Guidelines for writing and formatting final theses
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The present guide has been prepared with the aim of updating and simplifying the requirements for formatting theses at Estonian University of Life Sciences (hereinafter: the university), which were approved by the regulation No. 1-8/45 of the Rector of the Estonian University of Life Sciences on 14.12.2017. The guide regulates the formatting of bachelor's, professional higher education, and master's theses, as well as master's and integrated study program theses at the university.
The updated guide is based on the university's practices for formatting written student work; therefore, it does not contain significant changes. Compared to the previous version, the guide's structure has primarily been revised, and more examples have been added, which are now enclosed within a border to distinguish them from the rest of the text. The general requirements for formatting theses are now presented in Appendix 1. The guide continues to be based on the capabilities of the MS Word word processing program. A new topic discussed in the guide is the use of artificial intelligence for generating ideas and examples, but it is emphasised that this does not replace the author's analysis or synthesis in the thesis.
The guide has been prepared using the thesis template and also serves as an example of correct formatting. Unless otherwise stated, these requirements should also be followed for other types of written student work, such as course papers, reports, essays, projects, research papers, reports, and business plans. The requirements for selecting a thesis topic, supervision, reviewing, defence, and publication are outlined in the university council's regulation "Requirements and Procedure for the Awarding of Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree".
A thesis is an independent academic research work that includes both theoretical and empirical components. Its purpose is to apply, reinforce, and generalise the specialised knowledge and skills acquired during higher education studies, as well as to gain experience in conducting a scientific investigation in the field.
Authors: Ina Järve, Mart Külvik, Diana Laarmann, Karin Naruskov, Märt Reinvee, Ülle Roosmaa, Liina Talgre. Design and layout: Märt Reinvee. Content and language editing (Estonian): Helika Mäekivi. Translation: Laura Erik.
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