How Long Before My Dissertation is Published?
After you submit your dissertation for publication, it is held by the Library until the end of the semester of submission/graduation. We do this so any last-minute changes can be accommodated before we release it to ProQuest.
When the Library releases a dissertation for publication and ProQuest receives it, the dissertation is locked. If changes are needed after release for publication, the student author must work with ProQuest directly to do so, and ProQuest charges fees to make changes.
Once the Library system administrator releases your dissertation for publication by ProQuest, you can expect that it will be 8-10 weeks for you receive the printed copies you may have ordered.
But It will only be 4-6 weeks until ...
- your dissertation's bibliographic information will begin to appear in the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses service and in Google Scholar results,
- your full-text dissertation will be available for download or viewing on the PQDT platform,
And your dissertation take its place as part of the scholarly conversation of education!
