Undergraduate and Taught Masters dissertations

The following dissertation collections are available online on Brightspace:

  • Faculty of Health and Social Sciences (Postgraduate Social Work; Social Sciences and Criminology) - For access via Brightspace, go to the Faculty area and follow the link to Dissertation Archive
  • Bournemouth University Business School (Undergraduate and Postgraduate) - The BUBS Dissertation Archive will be available until the end of 22/23 academic year. From 1 September 2023, go to your course specific dissertation / final project unit in Brightspace, providing access to some best practice examples selected by BUBS.
  • Faculty of Media and Communication (all programmes apart from Undergraduate Law, see below) -  For access via Brightspace go to the Faculty area and follow the link to the Dissertation Archive
  • Faculty of Science and Technology (Computing, Creative Technology, Design, Psychology) -  For access via Brightspace go to the Faculty area and follow the link to the Dissertation Archive.

We have the following in print format in the library. They are for reference use only and cannot be taken out of the library.

  • Faculty of Media and Communication (Undergraduate Law) -  A small sample is held in The Sir Michael Cobham Library, filed at the end of the journals sequence in the mobile shelving on the ground floor
  • Faculty of Science and Technology (Archaeology, Anthropology, Biological Sciences, Ecology and Wildlife Conservation, Environmental Science, Forensic Sciences, Geography) - A small sample is held in The Sir Michael Cobham Library, filed at the end of the journals sequence in the mobile shelving on the ground floor.

PhD theses and Research Masters dissertations

Many research degree theses (e.g. PhD, MPhil, MRes) completed by BU researchers are available full text and open access in BURO (Bournemouth University Research Online), Bournemouth University’s institutional repository.

Print copies of some theses (dated 1973 - 2019) are held at an off-site location. Search for a title via mySearch or email [email protected] to find out if we hold it (some are embargoed). If submitting a request access to a print thesis please be prepared to visit our Talbot Campus Library to view it and allow a minimum of 10 working days for materials to arrive on-site. Theses are reference only and cannot be removed or loaned from the library.