The revised, expanded, and modified edition of the "Guidelines for the presentation of USP dissertations and theses" is available online. The work, published in four parts, can be accessed at the USP Open Books Portal, made available by SIBiUSP – USP Integrated Library System. Direct access to each part can also be made through its DOI (Digital Object Identifier):

The format and deadline for submission must comply with the regulatory deadlines and the requirements established in each Graduate Program's regulations.

Check your Graduate Program regulations here or contact your School's Graduate Office.

 

Authorization form for publication

Download the Authorization Form here (see the filling model).

The maximum deadline for delivering the revised and final version is 60 (sixty) days from the date of the defense. The revised version must be sent, with the advisor's approval, to the Graduate Office (Article 2 of CoPGr Resolution 6018)

Changing the number of pages of the Thesis or Dissertation is allowed, but without changing the title, even if requested by the examining committee (Article 6 of )

After the established period of 60 (sixty) days, if the corrected Thesis or Dissertation is not sent to the Graduate Office, the originally deposited document (original version of the work) will be sent to the School Library and to USP's Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (BDTD), becoming publicly available in their public collections. (Article 3 of CoPGr Resolution 6018)

CoPGr Resolution 7569 establishes that dissertations and theses must be incorporated into the School Library and USP's Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations, except when keeping the full version in a restricted collection is authorized.

To protect patents, copyrights, or other rights belonging to the student or third parties, the student may request restricted access from the School's Graduate Committee (CPG). The request must be justified, approved by the advisor, and submitted when the work is deposited. If approved, the student must provide both the complete electronic version and a simplified version containing only the title and abstract.

The complete version will remain restricted for 2 (two) years, while the simplified version will be available in the Digital Library. If the circumstances justifying the restriction persist, the student may request one additional 2 (two)-year period. At the end of that period, the complete work will be made publicly available.

Further extensions, also in 2 (two)-year periods, are permitted only in duly justified exceptional cases to protect third-party rights or intellectual property in the University's interest. When technological innovation is involved, prior approval from the USP Innovation Agency is required. Commercial interests related to the possible publication of the work are not considered exceptional cases.

CoPGr Resolution 6018: Provides for the correction of theses and dissertations.

CoPGr Resolution 7493: Establishes the Graduate Studies Regulations of the University of São Paulo.

CoPGr Resolution 7569: Regulates the maintenance of dissertations and theses in restricted collection at USP's Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.