Preparing your thesis

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Your PhD, MPhil, MD(Res) or EngD thesis will be deposited in Spiral, Imperial's open access repository, and made available to the public.

It is important that you follow the guidance below when preparing your thesis for submission.

For further information please see Research Degrees

Seek permission to reproduce extracts from books, articles, images, figures, etc.

Reproducing published extracts, images, etc.

Seek permission to reproduce your own published papers, images, etc.

Reproducing your own published work

Choosing a Creative Commons licence

Selecting a licence

Request an embargo if you need to delay the publication of your thesis

Requesting an embargo

What to consider when publishing your thesis as a book or article

Publishing material from your thesis

Acknowlege other people's ideas and work

Plagiarism awareness