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Requirements to Theses and Group Theses Submitted at EE&T
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Abstract
This document describes the requirements to theses submitted for the Bachelor of Engineering
degree at the School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunication. Requirements
described are that of both of context and layout of the theses. The document is
written using the LATEX template provided by the school.
Introduction
Having a set of clear requirements to their thesis is important to student nalising their
BE, or other, degree. Such requirements are both in relation to the physical appearance
of the thesis, as well as the writing style and organisation. The present document tries
to concisely state the theses requirements while appearing in layout and structure as a
thesis itself.
Chapter 2 explains the background for this document. Chapter 3 states the style and
submission related requirements to theses submitted at the school. Chapter 4 explains
content related requirements to theses. Chapter 5 evaluates the thesis requirements template.
Finally, Chapter 6 draws up conclusions and suggest ways to further improve the
thesis requirements template.
Structure
Most theses are structured very much like the present document. The main part of the
thesis can be structured in many dierent ways, however, but must contain: a prob-
lem denition; theory and considerations on how to solve the problem; a description of
the solution method (dimensioning, construction, etc.); presentation of results (measurements,
simulations, etc.); a discussion of the results (validity, deviations, comparison with
previous solutions, etc.); and nally the conclusions.
Style of writing
1. Audience: The thesis must be addressed to engineers at the same level as the student
but without the special knowledge gained during the thesis work. Such a thirdperson
must be able to reconstruct the results on the basis of the thesis alone.
2. Every used concept/symbol/abbreviation which is not widely know must be dened.
The wording should be short and concise; a suitable length is 40{70 pages (plus appendices). Readable(!) gures and graphs enhances comprehensibility.
3. Units. SI units must be used.
Documentation
1. The work must be well documented; i.e. enclosed must be the complete schematics
of designed electronic circuits/test set-ups and/or a program listing, and/or etc.
Documentation of simulation results and/or measurement results likewise.
2. References: For every declaration/equation/method/etc., which is not widely known,
a reference to the literature must be given (or a `proof' if it is the authors own work).
In case material is copied verbatim, quotes must be used. This is also the case when
referring to partners work in the case of a Group Thesis.
3. Plagiarism: Failure to give proper references to the literature is plagiarism. Plagiarism
is considered serious oence and severe penalties may apply.