Submission requirements

If you complete your thesis 12 months (or equivalent part time) before your candidature due date you must submit an application for early submission to the Office for Researcher Training, Quality and Integrity.

Your application should contain:

• a copy of your thesis
• Release of Thesis form
• detailed letter from your research supervisor providing reasons for early submission and confirming the thesis has been analysed through Turnitin.

Your application for early submission will be reviewed by the Deputy Director of your Research Institute. The Deputy Director may convene a 'Research Institute Review Panel' to assist with reviewing and approving the application.

All candidates are required to submit one electronic copy of their thesis for examination (maximum 15MB) together with a Release of Thesis form for examination. (Note: Ensure you insert and sign the correct Declaration page – refer to Preparing your thesis).

Submit all examination documents to: [email protected]

The Admissions and Candidature Team will organise for the relevant Research Institute Deputy Director or nominee to sign and approve the Release of Thesis.

A temporary hardbound copy of the thesis is only required if the examiner has requested a copy. Please discuss with your supervisor.

Acceptable forms of temporary binding are spiral and thermal binding. The thesis can be printed double-sided.

If you are on a scholarship, email [email protected] to see if you are eligible for a binding allowance.

Dropbox-Originality Check (plagiarism software checker)

Candidates (students) are advised to check the originality of their thesis with the Urkund (by Ouriginal) software to avoid missed citations or accidental plagiarism. View guides on how to do this.

All graduate candidates have access to Dropbox - Originality Check via the ‘Graduate Researcher Support and Development Toolkit’ found within VU Collaborate.