College of Graduate Studies

Submission of Your Thesis or Dissertation

This page contains documents information you will need before you can submit your electronic thesis or dissertation. It will also explain how to submit the document via Web.

Print these Documents

Please print the following documents. You will need these documents to submit your thesis or dissertation, so please read the documents carefully. The documents are in Adobe Acrobat Reader (PDF) format. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can download the reader here.
  1. Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) Student Guide to Preparation and Processing (Updated: 7/25/2007)
  2. ETD Release Options Form - PDF Fill-in Form (Updated:  07/2007)
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Obtain an ETD Account

Before you can use the electronic submission process, you must create an ETD account.

To create your ETD account, follow these procedures:

  1. Go to the ETD web site to create your ETD account.  https://adminservices.georgiasouthern.edu/etd
  2. Click on the ETD Account Setup.
  3. Enter your Eagle ID Number.
  4. Enter your birth date.
  5. Click "Next".
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You should see a message that your ETD account has been set up.

You will then receive an email message from the ETD site that will give you your ETD account password.

Your user name will be your GSU email address.

If you do not receive an ETD account username and password in a reasonable amount of time, please contact the College of Graduate Studies:
Phone: 912-478-2647
E-mail: etd@georgiasouthern.edu

Submit Your ETD Via the Web

After you obtain your ETD password, you will need to upload your document (PDF file) to the College of Graduate Studies ETD web server.  To submit your ETD (PDF file) via the web interface, logon to the ETD site at https://adminservices.georgiasouthern.edu/etd

  1. To upload your document for format check, follow the Upload Thesis/Dissertation for Format Check function at the ETD site.
  2. To upload your document for final submission, follow the Upload Thesis/Dissertation for Final Submission function at the ETD site.
  3. Be sure to enter your committee member information before you upload your final submission.  Be sure to enter the current and correct email address for any non-GSU committee members.
  4. Each committee member will receive an email message from the ETD site that includes a verification code that they will use to verify (approve) the final submission.