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 Research Writing online lectures
• Prepare (and present when required) a thesis plan
• Upload the thesis plan to Turnitin for inspection

Implementing

• Implement the thesis according to the plan and agreed schedule
• Participate in guidance meetings with the thesis supervisor and the working life partner
• The thesis supervisor/instructor can recommend individual writing guidance to the thesis author if necessary. Students wanting assistance with their writing are to contact writingmentors@lab.fi to have a Writing Mentor assigned to them. Read more about Writing Mentors for Master’s students here.

Finalizing

• Upload the thesis report to Turnitin for inspection
• Present the thesis in the field of study (when required) and conduct possible peer review
• Send the thesis report to the supervisor 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