# PhD Theses All PhD theses submitted in the history of TU Delft are part of the library's repository collection. The first PhD was published in 1906. By 2023, there were around 10,000 theses in the collection. The new repository (July 2024) shows 15,000 ## Access to Individual Files Each PhD theses is copyright TU Delft. They can be accessed as individual files via ### Access to Metadata CC0 Metadata for TU Delft theses is available via Wikidata - #### Schema The Wikidata items include the following basic metadata categories * *title* * *dissertation submitted to* * *author string* * *language* * *publication date* * *full work available at* Where this data has been collected, *faculty* has also been added ## API Access There is currently no API access. Hopefully this will be available in 2025. ## Bulk Download There is currently no bulk download of the files --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://tudelft-lib-research.gitbook.io/tu-delft-library-collections/phd-theses.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.