Submitting your thesis

Under Senate Regulation 5 all research students enrolled on postgraduate research degrees (eg MPhil, MRes, PhD) must provide the Library with an electronic version of their post-award thesis for archival in BURA, Brunel University of London's open access research repository. 

The only exceptions to this requirement are submissions for PhD by the Published Works route and submissions for Higher Doctorates which must be supplied in hard copy. Please check the submission requirements for these with your College. 

To meet all the requirements and successfully deposit your thesis in BURA, you should follow the steps outlined in each stage below, before you submit your thesis to be examined, and once you receive your award.

Submitting your thesis for examination

To submit your thesis, please complete this online form: PGR Thesis Submission Request. After you submit the form, a WISEflow submission point will be created for you to upload your thesis by the date you have requested in the form. 

Once you have submitted your thesis and the submission date has passed, your supervisor will be alerted, and they will review the similarity report in WISEflow. If you are required to amend and re-submit your thesis, your supervisor will advise you. 

For any queries regarding the submission process, please contact PGR-ACO@brunel.ac.uk

After receiving your award letter

Your thesis should be deposited in the Library following confirmation of your award and before graduation. You should complete and sign a Thesis Deposit Licence form and send this to the Library, along with a copy of your award letter and a full text PDF version of the full, corrected final thesis as a single file. 

For large files, you will be instructed to upload the file to a University approved file drop-off service. For security, we do not recommend using other file sharing services.

All documents and enquiries should be sent by email to: thesis@brunel.ac.uk  

For a link to the form and further information see How do I deposit my thesis in the Library? and our Frequently Asked Questions.