Dissertations & Theses

Lists of hardcopy dissertations and access to eDissertations are available via the Library Catalogue from this listing. 
 
Or:
 

To refine your search start at the Library Catalogue:

• From the drop-down search menu choose:  Subject Search. 
• Input your program code e.g. TU856 or your program title e.g. BSc Computer Science. 
• Select the eDissertations option to view and open the pdf files (where available) 
• Select Dissertations to see the hardcopy listing and library location (where available)
• Sort the list by Reverse Year to view the newer titles.
• To access eDissertations off-campus you will need to access library services through your TU Dublin Single Sign-On.  

Hardcopy dissertations are for Library Use only and may not be borrowed. 

Supervisors can submit dissertations here

Note: from 2021 onwards dissertations and final year projects will only be available as eDissertations. 

eTheses

Research theses are generally available on Arrow@TUDublin. Arrow is the institutional repository for the university and is where researchers make a version of their research theses and published articles or book chapters freely available.

View the research theses collection for MPhil and PhD degrees.

Hardcopy theses:

A selection of research theses in hardcopy is also available for use in the library. View this listing on our Library Catalogue. 

Hardcopy research theses are for use in the library only.

Theses from other universities are often available online. Here is a list of Research repositories - including TU Dublin's Arrow platform. 

• ARAN
  The digital collection of open-access scholarly publications from NUI Galway. ARAN collects, preserves and makes freely available scholarly communication, including peer-reviewed articles, working papers and conference papers created by NUI Galway researchers.
• Arrow@TU Dublin
  The research repository of TU Dublin. 
• CORE
  Provides open access research outputs from repositories and journals worldwide and makes them available to the public.
• CORA (Cork Open Research Archive)
  CORA, the Cork Open Research Archive, gives you free open access to University College Cork’s scholarly and scientific research publications and theses.
• DART Europe
  DART-Europe is a partnership of research libraries and library consortia who are working together to improve global access to European research theses. DART-Europe is endorsed by LIBER (Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche), and it is the European Working Group of the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD).
• DBS eSource
  DBS eSource is an online service hosting full content materials produced by Dublin Business School staff and students. It contains the full text of articles, theses, conference papers, book chapters and more.
• DORAS
  DCU’s Open Access Institutional Repository, providing free online access to research publications and theses from Dublin City University, Ireland.
• e-publications@RCSI
  An open access repository of research and scholarly output of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. The service is maintained and managed by RCSI Library.
• LENUS
  Irish health repository – Ireland’s leading source of health-related research and grey literature. Journal articles, dissertations, HSE publications and the collected output of more than 130 health organisations past and present are all freely accessible.
• Mary Immaculate College Research Repository
  Provides access the digital archive collections, and published and unpublished works of faculty and researchers at Mary Immaculate College
• Maynooth University ePrints and eTheses Archive is an institutional repository of ePrints which showcases the research output of Maynooth University and St. Patrick’s College staff and postgraduate students.
• OPENAIRE
  Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe is network of Open Access repositories, archives and journals
• OpenDOAR
  Directory of global Open Access repositories
• Research Repository UCD
  A digital collection of open access scholarly research publications from University College Dublin. Research Repository UCD collects, preserves and makes freely available publications including peer-reviewed articles, working papers and conference papers created by UCD researchers.
• Research@THEA
  An online, predominately OA repository of the research and scholarly output of the CUA Institutes – Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT), Letterkenny Institute of Technology (LYIT) and Institute of Technology, Sligo (IT Sligo)
• SHERPA
  A trial search service for the full-text of material held in UK open access repositories
• TARA
  The open access repository of Trinity College Dublin
• T-STÓR
  Teagasc’s Open Access Repository, maintained by the Teagasc Library Service. Stór is the Gaelic word for Repository or Store or Warehouse, and T-Stór is an online “store” of Teagasc Research outputs and related documents. T-Stór collects preserves and makes freely available scholarly communication, including peer-reviewed articles, working papers and conference papers created by Teagasc researchers.
• STOR
  Dundalk Institute of Technology’s Open Access (OA) Institutional Repository. Making DKIT’s research output, including theses and research papers, freely available to the public via the internet
• University of Limerick Institutional Repository
  Access digital archive collections, and published and unpublished works of faculty and researchers at the University of Limerick.