For those planning to complete their thesis this semester- please refer to the thesis submission guideline from Yonsei main library. 

This semester, there is one huge change from the previous semesters. 

You DO NOT need to submit the thesis booklet to the library or to the office any more. Only online submission is required.

Please refer to the notice from library below.

Link to the Yonsei library's notice: https://library.yonsei.ac.kr/bbs/content/36_115008

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We sincerely congratulate all of you who accomplished the final result of study in Yonsei University.

Please submit your thesis to the Library as below: 

1. Online Submission

   i. When: Jul  3 Thu, 2025, 09:00 ~ Jul 18 Fri, 2025 16:00  (24 hours available during the period)

   ii. How: Go to the dCollection(Thesis registration system) (http://dcollection.yonsei.ac.kr) -> Login -> Submit Dissertation

      * Log in with your Yousei portal account information

   iii. Please read the attached "Dissertation and Thesis Submission Guidelines & FAQ" first.

   iv. If your thesis needs to be modified after an online submission

      - Within the submission period : Free to modify PDF file and metadata before your thesis are approved  ('Accept complete' status)

                                                             Click 'Resubmission request' to modify PDF file after your thesis are approved ('Submit complete' status)

                                                             Request through Google form to modity metadata after your thesis are approved ('Submit complete' status)

      - After the submission period, only obvious typos or editorial errors can be replaced, requested as an official document through the affiliated department or affiliated graduate school, and            the official document arrives by the day before the graduation ceremony (August 28) 

           : After the submitter directly modified the content to be revised from the original submitted text, attach the paper file to the official document, and write the revised content in the official               document

      - No replacement after graduation

    v. File format: PDF only (doc or hwp format not allowed)

         - Fulltext file (This file must be the original file that professors approved)

            : Approval page in full text file: Include names of advisor and examiners (only professors’ names  without signature or stamp)

         - Approval page (Signature page) in PDF separately

             : The approval page has advisor and committee members’ name and signature or stamp.

 vi. Guidelines for entering thesis information on the dCollection

      - Title: Enter the title of the thesis on the title page. (Copy & paste thesis title from the PDF and check for spacing errors on the title)

      - Traslated title: Enter the title translated in other languages. (Copy & paste thesis title from the PDF and check for spacing errors on the title)

                             Enter the main title again if you do not have any translated title.

      - Author name: Enter the same name on the title page as it is written.

   vii. How to revise Yonsei Portal’s Thesis Title : COPY the Library Metadata’s title and REPLACE Yonsei Portal’s title

       - Entering the exact thesis title correctly on both dCollection and Yonsei Portal will result in a “match” (including number of spaces, letter case, special characters etc.)

       - Double spaces between words is the most common mistake for mismatches.

       - Entering a translated title only in either the metadata or Yonsei Portal will result in a "mismatch".

       - Enter the same translated title on the Yonsei Portal as the title on the dCollection.

     viii. Acknowledgements/Dedication page is optional and not paginated.

      ix. Online Submission Review Hours: 09:00 ~ 17:00 on weekdays

       - Submissions made after 17:00 will be reviewed after 9:00 the next day

       - Review is done manually by the library staff and normally takes up to 1 day for approval

      -  Please check your thesis submisstion status on the ‘dCollection's Submission List’ page.

*You can print the submission confirmation form  once the thesis has been “Submit complete” at the “Submission list” page.
 Please submit the submission confirmation and original approval page to your department or graduate school.

2. Notices

   i. There is no thesis template standardized by the Library. 

      Check your graduate school website for correct formatting requirements and thesis templates. Be sure to check with your department to correctly write your thesis.

   ii.  The General Graduate School Thesis Guide : https://graduate.yonsei.ac.kr/graduate/academic/paper06.do

3. Inquiries

     i. Online  submission: Library Thesis Office  

        - [Online Request Form] : https://forms.gle/nbFF4HNpr3M7bZ1A6

         (Click 'Resubmission request' in the submission title for approved file return /  Request through Google form for Library's Thesis Title & Information Revision, Etc)
    

 - Tel: 02-2123-4643, 4644 (Using online request form recommended)

       * Answering phone inquiries may be difficult during the submission period due to the high number of inquiries. Please refer to the “FAQ” first if you have any inquiries.

       * Resubmission, title edit, and metadata edit requests can only be done through the Online Request Form.

    ii. THESIS APPROVAL, YONSEI PORTAL, GRADUATION-RELATED : Your Department
       The Library cannot tend to inquiries related to Thesis Approval(학위논문 인준), Yonsei Portal, and thesis templates/format.

       The thesis files you submit will be provided as online full-text services through the dCollection of the Yonsei University Library, RISS of the Korea Education and Research Information Service,  National Library of Korea and National Assembly Library.

Please cooperate in the submission process so that your valuable research results can be used for future research and academic development.