In order to receive a MASc/MArch degree you must complete all of your program's degree requirements. For a complete list of your program's degree requirements you should consult the Graduate Academic Calendar for the term in which you were admitted.
Note: Collaborative programs (i.e. Nano, Water, and Quantum) may have different degree requirements than your Department’s regular MASc program.
If you have any questions regarding the degree completion process, you should contact your Program Coordinator/Advisor.
Degree Completion Deadlines
Minimum completion deadlines as well as information on holidays can be found on the degree completion deadlines page.
Thesis Guidelines on Co-Authored Content
Master's theses can take various forms. It has become common in Engineering for students to publish outcomes from their research prior to completing their degree and subsequently to incorporate some of the published material within their thesis. If you have co-authored content as part of your thesis you will need to follow these guidelines.
Steps to Completion
Note: Effective March 2020, all thesis submission forms and communications will be conducted electronically. The Engineering Graduate Studies Office is no longer accepting paper forms or copies of theses.
MArch students should consult with their Program Coordinator/Advisor and Graduate Student Handbook for procedures specific to the MArch program.
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Approximately
one
month
before
you
intend
to
degree
complete
you
will
need
to
apply
for
graduation
through
Quest.
You
will
not
be
able
to
apply
to
degree
complete
in
a
given
term
until
that
term
has
started.
- Navigate to My Academics > Graduation, and select Apply for Graduation
- Note: You must select the term in which you will complete your degree requirements. If, for example, you will be done by the 100% refund deadline in the Fall, on September 1st you must select Fall term as your graduation term.
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When
your
thesis
is
ready
to
be
read,
complete
the
MASc
Thesis
Submission
form
and
send
it
to
your
Program
Coordinator/Advisor
who
will
review
your
committee
composition
and
seek
the
Associate
Chair,
Graduate
Studies
approval
of
the
committee.
- Guidelines for selecting your thesis readers can be found on page 2 of the form. Please note some Departments may have additional requirements so you should contact your Department Graduate Coordinator if you require assistance.
- Note: If you are going to request that your thesis be withheld from the public domain (e.g., due to patent pending issues), you can now request a four-month, one-year, or two-year embargo when submitting to UWSpace. Students are no longer required to submit a Request to Restrict Circulation of Thesis form unless they are requesting an extension to a pre-existing embargo. Embargo discussions should now happen between student and supervisor at the end of the thesis defence and recorded on the examination report. For master’s students without a defence, the decision can be communicated to the Program Coordinator/Advisor at the time of communicating that the thesis has been accepted. Additionally, you should also consider having your supervisor and/or readers review and sign a Confidential Information Thesis Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) prior to distributing your thesis. It is the responsibility of the researcher(s) to collect and keep any NDAs.
- Your Program Coordinator/Advisor will email you to confirm your committee has been aproved. Once you have recieved this email you should distribute electronic copies of your thesis to your committee and they will either need to e-sign your MASc Thesis Submission form to confirm they have received it or send an email confirmation of receipt.
- After your readers all have their copy of the thesis and have confirmed receipt, combine the (1) MASc Thesis Submission form and (2) each committee member’s confirmation of thesis receipt into a single PDF file and send to your Program Coordinator/Advisor along with a seperate PDF copy of your thesis
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Your Program
Coordinator/Advisor
will
submit
your
completed MASc
Thesis
Submission
form
and
copy
of
your
thesis
to
the
Engineering
Graduate
Studies
Office
(EGSO),
where
the
thesis
will
be
on
display
electronically,
via
SharePoint,
for
15
business
days.
- The 15 business day display period starts the day your thesis is submitted by your Program Coordinator/Advisor to the EGSO.
- It is during this three-week display period that your readers will review your thesis and prepare their feedback.
- If your program has a Seminar requirement which you have not yet completed you will need to make arrangements with your Program Coordinator/Advisor to do so as soon as possible
- Once your thesis is on display, the EGSO will send you a Department Approval of MASc Thesis form (usually within three days).
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After
reading
your
thesis,
your
readers
will
provide
you
with
feedback
and
revisions.
Once
any
revisions
requested
have
been
completed
to
their
satisfaction,
your
Department
Approval
of
MASc
Thesis
form
must
be
signed
by
your
committee
(either
electronically
of
via
email
confirmation),
indicating
that
they
have
given
you
their
feedback
and
the
final
copy
of
your
thesis
is
ready
for
upload
to
UWSpace.
- Note: Readers must have read your thesis and provided feedback by the end of the 15 business day display period, but time for completion of revisions is in addition to the display period. This means that your readers might not be signing off on your Department Approval of MASc Thesis form until a week or two after your display period has ended.
- After all of your revisions and changes have been made, your supervisor(s) needs to sign off (either electronically of via email confirmation) on your final thesis near the bottom of the Department Approval of MASc Thesis form. Note: If your thesis title has changed update the form in the space provided before your supervisor(s) sign off.
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Once
your
supervisor(s)
have
signed
off
on
your
revisions,
return
the
Department
Approval
of
MASc
Thesis
form
to
your
Program
Coordinator/Advisor,
and
they
will
process
it
and
send
it
to
the
EGSO.
- Make sure you update your thesis title on your Department Approval of MASc Thesis form if it has changed from what was originally submitted.
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When
the
completed
Department
Approval
of
MASc
Thesis
form
is
received
by
the
EGSO,
they
will
issue
a
Master's
Thesis
Acceptance
(usually
within
three
days)
which
will
be
sent
to
your
UW
e-mail.
- You cannot upload to UWSpace until you have obtained this e-mail.
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Once
you
have
received
the
Thesis
Acceptance
Notice
from
the
EGSO,
you
can
upload
your
final
thesis
to
UWSpace
(not
before).
- If an embargo was requested on your examination report (see step 2 above), you will have to select the thesis restriction pull down option when you are uploading to UW Space as well.
-
UWSpace
may
require
you
to
make
revisions
to
the
formatting
of
your
thesis,
so
check
your
UW
e-mail
regularly
after
you
submit
for
any
feedback
they
might
send.
- Formatting guidelines for theses can be found on the GSPA website
- When your thesis has been accepted by UWSpace, you will be notified by e-mail.
- Only when your thesis has been accepted to UWSpace will you be considered done and be able to obtain a Program Completion letter from The Centre.