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Print doctoral thesis

PhD candidates’ faculty or department will cover the cost of printing a specific number of thesis copies. You can also order extra copies for private use in the same order without VAT.

Order printing

You order printing by sending your thesis as a PDF file to grafisksenter@uio.no.

Requisition form

Candidates, together with the faculty or institute, need to complete a requisition form in order to print their doctoral thesis. You can download the requisition form from Graphic Centre's web store (trykkeriet.uio.no).

  • The candidate must fill out all the fields marked green. The blue fields must be filled out by the faculty or institute. Submit the form in Excel format together with your PhD files. 

File format and dimensions

  • The thesis and attachments must be submitted to the Graphic Centre as PDF files in A4 format.
  • Note that most theses are printed in the format 17x24 cm. This corresponds to around 81% of A4. The Graphic Centre will scale down your files.
  • LaTeX users: Please submit in A4 format.

Cover page, title page, summary, candidate photo and colophon page

UiO uses standardised cover pages. Candidates are not permitted to use their own design for the cover page.

The cover page includes:

  • the candidate's name
  • thesis title and subtitle
  • the UiO unit of the candidate
  • year of public defence
  • ISSN/ISBN number

If submission occurs in one year and the public defence follows the year after, the UiO cover will show year of defence.

Optional:

  • abstract for the back page (max. 1200 characters including spaces)
  • a photo of the candidate for the back page (formats: jpg/tiff/png/psd)

The Graphic Centre has the ISSN series for all faculties apart from Faculty of Dentistry and Medicine, who submits a unique number from their ISBN series on the requisition form.

Prices, print time and delivery

Prices

The requisition form (trykkeriet.uio.no) will automatically calculate the total cost.

Payment

  • The faculty/institute covers a specific number of copies. Contact your department to find out how many.
  • Extra copies must be paid by card or Vipps upon collection, or you may request an invoice to be sent. Remember to give complete invoice information.

Printing costs covered by candidate

Copies for private use can be ordered at the same time as the main order. Specify the number of private copies in the requisition form.

Printing costs to be invoiced

The printing of additional copies can be invoiced, but you must give all invoice details in the requisition form. 

Print time and delivery

  • You need to submit the order 4–5 weeks before the public defence.
  • You will receive the cover page and a print file via e-mail for approval.
  • The faculty/institute will receive the printed thesis two weeks before the public defence.
  • Any private copies can be collected from the Graphic Centre. See map.

Digital publication

Read more about digital publication of your doctoral thesis.

Place your order

Orders covered by your unit

UiO orders

Additional orders

Private orders

See:

Contact the Graphic Centre

Phone: 22 85 62 04

Email: grafisksenter@uio.no