Graduate students will follow these procedures to submit their report to the Graduate School.
Do not e-mail your report to the Graduate School. Documents received via e-mail will not be reviewed or accepted.
Before Oral Defense
View our online presentation (beginning at 25:42) for a description and walkthrough of these items.
At least two weeks before the oral defense, submit to the Graduate School:
- (required) The Pre-defense form. Submission instructions for off campus students are on the form.
- (optional) A PDF draft of the report to Canvas if professional binding of the report is desired.
- See our blog for help with logging into Canvas and submitting your assignment.
- Contact Nancy Byers Sprague if the course does not appear when you log in.
The Graduate School reviews all documents in the order they are received and completes a review for the student using the form Report-review. You will be notified when the review is complete via e-mail. Students may revise their submission any time prior to their review. Note that the Graduate School will only review one draft of a report.
After Oral Defense
View our online presentation (beginning at 45:31) for a description and walkthrough of these items.
Correct the report using comments from the oral defense and the review from the Graduate School. Once corrections are complete and you have received permission from the advisor to submit the report to the Graduate School, submit the following:
- Degree completion form (to Canvas)
- Revised PDF of report (to Canvas)
- See our blog for help with logging into Canvas and submitting your assignment.
Allow one week for document processing. Documents are reviewed in the order they are received, and you will be notified via e-mail when the review is completed. If the document is not acceptable for publication, comments will be returned via Canvas and the document must be resubmitted.
Final items to bring to the Graduate School
Students submitting a report have the option of having it professionally bound. Depending on the option selected, different items must be provided to the Graduate School to complete the degree, as shown below.
- No professional binding
- A single copy of your final report in a sturdy binder for the Library. This copy must include an original signed signature page.
- Printed Degree completion form
- Professional binding - providing one bound copy to the Library
- Printed Degree completion form signed by the Graduate School and the advisor or graduate program assistant (off campus students will be assisted by the Graduate School). The form must include ordering one bound copy for the Library.
- A signed signature page
- A title page
- Professional binding - no bound copy ordered for the Library
- Printed Degree completion form signed by the Graduate School and the advisor or graduate program assistant (off campus students will be assisted by the Graduate School).
- A single copy of your final report in a sturdy binder for the Library. This copy must include an original signed signature page.
- A title page.
- (optional) A signed signature page to include in personal bound copies.
The Graduate School will create an online invoice for the student if any binding fees are due from the student. To pay any binding fees that are due:
- Log into Banweb using your Michigan Tech ISO ID and password.
- Select the "Other Payments" tab and then "Graduate School Binding Fees" to initiate the payment process.
- A receipt is automatically sent to the Graduate School.