Graduate Studies
PhD | Dissertation preparation
Dissertation preparation and examination
- Introduction
- Style rules and word limit
- MHRA Style Guide
- Applying for examiners
- Submission and leave to defer submission
- The viva
Introduction
The dissertation must not exceed 80,000 words, including footnotes, references and appendices, but excluding bibliographies. Only under exceptional circumstances will permission be granted to exceed the limit. Should you wish to apply to exceed the word limit you must write to the Board of Graduate Studies at least three months before submitting your dissertation with a full supporting statement from your Supervisor. See Code of Practice You are not allowed to include the whole or the major part of your MPhil thesis within your PhD dissertation. However, you are entitled to include such parts that are connected with the argument of your PhD. You should state in a preface to your dissertation which parts, if any, have been drawn from earlier MPhil work. See Code of PracticeSee the Board of Graduate Studies webpage for full details of submission: http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/gradstud/current/submitting/phd/.
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