Thesis

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 templates (Word and LaTeX/Overleaf): Thesis templates

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 60 kB)

Use of AI

Recommendations for the use of AI

Generative AI in higher education

Use of Generative AI (EECS) (pdf 33 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.