Thesis process

Please notice, there are detailed instructions for thesis process given by your own faculty.

Starting and planning

• Attend a thesis work information session
• Read the Thesis guidebook
• Choose a thesis topic and fill in the Thesis topic form
• Conclude a Co-operation agreement with a working life partner
• Familiarize yourself with research permit practices and data protection
  • LAB research permit application will be hand-signed by the student (PDF-signatures are not allowed) and student sends the application to thesis supervisor either on paper or scanned by e-mail. Thesis supervisor will forward the application into LUT Group official signing programme SarakeSign (for signatures of thesis supervisor and Director of the faculty).
• Attend Thesis Writing Lectures 1 ECTS.
• You will be contacted by your personal Thesis Writing Mentor.
• Prepare (and present when required) a thesis plan 

Implementing

• Implement the thesis according to the plan and agreed schedule
• Participate in guidance meetings with the thesis supervisor and the working life partner
• Your Thesis Writing Mentor will guide you when you have written about 40% of the thesis or according to the plan created by you and the mentor.

Finalizing

• Present the thesis in the field of study (when required) and conduct possible peer review
• Upload the thesis report to Turnitin for inspection
• Send the thesis report to the supervisor, the thesis writing mentor, and the possible second reviewer for evaluation. Present your thesis report to the working life partner.
• Write a maturity test
• Conduct self-assessment and give feedback on the thesis process
• Upload the thesis to Theseus

English teachers’ support for thesis writers (a compulsory part of the thesis process)

At the start of your thesis process, after attending the thesis info lecture, enroll for thesis writing lectures here. The thesis writing lectures provide students with information on academic report writing and guidance on the LAB writing practices.

You will be assigned a Thesis Writing mentor who will contact and guide you after you have started your thesis writing. When your thesis is ready the mentor will evaluate your work: structure of the thesis report, language accuracy, fluency, cohesion, academic style and your skills to indicate sources and references. Send your thesis for assessment at the same time to your thesis supervisor and writing mentor.