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.
- Word template (official): Cover and thesis template
- LaTeX template (unofficial): Doktorand_KTH_Mall.zip (zip 1.8 MB) .
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 [email protected] .
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.
Master's thesis – forms and guides
In the "Exjobb Handook" below, which serves as the Course Memo for all Tracks, you will find a thorough description of how to do a Masters thesis project at the Department of Engineering Design.
Handbook for Masters Thesis Projects at the Department of Engineering Design (2020-21) (pdf 423 kB)
Application form
Fill in the Master Thesis project application form / Anmälan till examensarbete (pdf 573 kB)
The layout of the cover page of KTH masters thesis has a standard format:
intra.kth.se/kth-cover?l=en
The Title page, an English Summary page, and a Swedish "Abstrakt" are mandatory in the report and they are also standardized.
Below is a Word-template for an MSc masters thesis at the department of Engineering Design. Please observe that the layout of the sections after the abstract/summary pages are not standardized, but the template has a preferred layout:
Masters thesis template (Word 2010) (docx 136 kB)
Your examiner decides when your thesis is final. The course leader records the thesis as approved on the original form used for the provisional registration, which is then returned to ExpNord for reporting in Ladok, and archiving on DiVA.
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