During the recent years, bookbinding the thesis became necessary in almost all higher educational institutions. That is why we created this article – to let you know the main standard and requirements for bookbinding the theses. Follow them attentively, and you will have no problems with bookbinding the thesis.

• You have to bind at least two copies of your thesis. The first copy is made in order to present it to the college’s or university’s circulating collection, where it is to be kept for ages. The second one is for the institution’s archive, where it is to be kept after your graduation. Of course, you may bind more copies of your thesis in order to present them to someone, or to leave one for yourself.

• Your thesis print is to be single sided while bookbinding the thesis. All the margins but the left one have to be 1 inch. The left one is to be a bit bigger. You had better ask your supervisor what size it should be.
• Your thesis is to be print on acid free (archival) paper. The paper of another sort may yellow after some time of keeping, or even deteriorate. That is why you are required to use acid free paper while bookbinding the theses.
• All the copies of the thesis submitted to the bookbinding have to be previously signed by the supervisor.
• You are advised to revise the copies of the thesis before bookbinding them in order to make sure that there are no missing pages and no pages out of the order.
• You may ask your friends about different bookbinding service they have used. In this way you can choose the best one (and maybe the cheapest one, but do not prefer quantity to quality, it is your work and your “face”)

Complete our tips and you will have no problems with bookbinding your thesis.