Students in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences are now able to submit electronic theses or dissertations (ETDs) online using Vireo. Everything students need for this is available at the Library’s Electronic Theses & Dissertations portal:

• Dissertation preparation instructions
• Thesis/dissertation template
• Student guide to online ETD submission
• Online submission system login

Vireo is an online ETD submission system developed by the Texas Digital Library (TDL). It is used by many institutions in Texas, including Texas A&M University, Texas Tech University, and the University of Texas at Austin.

As the largest ETD contributor, the Graduate School was selected by the Library as the first of the three degree-granting schools at UT Southwestern to test and implement Vireo. The Medical School and the School of Health Professions will work with the Library to implement Vireo after the system receives an upgrade later this year.

Using Vireo, students can submit an ETD online, track the status of an ETD, and submit comments or corrections as needed through the system. For Graduate School and Library staff, information about each ETD is available within the system, making processing much quicker and more efficient.