Submit your thesis or practicum

Please ensure you meet the following deadlines and requirements shown in the table to graduate in May, October, or February. 

Submit your thesis and practicum early 

Experience has shown that students who leave the distribution of their theses and practica until the deadline shown often have difficulty getting their work approved in time. They then must have their convocation postponed to the next graduation. 

For this reason, students are strongly encouraged to submit their theses and practica well in advance of the dates noted below.

Table notes:

• It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that all requirements are delivered to the Faculty of Graduate Studies office by the deadline noted.
• Students cannot be added to the potential graduand list after Graduate Studies receives the list of potential graduands from departments.
• When a submission date falls on a weekend or holiday, the deadline moves to the next business day.

Using JUMP to submit your PhD thesis 

You submit your thesis to your examining committee through the PhD Distribution Portal, located in JUMP. Below are complete instructions on how to submit your thesis to the committee and for what to expect after your thesis has been submitted. 

Instructions

The Ph.D. Thesis Distribution Portal is located on the ‘Graduate Studies’ tab in JUMP. This is the method Ph.D. students use to submit their thesis for official distribution to their examining committee.

To access the portal, you will need to:

1. Log in to JUMP
2. Click on the ‘Student’ tab
3. Click on ‘Graduate Studies’ tab
4. Click on the “Submit Thesis for Ph.D. Distribution’ link under ‘Graduate Studies –Thesis Portal’
5. Student Information: Enter student and program information (i.e.: email, program, anticipated graduation date, etc.)
6. Thesis Information: Enter thesis title and abstract. Use the ‘Select File’ buttons to upload a PDF version of your thesis and ‘Approval to Proceed to PhD Thesis Examination’ form.
7. Committee of Examiners: Enter the names, departments/units and email addresses of your examiners.
8. Click ‘Submit’

Your Student Program Assistant is available if you have any questions. 

Distribution process

Students should check their @myumanitoba.ca email account regularly as
continuous information is emailed to students throughout the distribution process.

Once a thesis and the “Approval to Proceed to Ph.D. Thesis Examination” form has been submitted to the Ph.D. Thesis Distribution Portal in JUMP:

1. The student will receive an email confirming that their thesis has been received. Email notification is also sent to the department/unit contact person to inform them that the student has submitted their thesis to the JUMP portal for thesis examination.
    
2. Email notification is sent to the advisor/co-advisor to request that they submit the names of three (3) distinguished scholars from outside The University of Manitoba with particular experience in the field of the thesis research and significant Ph.D. student supervisory/examination experience to serve as the external examiner. Recommendations must be submitted through the Ph.D. Thesis Submission portal on JUMP and must include:
   • A CV of each of the prospective external examiners;
   • A short statement explaining:
     The rationale behind the recommendations;
     The prospective external examiners’ qualifications (if not already explicit on the CV). This includes a current list of their scholarly publications and research activities and, importantly, their experience with Ph.D. student supervision/examination (e.g., Ph.D. students they have supervised to completion; Ph.D. students they are currently supervising; experience serving as external examiner for Ph.D. examining committees).
      
   Advisors and/or departments/units must contact the prospective external examiners to obtain this information and determine if they are available to review the thesis. The external examiner will be chosen by the Faculty of Graduate Studies Associate Dean and will remain anonymous until the external examiner’s report is received.
    
3. Once the submission has been reviewed by the Faculty of Graduate Studies and an external examiner has been chosen by the Associate Dean, the thesis examination will be initiated. Email notifications will be sent to:
    
   • Internal and external examiners providing them with a link for accessing a .pdf copy of the candidate’s thesis (and supplementary files if applicable) and instructions for submitting their report. Internal and external examiners are requested to submit their detailed reports within four (4) weeks. The Faculty of Graduate Studies will email individual examiners a reminder if their report hasn’t been received after four (4) weeks.
      
   • The student and advisor/co-advisor to inform them that the thesis examination is now in progress. They are reminded that while the thesis is undergoing review, no communication is permitted with examining committee members regarding the thesis until all internal and external examiner reports have been received.
      
4. Once all examiner reports are received, they are distributed via email to the advisor/co-advisor, internal examining committee members and the Department/Unit Head. The advisor/co-advisor is/are asked to share the reports with the student. They are also provided with information concerning scheduling the Ph.D. Oral Defence. Please see the “Guidelines for Ph.D. Oral Examinations (PDF)" document on this webpage for information concerning scheduling the oral defence.

Please see “Doctor of Philosophy General Regulations” for complete information regarding the Ph.D. thesis examination process and procedures.

All theses and practica are submitted electronically to MSpace, the University of Manitoba digital repository. Here they become searchable and available to a worldwide audience.

You must submit your thesis or practicum to the Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) by the deadlines indicated in the Academic Schedule in the Graduate Calendar to be eligible for graduation for a specific graduation period. The Faculty of Graduate Studies does not provide extensions for thesis or practicum submissions.

You submit your thesis or practicum to MSpace following the approval of the work by the examining committee and the completion of any revisions required by that committee. The digital copy is required for the University of Manitoba library and remains the property of the University of Manitoba.

To convocate, you must pay all outstanding university fines and fees (library, parking, tuition, etc.) and your file must not be on hold.

For tutorials on how to submit your thesis to MSpace, visit Graduate help: Theses & MSpace.

• Submit one electronic copy of your thesis or practicum according to the instructions on the MSpace website. Ensure there are no missing pages in your document. Submit additional files separately.
• You will be asked to agree to the MSpace license before your submission can be completed.

Submit together to the Graduate Studies Office:

• The original Thesis/Practicum Final Report form. This is signed by your examining committee after you have successfully defended and/or completed your thesis and practicum revisions.

PhD students:The Faculty of Graduate Studies provides the form to the PhD Oral Chair, and the chair should return it to FGS following the oral examination.

• The Thesis Release form – this is a copyright license declaration form that you must complete in MSpace when your submit your thesis.

• A copy of the Ethical Review Board approval letter (if applicable) received from the Research Ethics Board and any other pertinent access approval forms (if applicable).

It is your responsibility to provide copies of your thesis or practicum to your department and for personal distribution.

After you submit the official electronic version of your thesis to MSpace, it is archived by Library and Archives Canada.

• The thesis or practicum will be made available by Library and Archives Canada on its Theses Canada Portal.

• The bibliographic record will be listed in Canadiana, Canada's national bibliography, published by Library and Archives Canada.

• The thesis or practicum will become part of the Library and Archives Canada collection of more than hundreds of thousands of theses/practica.

• Access to theses/practica will be provided through the Libraries’ catalogue or directly through MSpace, and will be open to the world. MSpace theses are also searchable via Library and Archives Canada, Google and Google Scholar.

Learn more about Library and Archives Canada guidelines and copyright information.

Delay before your thesis appears on MSpace

After you post your e-thesis, it goes into the MSpace submission pool. Your e-thesis will appear in MSpace after a Graduate Studies staff member has reviewed and accepted it.