Dissertation archive

Access to these dissertations is permitted only for University of Edinburgh staff and students or the dissertation's author. 

Print versions:

• Psychology undergraduate dissertations submitted from 1947 to 2019. 
• Psychology Master's dissertations from 1998 to 2004.
  • Physical copies of these are stored in the PPLS Library and are available on request from the Librarian.  If you are unable to visit the library, the Librarian can make a search on your behalf.  

Digital versions:

• Undergraduate Psychology dissertations from 2006 to present.
• PPLS Masters' dissertations from 2006 to present.
  • Since 2006 dissertations were submitted online to the Edinburgh Research Archive.  

Edinburgh Research Archive

EASE username and password required for the Edinburgh Research Archive. 

Undergraduate and masters dissertations are not publicly available until one academic year after their original submission.

Unless a legitimate reason for restricting access to a thesis exists, all University of Edinburgh PhD theses are made publicly available.

Digital versions:

• Available online via the Edinburgh Research Archive.
  • Many of our older PhD theses have been retrospectively digitised and may also be found in this archive.

Edinburgh Research Archive

Physical versions:

• Physical copies of older theses are held in the Centre for Research Collections at the University Main Library and may be found by searching DiscoverEd.

Centre for Research Collections

DiscoverEd

The library also subscribes to useful resources for accessing  dissertations and theses worldwide and can offer help finding literature for your research.

Useful resources for accessing theses

Library support for your dissertation or research project