For submission and approval processes for theses and dissertations at the University of Missouri, please see the Graduate School’s thesis and dissertation information (process overview, submission guidelines, checklist, formatting, technology guidelines, etc.)
If you have submitted your thesis or dissertation to the Graduate School and are awaiting publication in MOspace and/or ProQuest, please see below for more information.
Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) that clear all Graduate School processes for completion and approval are sent to the Libraries for processing and permanent archiving and publication in the MOspace institutional repository. Once the Libraries receives a semester's batch of ETDs, librarians and staff check each one to match it with information provided with the submission and add additional information to make it findable, accessible, and citeable. This submission metadata is gathered and processed as a batch, which is then uploaded to MOspace. After the files receive their permanent home MOspace, the files and metadata are harvested once again and matched with ProQuest orders, and the relevant files and data are sent as a batch to ProQuest, which usually has a 6-10 week processing time to deposit manuscripts and fulfill print orders.
| MU Graduate School processes | MOspace/MU Libraries | ProQuest |
|---|---|---|
| 2-3 months from graduation date | 2-3 weeks | 6-10 weeks |
Spring 2024 theses and dissertations have been uploaded to MOspace. Except those with embargoes, the rest is now freely available online. (updated 9/23/2024).
The Libraries is waiting for Summer 2024 approved theses and dissertations from MU Graduate School (updated 10/17/2024).
Since 2009, all new MU theses and dissertations are in electronic format and you can find most of them in MU Theses and Dissertations Collection with the exception of some which access is restricted per author requests. This collection also includes selected historical theses and dissertations scanned by MU Libraries.
If you are an author of a thesis/dissertation that is only available in print format, MU Libraries would be happy to digitize it and make your work freely available online. You would need to sign a license form for us to make your work available in MOspace, MU's institutional repository. Please send your digitization request or questions to mospace@missouri.edu
