As the author, under the University's Intellectual Property Rights policy, you own the copyright in your thesis as a complete original work. Please note that separate conditions may apply to underpinning research data and other outputs arising from your doctoral research, and you should discuss this if necessary with your supervisor in the first instance, and possibly any other who have contributed to its collection or generation.
You will not own copyright in any third party works you use or quote from in the thesis, which may include data, images and quotations. Copyright in these remains with the original owner/s.
Under University Senate Regulations and as a condition of award, you will be required to deposit your final corrected thesis in the University's research repository, BURA and grant a licence to the University to archive your thesis permanently as a unique contribution to original research in your discipline. All UK theses are also archived in the national collection at the British Library. Brunel theses are harvested directly from BURA by EThOS.
Depositing your thesis in BURA does not transfer copyright ownership to the University. However the deposit agreement allows the University Library to allow copying for research and private study under statutory exceptions to copyright.
For further details on copyright issues see our information on Copyright and e-theses. For general information on thesis submission including Library deposit and archival see Submitting your thesis below.
