Welcome to the The George Washington University ETD Administrator Site.

The ETD Administrator lets graduate authors submit their completed dissertation or thesis to UMI Dissertation Publishing for publishing. There are several steps in the submission process, which the ETD Administrator will walk you through. Your submission will be reviewed by the Graduate School for approval, before it is submitted to UMI Dissertation Publishing.

Before you begin

George Washington University strongly advises graduate students to choose one of the two Open Access publishing options. If you have any questions about this advisory, please contact the Graduate School.

Before you begin, please be sure that you have the following:

  1. Full text of the dissertation/thesis in PDF format. This must be one file. If your manuscript is in Word or RTF format, you may convert it to PDF format here before submitting. For tips on creating PDF files, see the PDF Help Center.
  2. Abstract
  3. Optional Supplementary files (images, sound, etc.) that are an integral part of the dissertation, but not part of the full text.
  4. Advisor and other Committee Member's names.
  5. Subject Category. You must choose one main category from this list. Two optional supplementary subject areas may also be entered.
  6. Keywords (optional; up to six)

No part of the submission is registered until you click the final Submit button.

Optional Services

Open Access Publishing: ProQuest CSA's UMI Dissertation Publishing now provides an option for publishing your graduate work on an open access basis. For an additional $95 fee, we will make your graduate work available online free of charge. Read more about open access.

Copyright Registration: During the submission process, you will have the option to request that UMI Dissertation Publishing files for copyright on your behalf. If you choose this option, there will be an additional $65.00 fee payable via credit card during the online submission process. Read more about copyright registration.

Copies of Your Graduate Work: At the end of the submission process, you will also have the option to purchase one or more printed copies of your completed work.

If you have any questions, please contact the Graduate School.

Fees

A standard UMI Publishing fee of $55 for the archiving of the dissertation, or $45 for a thesis, is applied to all submissions.

In addition, authors now also have the option of selecting Open Access publishing for an additional $95 fee. For the additional fee, we will make your graduate work available online free of charge to researchers.

During the submission process, you will have the option to request that UMI Dissertation Publishing file for copyright on your behalf. If you choose this option, there will be an additional $65.00 fee payable via credit card during the online submission process.

If you have any questions, please contact the Graduate School.

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