Submission Deadlines for Master’s Levels

The College confers levels three occasions annually: Feb, May and September. Submission deadlines are printed within the Graduate School’s Academic Calendar. The Amount Eligibility Form should be posted towards the student’s academic department for review a minimum of two days before the final degree deadline.

Deadlines are absolute. No exceptions is going to be made. All online submissions, forms and charges are needed to become posted prior to the deadline date.

The next products should be completed and delivered straight to the Graduate Student Service Center in Goodell Room 534 through the deadline:

• Master’s Degree Eligibility Form for Thesis Students . or Master’s Degree Eligibility Form for Non-Thesis Students . Please complete the blank fields around the Eligibility Form, create a double-sided copy from the form, then get it signed as indicated. A paper form should be posted with original signatures through the deadlines indicated.
• One paper signature page with original signatures must be sent to the Graduate Student Service Center. The paper signature page ought to be on acidity-free, 20 lb. weight, white-colored, 8 1/2″ x 11″ paper. An unsigned blank signature page ought to be incorporated following the page within the electronic copy of the thesis.
• The above mentioned details are incorporated inside a detailed listing for use on your use within the Master’s Degree Listing .

Thesis Submission Needs

The master’s thesis should be formatted as prescribed through the Graduate School and digitally posted through ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst, the University’s permanent digital archive for scholarly materials.

Follow this link for an introduction to the submission process, and step-by-step instructions on uploading your thesis to ScholarWorks.

This manual, produced through the Graduate School, is made to help you while submitting your manuscript. The rules supply you with a quick reference before you go your manuscript. The manual also includes further explanations of form and elegance in addition to a number of suggestions and suggest that should clarify the guidelines and explain possible options in places that decisions about form and layout are in your discretion. It is crucial that you browse the entire manual before beginning preparing your manuscript so you comprehend the format and also the purposes behind the guidelines.

IT Workshops Advice

Each semester, the data Technology (IT) department offers graduate student workshops on formatting theses and dissertations so that they adhere to the graduate school’s Thesis and Dissertation Guidelines. You may also view IT’s Thesis and Dissertation Formatting General Advice for many useful tips about how to format and edit your manuscript.