Students should send a completed Intention to Submit form to ethesis@tcd.ie . A link to a Share Point folder will be sent to the corresponding student email account. Students are required to submit an electronic copy of their thesis for examination in one PDF file, to the link provided by the Academic Registry. Students are required to complete the Thesis Submission form which is found in the link provided by the Academic Registry.
When you have received confirmation from the Dean of Graduate Studies of your final result you will be requested to submit two hard bound copies of your thesis. These are also submitted to the Academic Registry Service Desk and a "Final submission" form will be presented to you for signature – this form requests that you confirm that what you are submitting is the final copy of the thesis.
For any additional queries on research submission of first and subsequent theses please contact Academic Registry through AskTCD using the ‘Log an Academic Registry Enquiry’ button.
In the subject line please include "Research Submission". For more info see the Graduate Studies website.
Research Register
All postgraduate students who are undertaking a research degree in Trinity College Dublin are deemed to be on the research register. The specific degrees which fall into the research degree category are as follows:
- M.Litt
- M.Sc (by research)
- Ph.D
- M.D.
- M.A.I.
The regulations which govern students admission to, progression on, and examination on the research register are available in the University of Dublin Calendar Part III and all prospective and current students are strongly recommended to familiarise themselves with these.
Students who undertake a research project or dissertation as part of a taught postgraduate course (M.Phil; M.Sc) are not deemed to be on the research register and the regulations pertaining to taught postgraduate students apply to them.
For any additional queries on research admissions please contact the Academic Registry with the subject "Research Admission" or see www.tcd.ie/graduate_studies.