See the Graduate School Guidelines for Master’s Theses and Doctoral Dissertations for more information on the permitted formats. To provide support for the greatest possible number of students, these files help you use the two most-frequently-used formats, numeric (Scientific) and simple (Traditional). The Graduate School rules permit three different heading and Table of Contents formats.
We also provide a template for creating your thesis and an example of what a final thesis should look like. Download the Tutorials & Template Filesįind your version of Word below to download the tutorial appropriate to your needs. Questions about the guidelines, or interpretation of them, should be directed to the Office of Degree Requirements at (413) 545-0025. Note: The rules and guidelines for thesis and dissertation formatting are developed by the Graduate School. For more information on how to format and edit your manuscript, see our Thesis & Dissertation Formatting General Advice page. Our thesis formatting tutorial takes you step-by-step through the process of formatting your thesis from our template file.
