Thesis

In terms of administration, the thesis is almost like any other project at ITU. When writing your thesis, you must therefore follow the general guidelines for projects concerning how to register for a project, finding a supervisor and project goals.

Especially for KDDIT and DIM
The supervisor will be allocated on the basis of student wishes and the availability of the supervisors in question.
Please note:  
if you are a DIM student and you are writing your Thesis in the Autumn. Then you will have to find a supervisor yourself.  

When can you start your thesis?

The general requirement is that your thesis must be placed in the final year of your master programme. This means that you must have passed 60 ECTS before writing your thesis. 

The details
The master thesis should conclude your study programme and show that you have the required academic skills in applying scientific theories and methods. 

Therefore your thesis ideally should be placed in your 4th and final semester, but sometimes it might be necessary to take any remaining ECTS in the following semester. If possible, you can also register for 7,5 ECTS in the same semester as you write your thesis. 

Registration

Remember to register for your thesis in the registration period.

1. You start up your thesis like any other project. You register for it in My Study Activities
2. When registering you enter a title for your project. You also supply with information about your project and supervisor, if possible. For more information about finding a supervisor, go to: The project supervisor
3. Your registration will generate a project page for you in LearnIT. This is where your problem statement needs to be submitted and where you submit the final project.
4. You can add your problem statement until the deadline: Friday in week 8 / 38
   
    

We also strongly recommend making a supervision agreement (former thesis plan) in LearnIT. See for details below. 

Sending in a supervision agreement 

The supervision agreement is optional, but it can be a very useful tool. 

1. Sit down together with your supervisor and be sure to talk about the practicalities (for example communication, meeting frequency, other obligations, need for deadlines) and topics closer to your project (for example types of supervisor input, reading and feedback). 
2. Fill in the supervision agreement together with your supervisor in the very beginning of the project.
3. Post the supervision agreement in your project folder in LearnIT:
   • Open Discussion Forum
   • Click "Add a new discussion topic"
   • Write supervision agreement in the "Subject" field
   • Attach the completed supervision agreement
   • Click "Post to forum"
4. If changes are required at some point during the project, you can add a new discussion topic with an updated file.

Find the template here: Supervision agreement (Word) , Supervision agreement (pdf)

Deadline supervision agreement

Save the supervision agreement in LearnIT once the project folder opens - at the latest after second meeting with your supervisor.

You and your supervisor should meet at least once a month. Make sure your plan includes some milestones (at least one per month) to enable you and your supervisor to discover early if your plan is about to slip.

Abstract

You must include an abstract in your thesis. If the thesis is in Danish, the abstract must be in English. If the thesis is in English, you can write the abstract in either Danish or English.

Deadlines for submission

You can see the deadlines for submission of the thesis under Submission deadlines.

Regarding exam and submission

Click for information about the Thesis exam, re-exam and deadline postponement due to illness.