Theses for the awarding of doctoral degrees are contained in the libraries of Osaka University.
Their availability and use differ according to the accepted year. First, please find information in our institutional repository, Osaka University Knowledge Archive “OUKA”, where you can search by title and author name.
limited to those whose authors agreed to make them open.
made open in principle, except for those with unavoidable reasons for not doing so.
Links to the PDF files for the Abstract and Dissertation (full-text) are provided. They are available for online access and download.
Theses without a link to the full-text PDF (Dissertation) are not made open due to unavoidable reasons or lack of consent from the author. Access in OUKA is limited to the abstract. How to access the full-text differs according to when the degree was awarded.
Contained in the library in printed form.
Library | Doctoral Degree |
Main Library | Arts, Human Sciences, Laws, Economics, Applied economics, Business Administration, Science, Engineering, Language and Culture, International Public Policy, Information Science and Technology, Philosophy |
Life Sciences Library | Medical Science, Health Science, Science in Nursing, Dental Science, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences, Frontier Biosciences, Child Development, Philosophy |
Science and Engineering Library | Engineering |
International Studies Library | Language and Culture, Japanese Studies, Philosophy, International Studies |
Electronic files are contained in the library.
Undergraduate and master's theses are not contained in the library except for the followings that are kept at the International Studies Library.
For more details on the use, please see here.