To order your hard bound thesis please follow the instructions below.

Hard bound thesis are usually printed and bound with gold foil lettering on black covers and spine within 5 working days of receiving the PDF file (excluding weekends and bank holidays) which are then delivered by the printer if the delivery address is within Portsmouth Island or released to Royal Mail to deliver 1st class to the rest of the UK to the address you specify at checkout.

Some exceptions may apply, we will contact you if the postage cost needs to change to take account of your location.

It is essential you allow time for printing and delivery when considering your deadlines. Printing Services is not responsible for any disruption to external print suppliers deliveries or Royal Mail services that may impact on your delivery.

Above 280 Pages

If your Thesis is above 280 pages in length it will be produced in 2 volumes. As standard these Theses are produced in equal volumes. e.g. if your Thesis is 320 pages, then each volume would be 160 pages in length. Alternatively you can specify which page number to start your second volume from when supplying your file.

Further gold blocking will also be added to the cover and spine to indicate "Volume 1" and "Volume 2" in line with regulations. Please note for the spine to printed there must be a minimum of x90 sheets/x180 sides within the book, if less the spine will be left blank.

Please ensure you are aware of the maximum length of thesis that you are allowed to submit as per Section 13.6 in the Research Degrees Operational Handbook We will print and bind your Thesis to University specifications. 

Instructions to order:

•  Click on ‘add to basket’ and complete all the sections of the questionnaire.
• The questionnaire also captures the wording for your cover:
• Thesis Title: Up to 6 lines of 33 characters both upper and lower case
• Your Details: Please enter your name, qualification and year of submission. Up to 3 lines of 33 characters both upper and lower case.
• Spine: Please enter your name, abbreviated qualification e.g. PhD, and year of submission. 1 line of 33 characters both upper and lower case. Please note for the spine to printed there must be a minimum of x90 sheets/x180 sides within the book, if less the spine will be left blank.
• Checkout your order. 
• On confirmation of your order you will receive an email for you to respond to with the PDF file of your dissertation. Please note must be PDF, no other formats are accepted.

 For any enquiries about this service please contact webtoprint@port.ac.uk or for other print enquiries please contact printestimate@port.ac.uk