Years of research.
One document. Make it count.
A dissertation is the single highest-stakes document of your degree. Our dissertation proofreading service pairs you with a subject-matched senior editor, PhD-qualified for doctoral work, who edits your language and style chapter by chapter and flags structural issues for you to resolve, to the standard examiners expect. Human editors only, no AI tools.
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Beyond proofreading: a structural edit
Our dissertation proofreading services cover grammar, then the flow, coherence and argument that examiners read for.
Chapter-by-Chapter Refinement
Each chapter checked for internal logic, paragraph structure and signposting. Language is edited directly, and structural issues are flagged for you to fix.
Cross-Chapter Coherence
Terminology, tense, notation and argument threads checked for consistency across your whole thesis. If you send chapters one at a time, each check covers the chapters edited so far, and the full check runs when the last chapter arrives.
Argument & Contribution
Commentary on whether your research question, findings and conclusion align, the alignment examiners probe first.
Style Sheet Generation
A custom style sheet recording every convention decision, so your 15,000 words read as one voice.
Dual Stage Senior Review
After your editor finishes, a senior quality editor reviews the full manuscript before delivery.
Supervisor Feedback Match
Send us your supervisor's feedback. Your editor comments on every point in the draft, so you can see where to revise.
What we change
Grammar, punctuation, spelling, word choice, sentence clarity, academic tone and consistency, all in tracked changes you accept or reject.
What we flag for you
Gaps in structure or argument, weak links between chapters, and each point in your supervisor's feedback. We explain the issue in a comment, and you make the change.
What we never do
Write or rewrite your argument, add content, sources or data, or produce any part of your dissertation for submission.
Universities set their own rules on editing, and some restrict it. Check yours first: our guide to university proofreading policies shows where to look.
Bound, examined, defended: we know the process
Your thesis is edited by people, never by AI tools. Your senior editor understands examiner expectations, chapter architecture and the discipline a 15,000-word document demands.
- PhD-qualified editors for doctoral theses
- One style sheet maintained across every chapter
- Second-pair senior review before delivery
From first chapter to finished thesis
Four steps, with an update from us at each one.
Send your thesis or chapter
Upload the full manuscript or a single chapter with your deadline, university guidelines and any supervisor comments.
Fixed quote in 1 hour
A transparent per-word price, confirmed in writing before anything starts. Send the rest chapter by chapter at the same rate.
Senior editors refine your work
A doctoral-level editor works chapter by chapter against your custom style sheet, then a second senior editor reviews the whole.
Review, revise, submit
Accept or reject every tracked change, use your two free revision rounds, and submit a thesis that reads as one confident voice.
Built for the most career-defining document you'll ever write
Dissertation and thesis proofreading works at any stage, from one chapter before a supervisor meeting to the full manuscript before submission.
- Master's students preparing dissertations for submission
- PhD candidates refining thesis chapters or the full manuscript
- Students whose supervisors flagged writing quality or structure
- International postgraduates writing a thesis in English
- Candidates preparing for viva who want the document airtight
What you'll receive
A complete editorial package
- Fully edited manuscript with tracked changes, chapter by chapter
- Clean final copy ready for formatting and binding
- Custom style sheet for your thesis
- Senior editor's structural report: strengths, risks and suggested fixes
- Two rounds of revision included within 14 days
What students say about our thesis editing
Editing chapter by chapter kept the cost manageable and the voice consistent across 80,000 words. The style sheet meant terminology never drifted, and the second editor caught slips the first had left in.
I sent my supervisor’s comments along with the draft and every point was addressed, with a note on how. The structural report showed me where my argument was not landing before my examiners could.
Two editors on one thesis made a real difference. My chapters finally read as one confident voice, and the cross-chapter coherence check fixed tense and notation slips I had stopped noticing.
Chapter-friendly, deadline-friendly
Send the whole thesis or one chapter at a time, our pricing is consistent, allowing you to pace the cost across your writing schedule.
Standard
5 working days
per 1,000 words
- Full structural + language edit
- Custom style sheet
- Tracked changes + clean copy
- Editor's structural report
- Second-editor quality review
- Cross-chapter coherence check
Express
72-hour turnaround
per 1,000 words
- Everything in Standard
- Priority senior editor
Priority
48-hour turnaround
per 1,000 words
- Everything in Standard
- Priority senior editor
- Weekend delivery available
- Direct progress updates
Not sure yet? Ask for a free sample edit of up to 500 words: write "free sample" in the message box of the quote form, or message us on WhatsApp. It comes back within 2 working days, and there is one free sample per student.
What a dissertation costs, worked out
| Word count | Standard (5 working days) | Express (72 hours) | Priority (48 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10,000 words | £160 | £190 | £240 |
| 15,000 words | £240 | £285 | £360 |
| 20,000 words | £320 | £380 | £480 |
Who does the work: a subject-matched human editor, PhD-qualified for doctoral theses, and then a second senior editor who reviews the edit before delivery. No AI tools are used on your document.
Included: a structural and language edit, a second editor's review, a cross-chapter coherence check, a custom style sheet, tracked changes with a clean copy, an editor's report, and two revision rounds within 14 days.
Not included: rewriting your argument, adding new content, or writing any part of the work for you. Full formatting to a university template is available on request.
Delivery: each submission of up to 20,000 words, whether one chapter or the whole dissertation, comes back within the turnaround you choose, counted from when we receive payment and all your files. Your quote confirms the exact date, and if we miss it for reasons within our control, the order is free. Read the refund policy for the terms.
Whole-thesis orders over 20,000 words are quoted at a discounted per-word rate, scheduled across 3 to 4 weeks. Minimum order 3,000 words. Abstract, references and appendices can be excluded from the word count on request.
Our Guarantee
Every order, regardless of size, is delivered with the same values.
On-Time Delivery
Your quote confirms a delivery date. If we miss it for reasons within our control, the order is free. Read the terms
Two Editors on Every Order
Your chapter editor works through the dissertation, then a senior quality editor reviews the whole edit before delivery.
Full Confidentiality
We follow strict data privacy. All documents feature editor-only access, GDPR compliance, and 30-day post-delivery deletion.
Honesty and Integrity
Improvement through guidance is our mission. We will never write submittable documents, only suggestions that you learn from.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, most students do. You pay per chapter as you go, and we keep your style sheet across chapters so the final manuscript is consistent. The cross-chapter coherence check covers the chapters edited so far and runs in full when the last chapter arrives.
Yes. Write "free sample" in the message box of the quote form, or message us on WhatsApp, and we will tell you where to send up to 500 words. Your sample edit comes back within 2 working days of receiving them, with tracked changes and comments. There is one free sample per student.
Doctoral work is assigned only to editors holding a PhD in a related field, and every order is also reviewed by a senior quality editor. You can request your editor's profile before confirming.
No. A human editor works through every chapter, and a second editor reviews the finished edit. We use no AI tools to edit, rewrite or paraphrase your work, and your document is never used to train AI models.
Never. We only edit, not rewrite. Our goal is to refine how your argument is expressed and to flag places where it may not land, but your research, analysis and conclusions remain entirely yours.
Yes. Send us their comments with your draft. Your editor corrects language issues in tracked changes and adds a comment on every other point your supervisor raised, so you can make those revisions yourself and show what changed.
We tidy headings, numbering, captions and reference presentation as part of the edit. Full template compliance (margins, binding specs, declaration pages) can be added if you request it in your free quote request.
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