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Thesis

School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS)

Writing a thesis

Writing a thesis is a requirement to obtain a degree of doctor or licentiate. It can be either a compilation thesis or a monograph thesis. It must be written in English, and must contain an English abstract and a Swedish summary. KTH's Guideline on Third-Cycle Studies  contains general quality requirements for doctoral theses and licentiate theses. Specific quality requirements are set out in the general syllabus for each third-cycle subject .

Templates and covers

It is recommended, but not mandatory, to use KTH's official template.

A thesis must exhibit a standardised appearance in line with KTH's Brand guidelines . The cover, title page and the following page with book information will be produced by the printing company US-AB. If problems with LaTeX-pdf should occur during printing, see further instructions from US-AB here: LATEX Checklista.pdf (pdf 37 kB) . If you are unsure about which subject to state on the cover page, please contact doctoral-education-support@eecs.kth.se .

Guidance for the kappa in doctoral and licentiate theses

The following document contains guidance about the "kappa", the comprehensive summary in a compilation thesis and the framing sections (e.g., introduction, conclusions, and future work) of a monograph thesis.

EECS Kappa Guidance (pdf 82 kB)

Completing a thesis

A completed thesis must be given an TRITA and ISBN number. This is requested when applying for a public defence of doctoral thesis  or a licentiate thesis seminar .

A completed thesis must be uploaded in DiVA and printed using the print office US-AB . This is generally done a few weeks after having applied for a defence or seminar. Make sure you follow the given checklists in the links above.

Printing a thesis

Printing is an integral part of the process for Public defense of a doctoral thesis  and Licentiate seminar .

Printing must be done by US-AB . The cover, title page and the following page with book information will be produced by the printing company US-AB. Read more about printing here . The principal supervisor's invoice reference are often used: EXAMPLE KTHEECS (replace EXAMPLE with his/her reference). Keep in mind that it may take a few days to receive a test print, and another few days to receive all printed copies, so maintain good communication with US-AB to meet the set deadline.