation. This Guide will give you specific step-by-step instructions to submit your master’s thesis/doctoral dissertation electronically.

Checklist

	Submit On-Line Master’s Thesis/Doctoral Dissertation to ProQuest after submitting one hard copy of the master’s thesis/doctoral dissertation to the Office of Graduate Studies. Web link: http://dissertations.umi.com/villanova/ Please note that no Villanova Graduate Arts and Sciences master’s thesis/doctoral dissertation will be accepted on CD-ROM.
	Obtain signatures of Advisor, Chairperson, and Thesis Reader(s) (if applicable) on Approval Form and append to hard copy submitted to Graduate Studies.
	Submit signed Approval Form with one copy of the master’s thesis/doctoral dissertation to the Office of Graduate Studies before the applicable deadline indicated in the Graduate Studies Catalog.

About the Fonts

This procedure should ensure that all fonts used in the Master's Theses/Doctoral Dissertations are embedded for other readers to view the documents properly. If the procedures do not work for your document, please contact a computer technician (either on your own or through your department) to resolve the problem.

If you choose a font other than Arial or Times New Roman within your document, you must embed the fonts in the word document file before the PDF file is created.

If you experience any difficulties with the above procedures, please contact a computer technician through your department.

One procedure to embed fonts in the word document file is as follows:

• Click Tools
• Click Options
• Click Save
• Click Embed True Type Fonts
• Click OK

Sample Approval Form
Sample Title Page