Dissertation (thesis): how to cite in IEEE Style?

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General rules

In accordance with the requirements of IEEE Style, the following template should be used for referencing a PhD dissertation or a master’s thesis:

Author, “Title,” Work type, Faculty/Department, University, City, Country, year.

N.B.:

• Put the type of the cited work (e.g. Ph.D. dissertation, M.S. thesis, etc.) in the Work type element.
• Give the Faculty/Department and University elements in the abbreviated form.
• Often, a thesis might lack the information about the department/faculty. Should this be the case, omit the respective element from the reference.
• See more about the Country element here.

For the rules of giving authors’ names in IEEE Style, see this article.

For a dissertation published online, add the Internet source details to the reference:

Author, “Title,” Work type, Faculty/Department, University, City, Country, year. Accessed: date. [Online]. Available: URL

Examples of references

B. H. Reed, “The genetic analysis of endoreduplication in Drosophila Melanogaster,” Ph.D. thesis, Univ. Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K., 1992.

M. A. M. EI-Bayoumi, “Wheel speed distribution control and its effect on vehicle,” Ph.D. thesis, Univ. Leeds, Leeds, U.K. 2007. Accessed: Feb. 21, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/641/