Student Submission Guidelines
Your manuscript must be neat, clean, legible, and error-free when it is submitted. Spell-check and manually proofread your text prior to submission.
All manuscripts must comply with the ProQuest ETD submission requirements. These requirements, along with this guide form the basis of the UMass Global Dissertation Formatting Guidelines.
Please keep in mind that your thesis/dissertation is part of your individual permanent academic record. It is also part of the permanent record of scholarship and research undertaken by all graduate student graduates of UMass Global, and it will be permanently accessible to the worldwide community of scholars.
It is the student's responsibility to properly format and proofread the manuscript.
General Formatting
General guidance on basic requirements for submission are included in the ProQuest Preparing your manuscript for Submission document. This includes information on:
- Margins
- Orientation
- Fonts
- Line spacing
Specifics on formatting the preliminary pages of your manuscript are included as sections of this guide. This guide is to be used in conjunction with your advisor, departmental guidelines, and the ProQuest submission document to properly format your manuscript.
