Dissertations and Theses

Browse the pages of this guide for information on finding:

• graduate theses & dissertations and Senior Honors Theses at Tufts
• resources for writing and submitting a thesis or dissertation
• resources for locating dissertations written by authors at other institutions to use in your research

Get in touch with any questions about this guide or your research. Tisch Library actively supports thesis & dissertation research. Students writing Senior Honors Theses, master's theses & PhD dissertations can connect with subject-specialist research librarians to learn how to use relevant library resources as efficiently and effectively as possible.

Thesis and dissertation writers can also get writing support from the StAAR Center.

Search for Tufts master's theses and Ph.D. dissertations in JumboSearch. You’ll find records for both print and digital, and links to the digital version where available.

You can also browse for Tufts theses & dissertations in Dissertations & Theses @ Tufts, with full text available for:

• Most PhD dissertations after 1996
• Most master's theses after 2005

Tufts undergraduate theses that have been submitted in print form are housed in Tufts Archival Research Center (TARC). More information and a list of theses submitted through 2015 is available from TARC. 

Theses that have been submitted electronically are available in the Tufts Digital Library. Students began submitting theses electronically in 2010.

To find senior honors theses for a specific department:

1. Visit the Senior Honors Theses collection in the Tufts Digital Library
2. In the "Limit your search" menu on the left side of the page, open up the "Department" filter
3. If the department you're looking for doesn't appear in the short list, choose "more" at the bottom to see a full list of departments

Please note that because undergraduates are not required to submit a copy to TARC, your results won't be a complete set of all honors theses written for a particular department.