To copyright the dissertation, the student should consult http://www.yale.edu/graduateschool/academics/forms/formatDissertation.pdf for instructions.
Upon receipt of the dissertation, the Graduate School will send the dissertation out for evaluation by the readers. After all reader evaluation forms have been returned to the Graduate School and all requested changes to the dissertation have been made, the DGS acting on behalf of the entire MCDB faculty will sign the form recommending award of the Ph.D. degree. Then the Graduate School Degree Committee and finally the Yale Corporation will vote to approve conferral of the degree.