Dissertation and thesis printing and binding
Print & Design is ideally set up to print and bind your dissertation or thesis. Printing and/or soft binding can normally be carried out while you wait, however this may not be guaranteed during busy times particularly when large numbers of students are requiring their dissertations to be printed and/or bound.
The easiest option is to send your dissertation or thesis electronically to us at least 2 days (not including weekends) before the submission deadline (see details below).
Our Design Unit at St Katharine's West, 16 The Scores, can print and bind for you. We print onto 100gsm high quality digital paper and then soft bind using the Unibind method. If you prefer to print a document yourself, you can bring the prints to the Design Unit to be Unibound within 5/10 minutes.
Our Print Unit at 65 North Street also provides a fabric spine soft binding service, usually within half an hour, or hard binding which takes longer - usually ready for collection the day after you have submitted your printed thesis (for the St Andrews style only).
Printing and Binding Costs
Printing
| A4 (per side) | B/W | Colour* |
|---|---|---|
| Standard White Paper, 100gsm | 5p each | 60p each |
*A4 colour price decreases as the quantity printed increases - please see our price list for details
Binding
| Soft Binding | Fabric Spine | Unibind |
|---|---|---|
| Print Unit - 65 North Street | £3.50 each | - |
| Design Unit - 16 The Scores | - | £3.50 each |
For Postgraduate Masters or PhD theses only:
| Hard Binding | St Andrews style | Glasgow style* | Glasgow Deluxe style* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Print Unit - 65 North Street | £25.00 each | £30.00 each | £60.00 each |
*Glasgow style binds are subject to an additional £4.00 delivery charge.
Burn thesis to CD: £2.00
CD Wallet: £2.50
Email your dissertation for printing and binding
The preferred option is for you to email your file to us (at least 2 days before the submission deadline, not including weekends) to printanddesign@st-andrews.ac.uk
Send your dissertation as a PDF file (at least Acrobat Version 9). In Microsoft Word versions 2007 upwards, simply save your document as file type "PDF (*.pdf). Or, a PDF converter can be found here.
Your dissertation should be preferably 1.5 line spaced with a margin of no less than 25mm. Please refer to your local School handbooks/web pages for full details of layouts and formats.
Ensure that you are conforming with the University's Corporate Identity.
Please provide us with this information in your email:
- How many copies
- Which pages (if any) are to be printed in colour
- Printed single sided (no more than 340 pages) or double sided
- Whether it is to be fabric spine soft bound or Unibound
- Date required
All dissertations are printed at the Design Unit and will be Unibound, if no specific soft binding option is requested. If you would prefer your dissertation to be fabric spine bound, you must collect the prints from the Design Unit and take them to the Print Unit for fabric spine binding.
Once your dissertation is ready, we will email you with a link to the Online Shop where you can make payment by card before collection.
Email your thesis for printing and binding
Useful information on how to prepare your thesis can be found at:
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/pgstudents/academic/theses
The preferred option is for you to email your file to us (at least 2 days* before the submission deadline for soft bound, 3 days* for St Andrews style hard bound and 7 days* for the Glasgow styles hard bound) to printanddesign@st-andrews.ac.uk *not including weekends.
Send your thesis as a PDF file (at least Acrobat Version 9). In Microsoft Word versions 2007 upwards, simply save your document as file type "PDF (*.pdf). Or, a PDF converter can be found here.
Ensure that you are conforming with the University's Corporate Identity.
Please refer to your local School handbooks/web pages for full details of layouts and formats.
Please provide us with this information in your email:
- How many copies
- Which pages (if any) are to be printed in colour
- Printed single sided or double sided*
- Whether it is to be soft or hard bound
- Does it need to be burned to a CD
- Date required
*Please note: All theses for St Andrews style hard case binding, with more than 290 pages, must be printed double sided. All theses for Glasgow style hard case binding, can be printed single or double sided.
For pre-VIVA theses: All theses are printed at the Design Unit and will be Unibound, if no specific soft binding option is requested. If you would prefer your thesis to be fabric spine bound, your prints will be taken to the Print Unit for fabric spine binding.
For post-VIVA theses: All theses are printed at the Design Unit. The prints will then be taken to the Print Unit for hard binding St Andrews style, if no specific hard binding option is requested.
Once your thesis is ready, we will email you with a link to the Online Shop where you can make payment by card before collection.