Submitting your thesis

Theses are due on 28 Feb or 15 July depending on the semester of initial enrolment. The MSc Administrator will normally apply for a short extension on your behalf.

Students wishing to retain their student allowance for the duration of the short extension or over the summer break should contact the MSc Administrator to arrange enrolment into GENADMIN SR1. This course does not have any tuition fees or points associated with it. It is the student’s responsibility to inform Studylink of their enrolment in GENADMIN SR1 so that can their full-time enrolment with the new end date can be confirmed.

If you are unable to meet the deadline, you can apply for a suspension for your thesis for a semester, or you can apply for a further two or three month extension. Both extensions and suspensions require evidence of the exceptional circumstances that have caused the need for extra time. The extensions are for two months (COMPSCI 796X) or three months (COMPSCI 796Y) and have fees associated with them.

 To apply, contact the MSc Administrator.

1.    Have three copies of your thesis bound. If you would like your supervisor to have a copy, then have four copies bound. The Department recommends you use the University Bindery. You should also make a PDF copy of your thesis.
2. Please ensure each thesis is bound with a signed Thesis Consent Form.
3. Two of the three hard-bound copies of the thesis should be presented to the Graduate Centre in the east wing of the Clocktower Building at 22 Princes Street, City Campus, to register your submission .
4. The Graduate Centre also requires you to submit a digital copy of your thesis. Instructions for this can be found at http://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/depositmasters.pdf. 
5. Hand the three hard-bound copies of the thesis and the PDF on a CD to the MSc Administrator in the Computer Science Department. Also include the receipt from the Bindery and written evidence of your bank account number. You will be reimbursed for the printing of two copies by the Department by direct credit into your bank account.

After examination, two copies of your thesis will be sent to the University Library and one will be kept in the Computer Science Archives.