Ed.D. Final Deposit Gateway
Please click HERE to download the Electronic Submission of the Ed.D. Dissertation Brochure. This brochure will provide detailed information on how to complete the electronic submission of your Dissertation.
There are four steps to completing your Final Deposit (see below for a more detail explanation:
1. Complete the Ed.D. Degree Application Form and Ed.D. Diploma Application form;
2. Pay the $95 processing fee;
3. Submit the required Survey of Earned Doctorates online;
4. Upload and submit a PDF copy of your dissertation.
There are specific formatting requirements for your dissertation. Please CLICK HERE to read the Teachers College Manual of Style.
The deadline for depositing your Dissertation is as follows:
October and February degree: The Final Deposit must be made and approved by the deadline date noted in the Academic Calendar.
May degree: The First Deposit must be made and approved by the deadline date noted in the Academic Calendar. The Final Deposit must be made by the deadline given by the Office of Doctoral Studies once the reviewed manuscript is returned from the outside reviewer. This is normally no more than one week's time.
Please refer to the Academic Calendar HERE for more information.
1. Complete the Ed.D. Degree Application Form and Ed.D. Diploma Application form.
Click here for the Ed.D. Degree Application Form
Click here for the Ed.D. Diploma Application Form
Both of these forms need to be filled out and submitted to the Manager of ODS for processing. These forms can be brought in, mailed, faxed, or scanned and E-mailed.
2. Pay the $95 processing fee.
Click here for the form to personally make payment of the $95 processing fee. You can make payment at the Student Accounts window using either a Bank Check, Money Order, or Cash. If payment is made using this method, the form must be stamped by the Office of Student Accounts and brought to the Office of Doctoral Studies.
Click here to make payment of the $95 processing fee directly to Teachers College via credit card or bank transfer. A message will be sent directly to the Office of Doctoral Studies upon completion.
3. Submit the required Survey of Earned Doctorates online.
The Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED) is an ongoing survey sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Department of Education, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Teachers College requires completion of this survey as part of the Dissertation Final Deposit.
Please note the following points before accessing the SED website - failure to follow these steps may delay processing of your deposit.
When registering for the SED site:
- Please use your Teachers College e-mail address! This allows us to keep track of who has completed the survey.
- For institution, enter: Teachers College, Columbia University
At the end of the survey:
- When asked for e-mail addresses for notification of completion, enter your Teachers College e-mail address as the "Primary" address. Enter ardan@tc.edu as the "Secondary" address. This is very important - if you don't do this, we will not know you have completed the survey, and approval of your deposit may be delayed.
If you have read and understand the information above,
then CLICK HERE to access the Survey of Earned Doctorates.
4. Upload and submit a PDF copy of your Dissertation
The digital copy of your Dissertation is uploaded to ProQuest/UMI, as well as to Pocket Knowledge (Teachers College online research repository).
Your Dissertation must be uploaded in PDF format, in one single file. If you have not already created a PDF, or if you are unable to do so, there is a PDF Conversion Tool available as part of the upload process. You will also need a copy of your Abstract that you can copy and paste into a text box.
Regarding the optional copyright registration service offered by ProQuest/UMI: Please note that under copyright law, you automatically hold a copyright on your work. This is why we have you include a copyright page in your work. Copyright registration provides certain important practical and legal benefits in addition to those you already enjoy as the creator of an original work. Columbia University provides extensive information about copyright issues through the Copyright Advisory Office. Of particular interest is this page, which explains your rights as an author of a dissertation (or any other original work). Please note that the optional service offered by ProQuest/UMI costs $55.00 and can be paid via credit card directly to ProQuest through the upload system. You can also register your copyright yourself with the U.S. Copyright Office.
If you have read and understand the information above,
then CLICK HERE to access the upload system.
Any Questions?
Please be sure to contact the Office of Doctoral Studies with any questions about these procedures - we're here to help you!
The Office of Doctoral Studies is open Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm (during Summer Session Fridays until 3:00 pm), 324 Thorndike Hall
Gary Ardan, Ph.D. Advisor
(212) 678-3365