Southampton’s Dissertation Photos: The Official Ranking

The dissertations are in and final years are busy uploading their hand-in photos: it’s a rite of passage. But, the same image pops up time and time again: Someone holding up their dissertation in front of Hartley and grinning, or a selfie, usually combined with a caption addressing how many sleepless nights they had. You know the type. However, some dissertation photos are ACTUALLY quite imaginative. So, this is your official ranking of all the dissertation photos from 2016-17. Here we go…

6. A really well-timed photo. Impressive! Definitely the best jumping dissertation pic we saw on Instagram. But it doesn’t quite cut it to the top.

Thesis finally submitted 🕺🏽🕺🏽🕺🏽#universityofsouthampton #phdthesis

A post shared by Ibrahim (@ihemadeh) on Mar 31, 2017 at 12:28pm PDT

5. Boomerang bum wiggle. Check out those hashtags.

So Diss happened 🧀📚 @missbalafrej #WePutAlotOfTwerkIntoDiss #DissAboutToDoGoDown #DissShitGotReal #CashDissOutsideHowBowDah #DissIsGettingOuttaControl #immaStopDissNow

A post shared by Shana (@shanasexton) on Apr 24, 2017 at 4:12am PDT

4. Sassy Boomerang teamed with an excellent pun.

handed in the dissertation, hope it's not disso-pointing #byebuilding58

A post shared by Whitney Abigail (@whitneyxabigail) on Apr 26, 2017 at 1:44am PDT

3. The acrobatic approach. Are you a Vixen by any chance?

Splits & Diss📝✅🎉

A post shared by Vikki Allan (@vikki_allan) on Apr 27, 2017 at 3:30am PDT

2. About to drop the hottest dissertation of 2017.

#Diss goes out to all my fans

A post shared by William Rainbow (@williamr2207) on Apr 26, 2017 at 9:17am PDT

1. The icing on the cake.

Screw dissertations… literally 😂#Furzedown #comfortablewithoursexuality

A post shared by James Eddington (@jameseddington95) on May 4, 2017 at 8:49am PDT

Have a photo you think could rival these? Send them over to editor@soton.ac.uk