Universities / United States

United States university dissertation & thesis requirements

Thesis format rules, departments and referencing styles for 630 universities across 8 English-speaking countries, each linked to the official source.

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University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia · 12 departmentsUSPennsylvania · Philadelphia12✓ AvailableSet by department University of PittsburghPittsburgh · 15 departmentsUSPennsylvania · Pittsburgh15✓ AvailableSet by department University of Puerto Rico-MayaguezMayaguez · 27 departmentsUSPuerto Rico · Mayaguez27✓ AvailableSet by department University of Puerto Rico-Rio PiedrasSan Juan · 10 departmentsUSPuerto Rico · San Juan10✓ AvailableAPA 7th University of Rhode IslandKingston · 47 departmentsUSRhode Island · Kingston47✓ AvailableSet by department University of RochesterRochester · 30 departmentsUSNew York · Rochester30✓ AvailableSet by department University of San DiegoSan Diego · 8 departmentsUSCalifornia · San Diego8✓ AvailableSet by department University of San FranciscoSan Francisco · 5 departmentsUSCalifornia · San Francisco5Not found yetSet by department University of South AlabamaMobile · 10 departmentsUSAlabama · Mobile10✓ AvailableSet by department University of South Carolina-ColumbiaColumbia · 13 departmentsUSSouth Carolina · Columbia13✓ AvailableSet by department University of South DakotaVermillion · 26 departmentsUSSouth Dakota · Vermillion26✓ AvailableSet by department University of South FloridaTampa · 14 departmentsUSFlorida · Tampa14✓ AvailableSet by department University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles · 23 departmentsUSCalifornia · Los Angeles23✓ AvailableSet by department University of Southern MississippiHattiesburg · 28 departmentsUSMississippi · Hattiesburg28✓ AvailableSet by department University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterDallas · 4 departmentsUSTexas · Dallas4Not found yetSet by department University of ToledoToledo · 9 departmentsUSOhio · Toledo9✓ AvailableMLA 9th Edition University of TulsaTulsa · 28 departmentsUSOklahoma · Tulsa28Not found yetSet by department University of UtahSalt Lake City · 60 departmentsUSUtah · Salt Lake City60✓ AvailableSet by department University of VermontBurlington · 9 departmentsUSVermont · Burlington9✓ AvailableSet by department University of VirginiaCharlottesville · 12 departmentsUSVirginia · Charlottesville12Not found yetSet by department

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