DISSERTATION AND THESIS SUBMISSION

The Dissertation/Thesis deposit must be carried out via email. The student should submit all documentation, with the forms duly filled out, signed, and scanned, along with the PDF version of the Thesis and Abstract with Keywords in Word format, all unprotected files, to: posgraduacao@iee.usp.br, with the subject: “DISSERTATION/THESIS DEPOSIT – PPGE: (STUDENT’S NAME)”

I – Dissertations and Theses

Article 83 – Dissertations and Theses must be deposited by the student or their legal representative, in printed and/or digital format, with the approval of the advisor, at the Postgraduate Secretary of the Unit, complying with the established deadlines and requirements of each Postgraduate Program’s Regulations.

§ 1 – If there is no approval from the advisor, the student’s deposit request must be evaluated by the CCP and the CPG.
§ 2 – The Dissertation or Thesis will be included in both the Unit’s Library and the USP Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations by the Postgraduate Secretary of the Unit.
§ 3 – Upon the student’s request, with the advisor’s approval, the Dissertation or Thesis may be kept in a reserved collection for up to two years, renewable once for the same period, and the request must be submitted at the time of deposit.
§ 4 – The correction of approved Dissertations and Theses is allowed as regulated by the CoPGr Resolution.

Article 84 – Dissertations and Theses may be entirely or partially written and defended in Portuguese, English, or another language, as established in the Program’s Regulations. All Dissertations and Theses must include titles, abstracts, and keywords in Portuguese and English.

Article 85 – The Programs will define the format of Dissertations and Theses in their Regulations.

Article 86 – The CPG has a maximum of forty-five days, from the Dissertation or Thesis submission, to appoint the judging committee.

§ 1 – After this period, the approval of the judging committee falls under the responsibility of the CoPGr’s CaN.
§ 2 – After the first indication of the Judging Committee, changes in its composition can be made by the CPG until the defense date.

Article 87 – The maximum deadline for Dissertation or Thesis defense is one hundred and five days, counted from the CPG’s first appointment of the judging committee.

Sole Paragraph – The deadline mentioned above can be extended by the CaN, based on a request from the student or the CCP to the CPG, with the advisor’s evaluation, before its expiration, accompanied by a detailed justification, indication of the judging committee, and defense date.

II – Procedures for Defense
The Dissertation or Thesis deposit must be accompanied by the appropriate forms, made available by the Postgraduate Service, which can be downloaded from this website, just below, with a statement from the advisor certifying that the student is ready for defense.

III – Number of members in Dissertation and Thesis judging committees
The Judging Committees for Master’s Dissertations will be composed of three evaluators.

The Judging Committees for Doctoral Theses will be composed of five evaluators.

The Judging Committees for Master’s and Doctoral defenses will also include the candidate’s advisor or co-advisor, exclusively in the role of president, without voting rights.

In any case, the composition of the judging committees must comply with the criteria established in Article 93 of the Postgraduate Regulations.

Forms:

Corrected Version:
At the discretion of the Advisor and the Student, a “Corrected Version” of the Dissertation/Thesis may be submitted, aiming to incorporate the contributions of the Judging Committee into the final work. This version may be submitted within 60 (sixty) days after the defense date to be made available in the Physical and Digital Library of USP for consultation.

Important:
The Corrected Version is not mandatory, and the approval of the Panel should not be contingent upon the commitment to deliver a Corrected Version. The object of analysis of the Judging Committee is the “Original Version” of the Dissertation/Thesis submitted at the time of Deposit. It is up to the advisor and the student to submit a Corrected Version.

Both versions will be kept in the USP archives, but only the “Corrected Version,” if submitted within the 60-day deadline, will be made available for public consultation.