Basic Guidelines for ETD Submission

• Start the ETD process at the Four Step Process section.
• Theses and Dissertations that are to be submitted electronically must use the UNB ETD templates. They are available at the Step One section.
• The Thesis Development System (TDS) is available for each graduate student through the e-services web portal or by navigating here. Help is available at the Section Step Two section.
• Template and TDS training are done by the Teaching and Learning Centre. Schedules and registration for upcoming sessions are at www.unb.ca/ctd/. You can obtain help for questions about the TDS through the Help desk and template assistant is handled by Lyle Smith.

  Master's

• A Master’s submission occurs after a successful departmental or faculty examination process.

1. The student must submit to the School of Graduate Studies:
   - one hard copy and one electronic copy or;
   - an electronic copy only
   They als must submit the library deposit form and other completion forms given to you after the defense. If you wish to have personal copies bound, you must submit your hard copies along with the Personal Binding form and payment to SGS.
2. Once verified and approved by the School of Graduate Studies, the student sends the files to Lyle Smith at Electronic Text Centre (ETC). The ETC will then submit the files to UNB's institutional repository, DSpace.
3. You must submit a copy to the library for archiving, which is handled by the library staff.
4. If the copy is not OK, it is returned to the student for resubmission.

• ITS removes contents of TDS on same schedule as other “H” drive or related materials after the student ceases to be registered.

  PhD

• PhD submission is prior to the university examination process. This includes as many electronic or paper copies needed for the examiners:
  1. The student must submit to the School of Graduate Studies:
     - one hard copy and one electronic copy or;
     - an electronic copy only
     They als must submit the library deposit form and other completion forms given to you after the defense. If you wish to have personal copies bound, you must submit your hard copies along with the Personal Binding form and payment to SGS.
  2. Once verified and approved by the School of Graduate Studies, the student sends the files) to Lyle Smith at Electronic Text Centre (ETC). The ETC will then submit the XML and PDF files to our institutional repository, DSpace.
  3. Lastly, you must submit a copy to the library for archiving, which is handled by the library staff.
  4. If the copy is not OK it is returned to the student for resubmission.
• ITS removes contents of TDS on same schedule as other “H” drive or related materials after the
  student ceases to be registered.