University Dissertation and Thesis Services

About

Welcome to The University Dissertation and Thesis Services (UDTS). Here formatting is everything!

University Dissertation & Thesis Services (UDTS) serves as the primary resource for graduate students navigating the multi-step degree completion process. For Master’s and Doctoral programs requiring a thesis or dissertation, UDTS ensures compliance with official formatting guidelines throughout the semester-long graduation timeline. We provide the structured guidance necessary to transition your manuscript from final draft to university acceptance.

Resources

Workshops and Information sessions

Browse our training sessions and tools.

UDTS: Writing sessions

Want to create a writing routine? Come join us for productive writing mornings.

UDTS response time

Wondering how long UDTS takes to respond? Find out more.

Review publishing access

Considering delaying public access to your work? Find out more.

MARS

Search MARS, George Mason University’s repository for theses and dissertations.

Our Policy

Submissions to UDTS come with firm deadlines.
Format review is a mandatory step in the submission of theses and dissertations. The UDTS department reviews documents to confirm their adherence to University Formatting guidelines but does not review content of the document itself. To avoid last minute delays and stress as one gets closer to their UDTS deadline, we strongly recommends submitting documents for review as early as possible and to start the process of format review early. Scheduling delays or incomplete submissions will likely defer graduation to the next semester.
Please review our deadlines page to be up to date with all the upcoming submission deadlines for the semester. We provide future semester submission deadlines as well.