The Dissertation Office provides advanced doctoral candidates with dissertation guidelines and forms including the application to defend the dissertation and the final deposit and award of the Ph.D. degree.
Looking for information about distributing, defending, and depositing? Start here.
The Dissertation Office also receives academic progress inquiries, applications for the Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) degree, and requests for leaves of absence and withdrawal.
The Dissertation Office is located in 107 Low Memorial Library and is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m.—4:45 p.m.
| Dissertation Office Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Columbia University 107 Low Memorial Library, MC 4304 535 West 116th Street New York, NY 10027 |
Salvo Candela Academic Affairs Officer sc2858@columbia.edu (212) 854-2866 |
Esmeralda McCormick Dissertation Secretary es183@columbia.edu (212) 854-2854 |
Fax: (212) 854-2863, though scanned documents via email are preferred.