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Doctoral theses

The Library stores a hard copy of every doctoral thesis (PhD, EdD, DClin, DBA, etc.) completed, pre-2024, at the University of Warwick. Hard copy theses can be searched via the library catalogue and can be requested via the Library’s ‘Click and Collect’ service. The thesis will be retrieved from the external store and made available to view at the Modern Records Centre. Please note, print theses are REFERENCE only and cannot be checked out of the Library or MRC. From July 2024, Doctoral theses awarded after this date will only be stored in electronic format. Digital copies are uploaded, stored and made available on WRAP.

Our current holdings include over 14,000 print, and 10,000 electronic post-graduate theses on WRAP. Our print holdings are inclusive of Masters by Research theses.

Masters by Research theses

Theses submitted for a Masters by Research degree (MA, MSc, M Phil, LLM, MS or MMedSci) are not available on WRAP. Print holdings held pre-2024 can be requested via the Library catalogue and the ‘Click and Collect’ service.

From July 2024, Masters by Research theses will be held in electronic format only and will be available by request only. All Masters by Research theses will be discoverable on the Library catalogue. To view an electronic copy, please send a request via ethos.library@warwick.ac.uk stating the author name, thesis title, and department, and we will arrange for the thesis to be viewed.