The Graduate School

For December Graduation:

October 1: Deadline to apply for graduation through Ramportal

November 1: Doctoral candidates confirm project title for commencement program

Students must submit both their signature page and the final document to Digital Commons by the end of the semester for degree conferral. The signature page should be submitted without the Graduate Dean's signature.

For May Graduation:

February 1: Deadline to apply for graduation through RamPortal

March 6: Doctoral candidates confirm project title for commencement program

Students must submit both their signature page and the final document to Digital Commons by the end of the semester for degree conferral. The signature page should be submitted without the Graduate Dean's signature.

For August Graduation:

June 1: Deadline to apply for graduation through Ramportal

Students must submit both their signature page and the final document to Digital Commons by the end of the semester for degree conferral. The signature page should be submitted without the Graduate Dean's signature.

WCU Manual for Culminating Graduate Research

Intent to Submit Form - The Graduate School requires all students who are working on a thesis, dissertation, or doctoral culminating project to complete this form to register their project as soon as possible, but no later than the first day of their planned graduation semester.  

Style and Formatting Information:
Formatting Powerpoint Presentation

Preliminary Page Template:
Thesis & Doctoral Project Preliminary Pages Template

Approval Pages Information and Templates:
Masters Thesis Approval Pages Instructions and Templates
DPA Approval Page Instructions and Template
DNP Approval Page Instructions and Template
EdD Approval Page Instructions and Template
PsyD Approval Page Instructions and Template

Students must submit their approved thesis, dissertation or doctoral culminating project document, along with their signature page, to Digital Commons by the end of the semester in which they have applied to graduate. The signature page should be uploaded to Digital Commons without the Graduate Dean's Signature.  Please follow the instructions in this publication guide:

Thesis, Dissertation and Final Project Publication Information

Questions should be directed to

thesisdoc@wcupa.edu

 

If you are interested in having your capstone, thesis or dissertation bound, you can discover many binding services by searching online for “binding dissertations”. 

Though West Chester University does not endorse a particular company, following are examples of companies that do provide binding services:

• ProQuest has several options for ordering print copies of dissertations

• HF Group

• Wert Bookbinding 

Please contact the companies directly with any questions about binding your work.

NOTE: Capstone, thesis and/or doctoral culminating projects should not be sent for binding until they have been through the submission process, and you have received a confirmation email that your project has been accepted by the Graduate Dean.