During the prospectus approval meeting, the Doctoral Supervisory Committee must approve the format of the final dissertation. Provided the preparation of the dissertation conforms to the format requirements of the Graduate School at the time of submission, the exact configuration of the written dissertation may vary depending on what is negotiated with your Doctoral Supervisory Committee. The two options are referred to as “traditional” and “linked papers,” and are described below.
Please see the links below for these two formatting options, as well as additional required components of the dissertation including ethical approval statements and the plain language summary:
Traditional Dissertation Format
Linked Papers Dissertation Format
Additional Required Dissertation Elements
Below are examples of dissertations written by graduates of the PhD Program in Rehabilitation Science.
To access all available dissertations from our REHAB PhD graduates, you may browse the UW Electronic Library.