Searching for WU Theses

The University Library maintains a collection of all academic theses completed at WU, with the exception of bachelor theses.

Library catalog

Use the filter WU Theses to search for WU master's and doctoral theses.

The printed thesis collection is freely accessible in the shelf area on level -2.

Digital WU theses

All master's and doctoral theses submitted digitally (starting with March 2025) are also directly available via the Digital Collections platform.

Here you can filter by author or reviewer of the thesis, as well as by field of study and subject keywords.

Full texts can be accessed within the WU network.

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Reference Management

You would like to use a reference management program to organize the sources and references within your thesis?

The WU Library will be happy to advise you on Citavi, which is available free of charge via a campus license. You can also contact us with questions about the open source products Zotero and Juris-M or the program EndNote.

On Fit4Research, the library's eLearning program, you will find information on licensing and installation, organizing knowledge, etc. We also offer library workshops on the various reference management programs.

Submission of Master's Theses and Dissertations Submitted via myWU from March 1, 2025

Starting March 1, 2025, master's theses and dissertations must be submitted exclusively via myWU. From this date onward, all theses will be published electronically, and printed copies will no longer be required.

For more information, please refer to the Master’s Guide or Doctoral/PhD Guide.

Thesis Embargo

The author(s) can request to have an embargo placed on the thesis. More information