The Deanship of Graduate Studies requires all graduate students to upload their theses/dissertations through the new research repository at KFUPM, ePrints, using the guidelines provided below. Please note that this is only for those graduate students who have to submit their thesis/dissertation as a part of their degree completion.
- Go to the URL:https://eprints.kfupm.edu.sa/
- Click the Login button, which can be found on the website menu.
- Enter your KFUPM username and password after which you will be logged in to e-Prints. (If you do not have a KFUPM username / password, please contact ITC 860 3900).
- Click the button “New Item”.
- Select the item type as “Thesis” and then click “Next” on the top or bottom of the page.
- Click browse to find the location of your document. The document to be uploaded is one PDF file containing the whole thesis/dissertation including the scanned green cover page and the scanned stamped signature page.
- Click “Upload” to upload the browsed file.
- As soon as the document is uploaded, a couple of options appear.
- Two options are to be modified:
- “Visible to” option to be changed to “Registered User only”
- “Embargo Expiry Date” to be changed to a date when you want this document to be publicly accessible. A maximum of one year can be chosen.
- Click “Next”.
- Enter all the obligatory items on this page and click “Next”.
- In the section for choosing the subjects, select the subjects in which the thesis/dissertation falls and click “Next”.
- Click “Deposit Item Now”.
- Click Logout Button to logout of the system.
- After this step, the document will go to the Deanship of Graduate Studies for approval If any discrepancy is found, it will be returned to the student for modifications.