Most universities host repositories containing theses from all their faculties, while others maintain more specialised repositories. For this reason, we’ve included separate instructions below on how best to navigate these individual repositories.The universities are affiliated with one or both of the following networks:
We also have a separate page about the EMT challenge winners. This challenge is organised by the Directorate General for Translation of the European Commission for students of the European Master’s in Translation network.
Austria
Universität Wien
Master’s dissertations and PhD theses from the Centre for Translation Studies on interpretation and translation. Most works are in German.
Belgium
KU Leuven
Master's dissertations on interpreting. Access to the full text is limited to students, staff and other registered users. Most works are in Dutch.
Universiteit Gent
Master’s dissertations and PhD theses on translation, multilingualism and linguistics. Works available in Dutch, English, German, French and Spanish.
Bulgaria
Софийски университет "Св. Климент Охридски" (Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski)
- Master’s dissertations on, or relating to, translation studies (in Bulgarian).
- PhD theses on, or relating to translation studies (in Bulgarian).
Czechia
Univerzita Karlova
General repository (all faculties). Use ‘advanced search’ to find translation/interpreting papers. Most works are in Czech.
Finland
Helsingin yliopisto
Master’s dissertations and PhD theses on translation and interpreting. Works available in Finnish, English, Swedish and French.
Itä-Suomen yliopisto
Master’s dissertations on translation and interpreting. Works available in Finnish, English, Swedish, German and Russian.
Tampereen yliopisto
Master’s dissertations on multilingual communication and translation studies, with limited works on interpreting. Works available in Finnish, English, Swedish, and Russian.
Turun yliopisto
Master’s dissertations and PhD theses on multilingual communication, interpreting and translations studies. Most works are in Finnish, English, or Swedish, but works available also in Spanish, Italian, French and German.
France
Repositories that include works from all French universities:
- HAL DUMAS: Master’s dissertations on translation and interpreting. Works available in French and English.
- HAL THESES: PhD theses on translation and interpreting. Works available in French, English and Italian.
Germany
Universität Hildesheim
Master’s dissertations from the Institute of Translation Studies and Technical Communication. Works available in German.
Technische Hochschule Köln
Master’s dissertations on translation studies. Works available in German.
Greece
Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
Master’s dissertations and PhD theses on translation and interpreting. Works available in Greek and English.
Hungary
Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem
- Master’s dissertations and PhD theses on translation, interpreting and applied linguistics. Includes research on cognitive processes, technology in translation and interpreting, audiovisual translation, etc. Results can be filtered by subject.
- Journal on translation studies
Ireland
University College Cork
General repository of PhD theses from the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences. Search ‘By Subject’ and ‘Translation' or ‘Interpreting’. Works available in English.
Dublin City University – Ollscoil Chathair
Master’s dissertations on translation, focusing on literary analysis and education. Works available in English.
Italy
Common repository for dissertations from different Italian universities, including works from faculties of translation and interpreting. Works available in Italian and English.
Università di Bologna
General repository (all departments). Use ‘advanced search’ to find works on translation and interpreting. Works available in Italian and English.
Lithuania
Kauno technologijos universitetas (KTU)
Master’s dissertations relating to translation and interpreting. Works available in Lithuanian and English.
Malta
L-Università ta' Malta
Master’s dissertations from the Department of Translation, Terminology and Interpreting studies. Works available in English and Maltese.
Netherlands
Universiteit Leiden
Master’s dissertations on translation and interpreting. Most works are in English.
Universiteit Utrecht
Master’s dissertations from the program of Professional translation, including works on interpreting. Most works are in Dutch.
Poland
Uniwersytet Warszawski
General repository (all faculties). Full-text access (including detailed records) is restricted to current students and staff. External users can retrieve basic bibliographic information only. For further assistance, please contact the relevant faculty directly.
Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra
Master’s dissertations from the Department of Translation. Most works are in Portuguese.
Universidade de Lisboa
General repository. Works can be filtered by type (‘Master thesis’, ‘Doctoral thesis’ etc). Most works are in Portuguese and English.
Slovenia
Univerza v Ljubljani
General repository (all departments). Use ‘advanced search’ to find translation/interpreting papers. Most works are in Slovenian.
Spain
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
PhD theses under the Department of Translation and Interpreting and East Asia Studies. Most works are in Catalan and Spanish.
Comillas Pontifical University, Madrid
Master's dissertations on simultaneous and consecutive interpreting, remote interpreting, ethics, etc.
Sweden
DiVA is a central repository of works from all Swedish universities, including student dissertations and PhD theses on translation and interpreting.
Stockholms Universitet
- Bachelor’s and master’s dissertations on translation and interpretating. Most works are in Swedish or English.
- PhD theses and research articles also available.
Switzerland
Université de Genève
- Current PhD projects on translation, interpreting and multilingual communication. Includes research on cognitive processes, technology in translation and interpreting, sociolinguistics, etc.
- Completed PhD theses on interpreting, translation theory, corpus linguistics, professional practice, etc.