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Bachelor’s theses and maturity tests, thesis and maturity test in master's and licentiate's programmes, information seeking and management for thesis writers, digital accessibility – what all students should know, plagiarism detection and using ouriginal, thesis commissions, the undergraduate awards, get your master's thesis written grant.

This corpus contains the University of Helsinki’s master’s theses as well as the doctoral theses and their summaries in the following languages: English, Finnish, French, German, Russian, Spanish and Swedish, published at https://ethesis.helsinki.fi by September 2016. The corpus is divided in subcorpora, one for each language mentioned above.

Please note: Due to a known bug in the automatic conversion process that was applied on this corpus, there are some missing characters in the text, i.e., some individual words may have been erroneously truncated or split. The bug has probably affected every 129th character in the original text. This problem will be fixed in the next version (1.1) of the corpus.

Of this language corpus different versions/subcorpora are published in the Language Bank of Finland. The versions are available through the Language Bank Download Service and/or through the Korp concordance tool . The links to the different versions can be found from the list above.

Detailed information on the content of each version, user rights and licenses can be found from it’s specific metadata record in META-SHARE .

This resource group page has a Persistent Identifier: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:lb-2021031601

• Researcher of the Month: Tuukka Törö (14.8.2024)
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• Newsletter of the Language Bank of Finland (1/2024) (20.6.2024)
• Change in metadata platform: from META-SHARE to COMEDI (20.6.2024)
• Improved resource: The University of Helsinki Language Corpus Server (UHLCS) collection (19.6.2024)

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Services of digital dissertations and theses in University of Helsinki

On this website, you will find information about the dissertations and theses of the University of Helsinki and the evaluation process and the publishing of theses.

Collection of dissertations and theses

The dissertations and theses of the University of Helsinki can be searched in the Library catalogue Helka . You can search Helka for both printed and digital theses.

The digital theses can also be found in Helda, the digital archive of the University of Helsinki. If the author has not given a permission to publish the thesis, only the abstract and the metadata are available in Helda . In this case, the full-text of the thesis can be read in the premises of the Helsinki University Library.

In the collections of Helsinki University Library, there are digital doctoral dissertations from the end of the 1990's onwards and the digital version is available for most of the doctoral dissertations that have been published in the 2000's. Only the summary part of the article-based dissertations is usually available. The articles of the dissertation can be searched from the library catalogue Helka , for example.

Since the middle of the 2010's, the number of the digital master’s theses available has increased strongly. The scope of the collection varies from one faculty to another. The theses that have been written during the past few years as a rule are available in digital format, either openly in Helda or in the premises of the library .

Every year the number of digital master’s theses in the collection increases with thousands of theses.

Publishing doctoral dissertations

The doctoral dissertations of the University of Helsinki are published in the open digital archive of the University of Helsinki, Helda .

Helsinki University Library manages the collecting of the information concerning the doctoral dissertations as well as the public defence of doctoral dissertations. The information gathered is utilized in the library and in the university communications.

You will find the more exact information related to the publishing and doctoral dissertation form in the instructions .

Submitting the master’s thesis for evaluation, evaluation process, and publishing the thesis

The master’s theses are submitted to E-thesis system for evaluation. The system is maintained by the Teaching and Student services of the University and Helsinki University Library. The evaluation process is managed in E-thesis system.

When the thesis has been evaluated and accepted in the faculty, it is possible for the student to give a permission to publish the thesis. The university recommends the open publishing of the thesis. The publishing gives the student the opportunity to promote the thesis and the thesis gets more visibility.

The abstract and other metadata of every thesis will be made available in the open digital archive Helda . If the student accepts the permission to publish, the full-text of the thesis will be available in Helda as well.

If the permission to publish has not been accepted, the thesis is available for reading only in the premises of the library .

The evaluation statements of theses are archived in the appendices of the minutes of faculty meetings. When an evaluation has been completed, the statements are removed from the E-thesis system.

Submitting bachelor’s thesis for evaluation

In some faculties, the bachelor's theses are submitted for evaluation in E-thesis system. When the bachelor’s thesis has been evaluated, it will be archived in the E-thesis system.

The archived bachelor’s theses can be read only in the premises of the Helsinki University Library . The bachelor's theses, abstracts or metadata are not published in the open digital archive Helda.

The evaluation statements are archived in the Teaching and Student services of the University. The statements will be removed from a E-thesis system after the evaluation has been completed.

Publishing of Licentiate thesis

Also the Licentiate theses are published in digital form in the Helsinki University digital archive Helda. When you want to publish your Licentiate thesis, please contact the Helsinki University Library ([email protected]).

Evaluating of theses

Both the staff of the University of Helsinki and the outside evaluators can use the E-thesis system when evaluating theses.

Please find here more exact instructions about how to use the E-thesis system for evaluating theses.

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UTUPub is the open institutional repository of the University of Turku. It replaces the previously used Doria repository. UTUPub collections consist of graduate theses from the university; dissertations, licentiate theses, master's theses, and abstracts of the master's theses. In addition to theses other publications published by the faculties and departments of the University of Turku are stored in the repository.

Collections

Select a community to browse its collections.

Theses on this collection are freely available online.

Theses in this collection have only abstract. The author of the thesis has not allowed to publish the fulltext of the thesis online.

This collection contains abstracts of theses accepted at the University Turku. Author of the thesis has not allowed that fulltext of thesis is published. A paper copy of the thesis is at the University of Turku library where it can be read.

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Thesis, Master's Degree

Lead paragraph

Starting a thesis can seem challenging, even if the topic and the development of own professional competence are motivating and inspiring. However, it is not worth to make the start become an obstacle to the progress of studies.

On these pages we have compiled a description of the stages, requirements and goals of doing the thesis. It is worth reading the materials well in advance and carefully, as they provide the answer to many things. However, this is not the only support when doing a thesis.

The community of orientation, ie. studies, other students and Master seminars (prev. orientation evenings), as well as the head of specialisation support the progress from start to finish. Significant support is also provided by the advisor of the thesis.

The Master's thesis is a 30-credit research and development task (approximately 800 hours of student work). Its purpose is defined in law as follows: "The aim of the Master's thesis is to develop and demonstrate the ability to apply research data and use selected methods for the analysis and solution of problems in working life and readiness for independent demanding expert work" (Government Decree 423/2005, § 7a).  

The thesis can be started immediately at the beginning of the studies. First, the student comes up with an idea suitable for the specialisation and sends a topic proposal to the specialisation head. In addition, the student enrols in the Applied Design Research course. NB: You don't enrol for thesis via PSP.

In the 90-credit Master's degree programme, the student starts the thesis at the beginning of the second academic year at the latest, so that the student can graduate within the target time.

Specialisation activities (studies and joint Master seminars, prev. specialisation evenings) provide support for the ideation and launching of a thesis.

1. Thesis stage 1: Planning

The thesis project begins with the choice of the topic. The student makes a topic proposal either before or at the beginning of the Applied Design Research course. Once the student has defined the topic, he/she prepares and processes the topic proposal in the manner instructed by the specialisation head. The specialisation head approves the topic proposal, and after that the student saves it in Wihi. Please ensure that the type of thesis is a Master's Thesis in Wihi. The head of specialisation appoints an advisor for the student’s thesis project. The supervision of the thesis can be individual or group supervision.

In the Applied Design Research course, the student prepares a thesis plan based on the topic proposal. The student saves the thesis plan in Wihi, after which the guidance process starts with the advisor. At the beginning of the guidance process, the student and the advisor go through the guidance contract together.

A thorough plan is a good starting point for the implementation of the thesis. The main features of the plan are as follows:

•  Introduction: The topic of the work (problem or need) and a compact introduction of the target organisation.
• Objectives: The expected results for the organisation.
• Research questions: Which questions does the thesis answer?
• Theoretical framework: What are the previous research, theories, concepts, literature and other possible material that are essential for the work?
• Methodology: Data, methods and tools which are used in the research and development project, and data management plan, which describes how the collected data will be processed and stored.
• Organisation: The business unit, function or project in the organisation which is the focus of the student’s research and development (in case the thesis is commissioned by an organisation).
• Schedule: Phasing and scheduling the tasks.
• Risk assessment: Anticipation and preparedness for problem situations.

In defining the objectives and schedule, the preparation of the plan is also supported by discussions with a representative of the organisation, ie. the commissioning party. In particular, the commissioning party can help define the goals and schedule of the thesis.

If possible, the student makes a commissioning contract with the representative of the target organisation. A contract is recommended especially when the organisation is other than the student's employer. In addition, a possible research permit must be agreed with the organisation.

Research authorization

When Haaga-Helia is the commissioning party, the contract is always made. If Haaga-Helia is the subject of the thesis or the research is conducted for Haaga-Helia students, staff or alumni, the research must be approved in accordance with research authorization guidelines. The research authorization application will be sent to the following expert  [email protected] .

When making the thesis plan, the student also familiarizes herself with research ethics (see 5. Research ethics).

Thesis topic proposal, Master's Thesis

Thesis plan, Master's Thesis

Commissioning contract, Master's Thesis

Template for Consent Form, Master's Thesis

Template for Research Announcement, Master's Thesis

Instructions:

Instructions for handling trade secrets and confidential information in Master Theses

2. Thesis stage 2: Implementation

After the thesis plan is accepted the student will start writing the thesis: he/she will read up on literature, plan and carry out the research and development project and write the thesis according to the reporting instructions. The writing of the thesis starts at the beginning of the work so that observations and causes and backgrounds for various choices will get noted. The student and the advisor use Wihi to track the progressing of different versions of the work. The student will participate in a Master seminar (prev. specialisation’s evening) at least two times and will present the thesis in a way agreed with the advisor.

The writing of a thesis is mainly independent work but there are several forms of support available for the student:

Thesis advisor will read different versions written by the student, comments them and gives feedback and by doing so promotes the completing of the work. The advisor and student will agree on meetings. When changes are made to the plan they have to be agreed with the advisor.

When the student is doing his/her thesis in a group the group itself offers support as well.

Master seminars (prev. spesialisation’s evenings) and specialisation’s community (including Teams platform or Moodle) offer possibility to discuss the topic and doing of the thesis with the specialization head and other students. At Master seminars topical issues are addressed and theses are presented. The student will agree about presenting of thesis at a Master seminar or by using a video recording with the advisor.  

This web page includes all the common instructions for a Master thesis.

Master thesis workshops are workshops intended for students to support the students’ use of methods and writing skills. The content and schedule of thesis workshops can be found at this thesis web page.

Library and information services (online library HH Finna ) offer guidance for information search and managing your references with Mendeley reference management program. Haaga-Helia’s LibGuides offer a lot of information and support for writing a thesis. It is recommended that the student familiarises him/herself with How to search for information guide and Referencing help at LibGuides. At LibGuide web pages you can also find tips for academic writing and research method literature.

Discussions with the commissioner at the target organisation can also support especially the writing of the practical part of the thesis.

Reporting template, Master's Thesis

Guidelines for Master's Thesis

3. Thesis stage 3: Finalising

The student agrees on the schedule of completing the thesis with the advisor so that there is enough time left for the assessment. The following tasks belong to the finalising of the thesis:

• Presentation of the thesis
• Maturity test
• Thesis plagiarism review
• Publishing the thesis

Presentation of the thesis: The student agrees on presenting the thesis with the thesis advisor and/or the teacher responsible for specialisation. For example, the student can present the thesis in the Master's seminar of the specialisation or by making video recording of it for the specialisation's platform.

Maturity test: The student writes the maturity test in the field of his/her study in his/her school language (Finnish or Swedish, otherwise English). Starting from September 1, 2023, an abstract written for the thesis will serve as the maturity test. The maturity test is evaluated on a pass/fail scale. (See instructions .) Plagiarism review: The student sends the public version of the thesis via Wihi to Ouriginal-review. Confidential parts of the thesis are not sent to Ouriginal.

Publishing the thesis: The student publishes the thesis after he/she has submitted the thesis to Wihi for evaluation, and the advisor gives a permission to publish the thesis.

If in a thesis that started before August 1, 2022, the student has agreed on the confidentiality of the material with the commissioning organisation, the student will receive instructions from the advisor to complete the work. The student publishes his/her thesis in the open collection of the national Theseus online repository of Universities of Applied Sciences. If the commissioning party does not want the thesis to be published in an open collection, the thesis will be stored in the restricted collection of Theseus. In Theseus' open collection, the thesis is available online in full pdf format. The thesis saved in the restricted collection can be read in Haaga-Helia's intranet. Thesis metadata and abstract are openly available in both Theseus collections. However, the thesis is always a public document, so anyone has the right to request that it be read. This also applies to a thesis stored in the restricted collection. You can find more information on the restricted collection on the submission page of Theseus .  As the thesis is public, make sure that the published thesis, its abstract or other metadata does not contain information that is subject to trade secret, privacy or other confidential information. NOTE! If the thesis commissioning agreement has been drawn up before 1.1.2022 and the commissioning party has refused to save the thesis in the open collection of Theseus, the student must assure the commissioning organisation that the thesis can be saved in the restricted collection of Theseus instead of previous restricted colletion HHthesis. Unlike HHthesis, the metadata and summary of theses stored in Theseus' restricted collection are openly available online. In case of doubt, you should contact the library [email protected] . Theseus submission page Theseus instructions on how to upload thesis Theseus search page for publications Please note that the publication link is activated only when the library staff has approved the thesis and published it in Theseus. This can take 1-2 work days. More information on Theseus can be obtained from Haaga-Helia libraries. If your thesis has not been published within a couple of days in Theseus, please check the email you have given when submitting your thesis. You may have received a notice of a failed submission. Please note that the confirmation message for an approved submission always comes to your Haaga-Helia email address, regardless of the address you provided during the submission.

If you have problems with publishing your thesis, you can contact Haaga-Helia library ( [email protected] ). If you need personal guidance with the publishing, library's specialists would be happy to help you also in a Teams meeting. Please tell in your message, if you wish to get guidance via Teams.

Open UAS students can't submit their thesis to Theseus. They can contact library staff, who will take care of the submission:  [email protected]

Your feedback on the thesis process

Feedback on the thesis process is included in the AVOP feedback at the end of the studies.

4. Thesis evaluation

Assessment of the thesis begins after the advisor has approved the Ouriginal analysis and the student has saved the finalised thesis to Wihi.

The thesis is assessed on a scale of 0-5, and the assessment is conducted by two assessors, the advisor together with another person appointed by Haaga-Helia (Section 13 of the Degree Regulations). The grade is determined on the basis of a joint assessment by the advisor and the second examiner. More detailed assessment criteria can be found in the file below.

The assessment of Master's Theses will change from August 1, 2022, so that the weighting factor for the results of theses will be removed. Theses started before August 1, 2022 will be assessed with an emphasis on results until July 31, 2023. After that, all theses are assessed without a weighting factor.

The evaluation statement is a public document that can be viewed by anyone in Haaga-Helia's library.

To assessment, the student requests also feedback from the possible commissioning party.

Rectifying procedure

The approved grade of the thesis cannot be raised by improving the thesis after the assessment. However, a correction request can be made for the assessment of the thesis (see Norms to be observed and appeal proceedings ).

If you feel that the assessment criteria have been incorrectly applied in the assessment of your thesis, you have the possibility to request a third assessor. In this procedure, a third assessor will re-assess your thesis. You will then still have the opportunity to request a correction from the examination board, which will not re-evaluate your thesis, but will examine whether the assessment process and criteria have been followed.

Assessment form, Master's Thesis

Evaluation criteria, Master's Thesis

Commissioner's feedback form Master's Thesis

5. Research ethics

In accordance with Haaga-Helia's values, we take responsibility into account in all our operations. We are committed to good scientific practice and to conducting research and development in accordance with the principles of research ethics (see Responsible Conduct of Research by the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK ). In addition, we follow the ethical guidelines of The Rectors’ Conference of Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences Arene .

The following are the functions and processes related to Haaga-Helia's research ethics principles, especially from the students' point of view.

The Finnish National Board on Research Integrity divides research misconduct into four subcategories, namely, plagiarism, fabrication, falsification and misappropriation:

• Unacknowledged borrowing, that is, plagiarism , refers to presenting material produced by someone else as one’s own.
• Fabrication refers to presenting invented observations or results.
• Falsification refers to the modification of original observations in such a way that the results are distorted, or that essential information is omitted.
• Misappropriation means that results, an idea or a plan by someone else is presented as one’s own.

Ouriginal, plagiarism tracking program

All theses are reviewed with the Ouriginal application. The use of Ouriginal increases the awareness of plagiarism and its prevention. Its introduction indicates that plagiarism is not acceptable and that our university has both the desire and the means to address the issue.

The Ouriginal review of the thesis is done through Wihi. The thesis advisor approves the Ouriginal report in Wihi if there is no indication of plagiarism in the report, and the thesis can proceed to evaluation. If there is reason to suspect plagiarism, a preliminary investigation will be started, in which the student will also be heard.

The program can be used to find out if there is possible plagiarism in thesis or other learning assignments. The program compares the content of the document to three different source types:

• Material published on the internet
• Publisher material (eg. e-books and e-magazines)
• Student-generated materials previously stored in the Ouriginal database.

The result of the comparison is an analysis report, which shows the similarities found. Based on this report, the advisor can determine if there is a suspicion of plagiarism.

The student's report is stored in a database, which will reveal possible plagiarism of the student's work in the future. If the student does not want the work to be the source material for plagiarism comparisons with other Ouriginal users, he / she should click on the link at the end of the confirmation message: "Follow this link if you want to prohibit the use of your document as described above."

Thesis Ethics Committee

Suspicions of plagiarism in theses are reviewed by Haaga-Helia’s Thesis Ethics Committee.

Haaga-Helia’s Degree Regulations 27 §, Personal Conduct at Haaga-Helia: “Cheating in examinations and plagiarism of assignments, thesis reports or other existing materials are strictly forbidden. If a student is found guilty of cheating, he or she is will be removed from the exam session or learning assignment and the course exam or other performance is failed. Plagiarism will result in failure of the course in question. Proved cheating will be entered into the study register. The punitive measures for the above-mentioned violations are governed by Section 38 of the Polytechnics Act (932/2014).”

6. Master seminars and thesis workshops

Students get support for their thesis work either in the specialisation’s Master seminars or the general thesis workshops. In the seminars, topics for theses are brainstormed, and in addition, the graduating students present their thesis.

Master seminars take place on the following Mondays in the autumn 2024:

• September 9th in Finnish
• October 28th in English
• November 25th in Finnish from 17.00 to 19.30.

The teachers responsible for specialisations inform the students separately about the seminar agenda and place.

Thesis workshops

The thesis workshops support the planning and implementation of the Master's thesis and are intended for all Master's students. Participating in the workshops is voluntary and does not accumulate study points, but according to the feedback, they are useful at every stage of the thesis.

Monday's theme workshops and Tuesday's method workshops are organised online. For Monday's theme workshop, one must enrol no later than the previous Sunday evening, in order to receive a link to the Haaga-Helia email address before the workshop starts. Kindly notify master(at)haaga-helia.fi if you cancel your enrolment. 

Enrol for autumn 2024 thesis workshops here .

Master seminars and theme workshops on Mondays from 17.00 to 19.00

• 16.9. Mindfulness opinnäytetyössä
• 9.9. Master-seminaari suomeksi
• 23.9. Opinnäytetyön rakenne ja rajaaminen
• 30.9. Framing and structuring the thesis
• 7.10. Tiedonhaku ja vinkit hyvien lähteiden äärelle
• 21.10. Information search and tips for finding relevant sources
• 28.10. Master seminar in English
• 4.11. Kriittinen kirjoittaminen ja teoreettisen viitekehyksen rakentaminen
• 4.11. Critical writing and building of theoretical framework Huom! Sama päivä – opiskelija valitsee kielen ilmoittautuessaan. NB! Same day, student chooses language version when enrolling to the workshop
• 11.11. Tiedon havainnollistaminen
• Data visualisation workshop is available as a recording . See also PowerPoint presentation .
• 25.11. Master-seminaari suomeksi

Method workshops on Tuesdays from 18.00 to 20.30

For Tuesday’s method workshops, one must book a personal meeting time by email no later than the night before. The email addresses are in the following form: [email protected]

• Quantitative methods (e.g. surveys) > Principal Lecturer Pirjo Saaranen
• Qualitative methods (e.g. interviews, content analysis) > Principal Lecturer Juha Lindstedt

Extra method evenings on 10.9. and 24.9. from 18.00 to 20.30

Extra method evenings will be held in Finnish in the autumn.

• 10.9. Haastattelut ja sisältöanalyysi. Tiedon luotettavuuden ja oikeellisuuden arvioiminen. Yliopettaja Juha Lindstedt 
• 24.9. Kyselylomakkeen luominen ja Webropolin käyttö tiedonkeruussa. Kvantitatiivisen datan kerääminen ja esittäminen. Yliopettaja Pirjo Saaranen 

Assessment form Master's Thesis

Types of thesis

The research and development objectives, results and outputs can be very different. Respectively, working on the thesis can proceed in many different ways, and therefore, one general model cannot be given. However, theses have always in common that the student gets acquainted with previous research, collects and analyses one's own data or plans and implements one's own development project, and finally, describes and evaluates the results.

The master's thesis always begins with the definition of the objectives of research and development. The whole process is described in a thesis report and there can also be other outputs depending on the nature of the thesis. The progress of the work between these start and end points can then take different directions. The following orientations serve as examples.

The development-oriented thesis progresses from getting acquainted with previous research on the topic to the analysis of the current situation of the target organization and to the planned development and evaluation of the validity of the results. In addition to the thesis report, other outputs can be, for example, a new operating model, an operating manual for the organisation or operating instructions for an ICT system. In a development-oriented thesis, a separate output can also be developed and implemented, which can be, for example, a concept plan, product, a new service or piece of work.

Another common form of thesis is a research-oriented thesis , which also meets the development needs of the organisation. In this case, the thesis progresses from getting acquainted with previous research to collecting and analysing one's own research data, which serves as the basis for development proposals. Development proposals based on research must also be validated, for example, with feedback from the experts of the target organisation.

A research-oriented thesis can also focus on a current topic or challenge in working life or business. The student may not have an organisation or company as a commissioning party. Haaga-Helia, for example, can act as a client on the basis of its RDI needs. Even then, the thesis progresses from getting acquainted with previous research to collecting and analysing one's own research data. The result can be, for example, development suggestions, a new operating model for business, a blueprint or other recommendations.

Submitting and publishing your thesis: Good to know before the submission

• Good to know before the submission
• Submitting your thesis to evaluation / Tampere University
• Submitting your thesis / TAMK
• PDF/A guide

Publicity of your thesis

Accepted thesis is a public document.

• Your thesis can't include any secret information. Possible secret or otherwise separate material won't be archived by the university.
• Thesis must be written so that it is public in any way.
• Thesis will come public after it has been accepted.

Check these before submitting your thesis to evaluation

Checklist for students before submitting the thesis.

• Copyright - make sure you have the right to use all the materials (for example pictures, notes, photos) in the online version of your thesis. More about copyright and article permissions on the guide Publishing a dissertation at the Tampere University: Article permissions
• Remove your personal information (student number, address, phone number, contact information in the appendix) and other information you don't want to be published online.
• Remove incorrect information in Description field ( File - Properties - Description). In case you have got the thesis template from someone else, make sure whose name is in the Description field.
• Your thesis is made according to the instructions of the University or TAMK, also the title and the abstract page.
• You are submitting the right version of the thesis and you have got the permission to submit the thesis from your supervisor.
• Your thesis has gone through the Turnitin check.
• You can use Muuntaja -service for converting theses in PDF/A format. Read more and test the service in  https://muuntaja.tuni.fi/ . You can log in to the service with your Tuni account.
• Take a look at PDF/A guide or if you have problems contact [email protected] .

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Accessible PDFs

The most important thing to remember is to pay attention to the accessibility early on when creating a document.

• On the intranet of TUNI, you can find more information on making the documents accessible: Accessible files
• Thesis accessibility guidelines (for Theseus Open Repository of the Universities of Applied Sciences)

Make sure, your thesis is in PDF/A –format when submitting the thesis!

Take a look at PDF/A guide If you have problems contact [email protected] .

Cover and abstract of the thesis, other instructions

Tampere university.

Please note the templates of the faculties and the degree programmes. You can find instructions and templates for example in Student's guide: Student’s guide – Student´s handbook – Studying – Thesis

Students of architecture must follow the templates where applicable (for example the information on the cover and abstract).

If the faculty/degree programme does not have a template of its own please use this template for the cover and abstract page of your thesis. Choose the mode " Print layout ".

Please take note of e.g. the colours, the logo and the positioning of the title on the cover page.

• Template for thesis

University's general instructions on thesis can be found in Student's guide . You can find for example faculties' instructions and graduation schedules in Student's guide.

TAMK's instructions for submitting your thesis can be found in TAMK Handbook

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Student Guide

Master's Programme in Automation and Electrical Engineering

Programme main page, agree on the topic with a professor.

• Register to ELEC-E0210 Master's thesis process
• Apply for Master’s thesis supervisor, advisor(s) and topic approval

Write the Master’s thesis

Give a seminar presentation, maturity essay, apply for the approval of your master’s thesis, where can i find topic for my master's thesis.

You must agree on a master's thesis topic with a professor from the subject field of your major. There are three primary sources for finding a topic:

• topics offered by research groups as a part of ongoing research projects (announced on department websites, during courses, etc.)
• individual topics offered by professors (announced on professors' websites or agreed individually)
• topics offered by companies, the public sector, etc.

There is no general list of available topics. In all cases, you should contact the corresponding professor directly yourself. If you do not find a funded thesis position, you may always do your thesis in one of the university's research groups without funding. All supervisors are obliged to offer you a topic. You can also suggest a topic based on your own interests. 

Descriptions of possible thesis topic areas by professors in each programme:

Electronics and Nanotechnology Automation and Electrical Engineering Computer, Communication and Information Sciences

Master's thesis supervisor and advisor

The supervisor of the thesis must be a professor or a university lecturer working in Aalto University. The supervisor’s responsibility is to provide guidance on the scientific validity and format of the thesis and the thesis as a whole. You must also have one or two advisors for your thesis. A master's thesis advisor must have completed at least a master's degree. The advisor's role is to take care of day-to-day guidance and support the student in the planning and execution of the experimental part of the thesis as well as in the writing process. The supervisor of the thesis can also work as the advisor.

At the beginning of the thesis process, the supervisor and the student (and possibly advisor(s)) should organize an initial master's thesis meeting. Initial master's thesis meeting template is below.

Register to ELEC-E0210 Master's thesis process (if applicable)

If ELEC-E0210 is part of your major's compulsory courses, remember to register for the course. The course is compulsory in many programmes in ELEC but students from programmes where it is not compulsory can also attend. Register for the course as soon as you have agreed on the topic with your supervisor. The course supports you during the initial stages of your thesis. Register in Sisu and then proceed to the further steps according to the instructions on the course's MyCourses page.

Apply for Master's thesis supervisor, advisor(s) and topic approval

Apply for approval of the thesis supervisor, advisor(s) and the topic as soon as you have agreed about the topic with your thesis supervisor.

For the application it is sufficient that you have agreed on the topic in a broad sense, i.e. the field of the thesis. The final title of the thesis will be developed during the thesis work, and the final title must be within the field of the original approved topic. Supervisor, advisor(s) and topic approval applications are approved continuously and there are no certain application deadlines. Applications are processed within a month. If your thesis topic, supervisor, language, and advisor have been approved 31.7.2023 or before according to the old instructions (valid until 31.7.2024) by the degree programme committee, i.e. your "topic approval date" is 1.8.2023 or before, you must apply for the approval.

How to apply for Master’s thesis supervisor, advisor(s) and topic approval

Apply for the approval of your thesis supervisor, advisor(s) and topic in MyStudies service (mystudies.aalto.fi) by creating a thesis record in the Thesis tab of MyStudies. Instructions on how to create the thesis record can be found from MyStudies. It is strongly recommended that you apply for approval of the supervisor, advisor(s) and topic as soon as you have agreed on a topic with your thesis supervisor.

The application is processed by the suggested thesis supervisor and another decision maker, who is either the programme director or major responsible professor, depending on your programme. The application is processed within a month. You will be informed by email and in MyStudies when the application has been approved. Please note, that the supervisor, advisor(s) and topic must be approved in MyStudies before you can submit the final version of the thesis for evaluation. Application must be submitted in MyStudies at the latest a month before submitting the thesis to ensure, that the supervisor, advisor(s) and topic approval is processed before submitting the thesis.

The target time for completing the thesis is six months. Time used for completing the thesis affects the thesis evaluation. Note, that this time period is not calculated from the approval date of the supervisor, advisor(s) and topic but from the actual start date of the thesis as agreed and judged by the thesis supervisor. In the thesis record you can set planned start date for the thesis and estimate of when the thesis will be completed. These dates are non-binding. They are intended to serve as a framework for your thesis work, and you should agree on the target time for thesis completion with your supervisor and advisor(s).

Thesis work consists of topic definition, a research plan, a literature review, experiments, analysis, and a conclusion. It is essential to start writing the actual thesis from the very beginning and continue the writing process throughout each phase of your research.

The evaluation of the Master's thesis is based on the School of Electrical Engineering common guideline for thesis evaluation . By reading the guideline you will get an idea of what is expected of a Master's thesis.

Support for thesis writing

Support courses for thesis writing:

• ELEC-E0210 Master's Thesis Process
• LC-1322 Thesis Writing for engineers (MSc) (w)
• LC-1315 Tools for Master's Thesis
• LC-7109 Tieteellinen kirjoittaminen maisteriopiskelijoille

Other support services:

• Writing clinic (language support for writing in English offered by the language center )
• Starting Point of Wellbeing’s Theses & Tomatoes
• Turnitin (online tool for practicing scientific writing and prevention of plagiarism

Master's thesis templates

Write your thesis on a master's thesis template. Two templates are available:

• Thesis template for LaTeX (recommended). For LaTeX use Aalto provides free accounts for students on Overlief (a web-based Latex tool) or you can download a free Latex software on your own computer.
• Thesis template for Microsoft Word .

Master's theses as public documents

Please note that a master’s thesis is a public document once it has been approved. The thesis cannot have any confidential sections. If there are confidential sections, only the "visible" part of the thesis will be evaluated and the thesis must form a coherent whole without the concealed parts. Read more about theses as public documents .

A seminar presentation about the topic of your thesis is a compulsory part of the thesis approval process. You must agree on the schedule and arrangements of your seminar presentation with your thesis supervisor. When applying for approval of your thesis you must indicate whether you have already held the seminar presentation or provide the date of the upcoming presentation. Please note that the seminar presentation must be completed at the latest by the deadline for submitting theses and applications.

Once you have completed the seminar presentation, your thesis supervisor will mark the seminar presentation completed in MyStudies at the same time with the thesis evaluation.

According to the Universities Act 794/2004 students are required to complete a maturity essay. The abstract of your thesis will serve as the maturity essay. Hence, you don't need to agree on writing a maturity essay separately with your supervisor. When you submit your thesis with an abstract completed according to the instruction in the master's thesis template, your maturity essay is considered done.

The Master’s thesis is evaluated in the Degree Programme Committee meeting. The thesis supervisor, advisor(s) and thesis topic must be approved in MyStudies before submitting the thesis.

See application deadlines for the approval of Master’s thesis at the end of the page.

How to apply for the approval of your Master’s thesis

To have your Master's thesis approved:

• check the application deadlines below
• convert your thesis into pdf/A format ( instructions )
• attach the final pdf/A version of your thesis to MyStudies (mystudies.aalto.fi -> thesis), fill in the required information concerning the thesis and submit the thesis for evaluation
• if you also want to apply for graduation, see the instructions under Graduation.  

Please make sure that the electronic version submitted in the application is the final and corrected version of your thesis.   Based on the final version of the thesis

• your supervisor will write the evaluation statement
• the degree programme committee will make the thesis evaluation
• the university will archive the thesis and it is used for example as the official copy of the thesis in thesis grade appeal cases.  

The degree programme committee evaluates and grades the thesis based on the written statement and grade proposal provided by the thesis supervisor. The evaluation statement will be provided to the student in MyStudies after the Committee meeting and at the same time when the student receives information on the Committee's decision. The evaluation decision is subject to appeal, i.e., students dissatisfied with the evaluation may submit an appeal.

Application deadlines for the approval of Master’s thesis

Application deadlines in 2024.

Application deadlines in 2025

Turnitin - an aid for skilful writing and prevention of plagiarism

Errors in approved theses are corrected on an errata page, feedback about the page.

• Published: 23.5.2022
• Updated: 28.8.2024