Masters and Undergraduate dissertations
A sample of dissertations submitted for taught Undergraduate and Masters degree courses and awarded a 2.1 or 1st are kept for five years and made available online to members of the University of Bath only. You may also like to ask your academic department whether they can provide access to any additional dissertations.
Not all undergraduate or postgraduate dissertations are represented by donated dissertations.
Theses (University of Bath)
The Library holds copies of all theses submitted to the University of Bath. You can access them in the following ways:
Online: theses submitted since 1967 are available through the Research Portal - filter by department. Links to digitised theses can be found in the Library Catalogue.
Print copies of theses are available for Library use only. Search for titles on the Library Catalogue. Request a thesis at the Reader Services Desk on Level 2. Please note: theses submitted in the past 13 years are available immediately but theses submitted over 13 years ago may not be available until the next working day.
Theses listed by department (print and online): some recent theses will not appear in these lists. To view online copies only, click a link below and then click the 'full text online' option.
- Architecture and Civil Engineering
- Biology and Biochemistry - up to 2022 when incorporated into Life Sciences
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Economics
- Education
- Engineering and Applied Science
- Electronic and Electrical Engineering
- European Studies and Modern Languages
- Health
- Life Sciences
- Management
- Mathematical Sciences
- Mechanical Engineering
- Pharmacy and Pharmacology - up to 2022 when incorporated into Life Sciences
- Physics
- Politics, Languages and International Studies
- Psychology
- Social and Policy Sciences
- Sport and Exercise Science 2002-2004
Theses and dissertations from other institutions
- EThOS: the UK’s national thesis service
- Proquest Dissertations & Theses Global (PQDT): is the world's most comprehensive collection of full-text dissertations and theses. Presentation explaining how to search PQDT (52 minutes).
- EBSCO Open Dissertations: provides the full text of open access dissertations and theses free of charge
- NDLTD: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
- OATD: Open Access Theses and Dissertations
- DART-Europe
- Theses Canada
- Trove: theses & other content from the National Library of Australia