Columbia University Dissertation Formatting Guide
Columbia's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences requires dissertations to follow specific formatting standards. The deposit process includes a mandatory format review.
Columbia Dissertation Specifications
| Requirement |
Specification |
| Font |
12-pt Times New Roman or similar |
| Margins |
1.5 inch left; 1 inch others |
| Spacing |
Double-spaced |
| File format |
PDF |
Columbia Title Page
- Dissertation title (centered)
- Your full name
- "Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences"
- "COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY"
- Year of conferral
Columbia Citation Styles
| School |
Style |
| GSAS Humanities |
Chicago |
| GSAS Social Sciences |
APA 7th |
| Engineering |
IEEE |
| Journalism |
AP |
Deposit Checklist
- [ ] Format review passed (schedule 2 weeks before deadline)
- [ ] Title page follows GSAS template
- [ ] Abstract included
- [ ] ProQuest submission completed
- [ ] Survey of Earned Doctorates submitted
- [ ] $110 fee paid
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