Release date of doctoral thesis/dissertation

General thesis/dissertation

doctoral students must make their theses/dissertations accessible via Internet within a year after receiving their doctoral degree.
Be sure to submit the consent form for digital archiving to the administrative office of your graduate school by the due date.
In the submission system, you can choose the release date from "Immediately", "1 year later" or "Apply to postphone (more than 1 year)". Please consult with your supervisor prior to the submission.

For thesis/dissertation requiring open access postponement

If there are reasons for postponing open access for longer than one year after receiving your doctoral degree, you should apply to postpone digital archiving of the thesis/dissertation. For your exact procedure, see "Digital archiving of doctoral theses/dissertations via Internet"

All students must submit their theses/dissertations whether applying for postponement or not.

If your application for postponement of digital archiving is approved, we will not release your thesis/dissertation via internet until the reason preventing open access has been resolved. After the reasons for postponement are resolved, please notify NAIST Digital Library immediately and consent to the digital archiving of your thesis/dissertation via internet.

Release date of master's thesis

We need your agreement for releasing your master's thesis on the NAIST DL web site. The agreement forms are available at the administrative office of your graduate schools. Please fill in the form and submit it to the office. We will release your master's thesis based on the agreement.

Graduate schools Release date (after graduation) Open to
Information Science Immediately public

Biological Sciences Immediately / 1 years after / 2 years after
After acceptance of journals (no longer than 2 years) NAIST member only

Materials Science Immediately / 1 years after / 2 years after
After acceptance of journals (no longer than 2 years) NAIST member only

If you prefer another "release date" or "open to", please consult with the person in charge of Library.

Graduate schools	Release date (after graduation)	Open to
Information Science	Immediately	public
Biological Sciences	Immediately / 1 years after / 2 years after After acceptance of journals (no longer than 2 years)	NAIST member only
Materials Science	Immediately / 1 years after / 2 years after After acceptance of journals (no longer than 2 years)	NAIST member only

How to use the submitted theses/dissertations in NAIST University Library

Please refer this link Regulations of theses/dissertations in NAIST Library (only in Japanese)

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