Master's thesis

You complete the Master's programme by writing a Master's thesis.

Submitting your thesis proposal

Do your supervisor and second reviewer approve your thesis proposal? Then submit your proposal in Osiris Student > Cases > My cases > Start a new case by using the plus icon in the bottom right corner. A new window will open. Make sure your pop-up blocker is turned off for the new window to open. Choose HUM: Thesis proposal. Your supervisor and second assessor will then officially confirm that you can start your writing process. You will be notified of this by e-mail.

Handing in your thesis

Once you have completed your thesis, you must submit it in Osiris (and not via an email to your supervisor). Osiris provides you with an evaluation progress as well as your final grade.

If your supervisor has indicated that your final paper is ready for assessment, proceed as follows:

You can upload your thesis in Osiris via Cases > My Cases.
Consult with your supervisor how the plagiarism check is carried out (e.g. by uploading your thesis in Blackboard or otherwise)

Did you get a pass?

If you have received a satisfactory grade, you will need to upload your thesis' final version in Utrecht University's thesis archive. This is mandatory.

Go to Osiris Student > Cases
Choose Archive & publish thesis - Follow-up Case
Archive your thesis and, if so desired, you can publish it

Forms and procedures master's thesis

Your Master's thesis will be assessed following specific evaluation procedures. You can prepare for this by reading the following documents and explanations prior to starting your thesis.

All theses will be evaluated by two separate evaluators. If your supervisor is a professor connected to your Master's programme, he/she will also be the first evaluator.

Your Research Master's thesis will be evaluated using a standardised assessment form (word). In some cases a third evaluator will be asked to assess your paper. This third evaluator will use another form (word) to evaluate your thesis.

Utrecht University considers any form of academic dishonesty to be a serious offense. Utrecht University expects each student to be familiar with and to observe the norms and values that ensure academic integrity.

Therefore, when you start writing your thesis you will have to hand in the Plagiarism rules awareness statement (pdf). With this, you declare to know about and abide by the norms and rules on fraud and plagiarism of Utrecht University. When your professor or supervisor suspects fraud or plagiarism, they will notify the Board of Examiners.

In case you are doing research that involves interviewing people, submitting questionnaires or involving people in any other way, you are probably doing human-subject related research. If so, please review the checklist and discuss it with your supervisor. The checklist contains information on privacy, ethics and data management.

Thesis Archive

Once your thesis has been completed and approved, you will need to upload the final version and, if so desired, publish it in the thesis archive via Osiris > Cases. Choose Archive & publish thesis - Follow-up Case and Archive your thesis.

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Master's thesis

Submitting your proposal

Submitting your thesis proposal

Submitting your thesis

Handing in your thesis

Did you get a pass?

Forms and procedures master's thesis

Assessment

Fraud and plagiarism

Do you use participants for your research?

Thesis Archive

Master's thesis

Submitting your proposal

Submitting your thesis proposal

Submitting your thesis

Handing in your thesis

Did you get a pass?

Forms and procedures master's thesis

Assessment

Fraud and plagiarism

Do you use participants for your research?

Thesis Archive

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