PhD dissertations

Upload your thesis to MyPhD. A few days before your defense, your thesis will be made open access via the UU Repository. However, it is possible to postpone the publication date (embargo).

Article-based dissertation

Have some or all of the articles in your dissertation already been published? And did you transfer the copyright of these articles to the publisher? Then take this into account before you make your dissertation open access. In some cases, an embargo period may be necessary, for instance if one or more of the articles were published less than six months before your defense date. Check the journal’s or publisher’s website, or contact Publishing Support.

It is possible that not all articles in your dissertation have been submitted to a journal or accepted for publication. This isn’t usually grounds to impose an embargo. Under publication type Preprint you can find more information about publisher policies around previously shared work..

Long-form dissertation

Are you writing a dissertation in book form? You can choose to keep your dissertation under embargo if you want to submit it to a publisher after your defense. For instance, you may be hoping to publish a trade edition or intend to rework a chapter into a journal article. In most cases, however, an embargo won’t be necessary: most publishers and journals do not have an issue with previous versions of the work being openly available through a repository.

See publication types Monograph and/or Trade book for more information on how to find a publisher for your trade edition.