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How do I see an Imperial PhD thesis?

The Library has a full set of Imperial PhD theses. 

All theses submitted for examination from 1 July 2007 are available online, on open access, in the  Spiral repository . 

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• Last Updated Sep 05, 2022
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Library Services

Here we explain how to access copies of research theses that UCL Library Services holds. There is also an increasing number of open access thesis repositories available online.

Theses held in UCL Library

Open access repositories containing the full text of selected research theses.

• Indexes of completed theses

Obtaining copies of research theses

• Open Access for Thesis: how to deposit

University of London theses

The Library holds a copy of most research degree theses completed by students registered at UCL and awarded by the UoL, including many from students at Schools and Institutes prior to merger with UCL. Theses are listed by author on the Library catalogue, Explore : they are shelved in our off-campus Store and may be retrieved for consultation (24-hour notice required) by completing the store request form or via the request link on Explore. Theses are not available for loan, either to individuals or via interlibrary loan.

Some UoL research degree theses submitted by UCL students in the areas of classical, Germanic, Latin American studies; history and law are not held: check the UoL School of Advanced Study catalogue for availability.

UCL started to award its own degrees to students registering from 2007/2008. Print copies of research theses are catalogued by author in Explore and shelved in Store; electronic versions are in many cases available on open access in UCL Discovery .

If you wish to access a thesis recorded in UCL Discovery for which the full text is subject to an access restriction or not present, it is best to contact the author directly to request a copy privately.  If this is not possible, please contact the UCL Open Access Team .

If a thesis is not available via UCL Discovery or EThOS (see below) then it might be possible to obtain a copy from our interlibrary loan service via your home university interlibrary loan department. Please contact your university library and ask them to enquire about this service with UCL's Interlibrary Loan service; e-mail [email protected] for more information.

The Library does not normally hold print copies of any theses in the following categories:

• MA, MSc, MRes, LLM theses.
• Diploma theses.
• Undergraduate dissertations.
• Theses submitted at other universities or colleges.

Further information is available in the Support for dissertations and research projects LibGuide .

A growing number of open access thesis repositories is becoming available including:

• ProQuest , holds many full text theses. You can search for dissertations and theses there.
• UCL Discovery , UCL's open access research repository, includes theses alongside other UCL publications. You can search for theses, or browse a list.
• EThOS , a database run by the British Library that aims to record all UK doctoral theses, with links to access an electronic version of the full text where available. The digitisation of theses that only exist in print form can often be requested, depending on the awarding institution and for a fee: UCL supports this process for UCL-held theses.
• The DART-Europe E-theses Portal , holds details of open access electronic theses stored in repositories across Europe.
• Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations , includes links to a number of international search tools and portals.

Video - Using PhD theses in research: EThOS 

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Indexes of completed theses (access available to members of UCL only)

Proquest dissertations & theses global (pqdt global).

PQDT Global contains over a million full-text dissertations and theses from 1861 onwards that are available for download in PDF format. The collection includes PQDT UK and Ireland content.

Many UK universities now decline to lend research theses. You may visit the awarding university or, increasingly, obtain an electronic version either from the university itself or from EThOS (see above).

Theses awarded by universities worldwide may be requested via UCL Library Services Interlending and Document Supply service . The normal charge for this service applies. Please note that theses are never available for loan: they must be consulted on Library premises only.

Open access for theses: how to deposit

Candidates for UCL research degrees are required to deposit an electronic copy of their final thesis in UCL's Research Publications Service (RPS), to be made open access in UCL's institutional repository, UCL Discovery . Theses are amongst the most highly-downloaded items in UCL Discovery . Making your thesis open access will mean that it is accessible worldwide, to anyone who wants to read it.

It is also possible, but not mandatory, to submit a print copy of your thesis to the Library for storage and preservation if you wish. We recommend submitting the print copy in cases where the electronic copy cannot be made openly available online in UCL Discovery, but you wish the print copy to be accessible to members of the Library.

Please refer to our guidance on how to deposit  for further information on the submission procedures.

EPSRC CDT in Statistics and Machine Learning at Imperial College London and the University of Oxford

Welcome to statml – an epsrc funded center for doctoral training in statistics and machine learning.

StatML is a cohort-based doctoral programme based at  Imperial and  Oxford .

The Statistics and Machine Learning programme is a four-year PhD/DPhil research programme (or longer if studying part-time). It trains the next generation of researchers in statistics and statistical machine learning, who will develop widely-applicable novel methodology and theory and create application-specific methods, leading to breakthroughs in real-world problems in government, medicine, industry and science.

The programme provides students with training in both cutting-edge research methodologies and the development of business and transferable skills – essential elements required by employers in industry and business.

Each student undertakes a significant, challenging and original research project, leading to the award of a PhD/DPhil.

The studentships are fully funded for the four years and come with a generous allowance for travel, equipment and research costs.   

Studentships are open to all nationalities and we are particularly keen to receive applications from women, minority groups and members of other groups that are underrepresented in technology. Applicants in possession of other funding scholarships or industry funding are also welcome to apply – please provide details of your funding source on your application.

We would like to receive applications from individuals who hold (or expect to receive) a masters level degree (or equivalent) in mathematics, statistics, physics, computer science, engineering, or in a closely related subject.

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Find out more about the programme in the videos below.

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DOI: 10.14469/hpc/171 Metadata

Created: 2015-11-11 15:07

Author: Wouter Mooij

License: Creative Commons: Public Domain Dedication 1.0

Funding: (none given)

Description

Wouter's PhD thesis, Imperial College London, 2014-2017

Imperial College London PhD Thesis LaTeX Template

This is the LaTeX template for Imperial College London PhD Thesis submissions created by Tamas Suto and William Knottenbelt

For more information on preparing your thesis for submission, and to download other forms, please see the Information for Current Full-time DOC Research Students page on the Imperial website.

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This repository contains my PhD thesis, undertaken at Imperial College London in years 2020-2024.

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My phd thesis, statistical methods for characterising the severity of an emerging pathogen: case studies of the covid-19 pandemic.

Author: Iwona Hawryluk

Supervisors: Prof Samir Bhatt, Dr Thomas Mellan, Dr Elizaveta Semenova, Dr Xenia Miscouridou

Imperial College London, Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

keywords: Bayesian statistics, Machine Learning, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Epidemic modelling, statistical modelling, Probabilistic Programming

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Writing a thesis

In some disciplines there are very clear expectations about the form your dissertation should take and there are often templates available.

Here is some general advice:

• Always take care to make the aims/goals/themes of the work clear.
• Before starting to write up, read a previous dissertation from your course from front to back.
• This will give you an indication of the level of quality you are expected to produce. Ask your course coordinators to make a selection of previous high quality theses available.
• A dissertation should be accessible to any "reasonably competent professional" in your field, but may be read by people outside of your chosen discipline. Bearing that in mind, you should ensure that your dissertation can be understood by a wider audience, particularly your abstract, introduction or conclusions.

Help and more specific advice on academic writing is available from the  Centre for Academic English and the Library webpages .

The Graduate School also runs courses on how to master your dissertation. 

Referencing

It is important that you reference all materials you use accurately, whether you quote directly, paraphrase, or simply make mention of them (and you should not rely upon or ‘borrow’ the work of fellow students). If you do not reference accurately, this may be interpreted as plagiarism. This is a serious academic offence, and will result in some form of sanction, depending on severity.

You need to be aware that the College uses Turnitin  to check assessed work for similarity with previously submitted papers and other online sources. Your department will tell you if your work will be submitted to Turnitin, and will provide you with further information about plagerism. The Library webpages also provide guidance on plagerism awareness and reference management software .

One of the most effective uses of your time can be to learn how to use suitable software for the management of references . This software enables you to record details of material you read in your own personal database and will allow you to import all the correct referencing information you need into your work in whatever format is required. This will save you valuable time when you have to insert citations and write reference lists and bibliographies.

Checking your work

Last - but definitely not least - please ensure that you proofread your dissertation very carefully before submitting it. Sloppy editing can be extremely irritating to examiners and readers, and will result in a worse assessment even if the content is of good quality.