Theses

The requirements regarding the formatting and structure (including table of contents and layout of a thesis) are regulated in the Thesis Writing and ETD Submission Guidelines (login required) on a CEU level, and for some departments in separate program-specific thesis guides. A practical guide to the general requirements is available on SharePoint.

• Instructions for for applying proper formatting such as page numbering, creating a table of contents, list of figures/tables, and other required sections.
   
• Requirements for figures/tables, images, and other sections.
   
• Converting your thesis to a bookmarked PDF. Submitting the thesis in a bookmarked PDF format is a technical requirement. PDF bookmarks enhance the navigation within the document (the file contains a side-navigation toolbar).
   
• The maximum size of the PDF file can be 80 MB. The file size of the thesis might be increased by including figures/tables or images. In case the pdf file is larger, CEU’s Thesis Submission SharePoint page describes various methods for reducing the file size.

To simplify the process of writing the thesis, downloadable templates are available after logging in to SharePoint.

To simplify the process of writing your thesis, it's a good idea to use citation management software.

• Citing Sources and Academic Integrity
• Using Zotero to Manage Your Research Sources

For information on citing datasets, see:

• University of Michigan Library’s guide about citing data
• MIT Libraries’ guide to citing data

Copyright laws and rules need to be respected. As stated in the CEU thesis submission guidelines, "Some programs require a … copyright notice (section 1.3.2 Declaration of Authorship/ Copyright)."

• A Declaration of Authorship template is available on the Sharepoint site.
• Information about copyright at CEU
• Using images in your academic work
• How to include datasets: Re-using and repurposing other people's data

Use a Creative Commons license
CEU Doctoral Regulations require that the submitted dissertation shall include a standardized Creative Commons copyright statement that facilitates publishing to an Open Access repository.

Use the license chooser from Creative Commons to decide which CC license to use.

The official version of all CEU policies can be found at https://documents.ceu.edu.

The full copy of the thesis-related policies or their thesis and dissertation related excerpts are available on SharePoint:

• THESIS WRITING AND ELECTRONIC THESIS AND DISSERTATION (ETD) SUBMISSION GUIDELINES - Copy of the official document
• THESIS AND DISSERTATION SUBMISSION - Excerpt From the Student Rights policy
• DISSERTATION FORMAT AND SUBMISSION - Excerpt from Doctoral Regulations
• RESTRICTING PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE THESIS - Excerpt from Student Rights and Doctoral Regulations
• POLICY ON STUDENT PLAGIARISM - Copy of the official document

Submission Process

• Technical requirements and a description of the upload process - SharePoint.
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - SharePoint

Additional Resources and Support

• Theses formatting requirements and video tutorials - SharePoint
• Sessions for theses formatting classes - SharePoint.