Guidelines for the diploma thesis / bachelor work.

Draft of the final proposition

Entering the final draft drawn up in agreement with your potential supervisor and pass the Mrs.Sedlecká (mostly through your supervisor). In order to not forget something, we prepared form for definitive entry BW / DT (Czech only, consult your supervisor).

How to submit a thesis:

1. The minimum number of copies is 2,
   • the original should stay at the department (room 321, Mrs. Sedlecká)
   • the second should be send to reviewer.
   • for the foreign student will be useful to keep the third copy for personal use.
2. The thesis must contain an inserted CD with the entire text of thesis or bachelor work (preferably in the pdf). It may also include other attachments, such as the translated application, the measured data or source code programs, but it is not necessary.
3. Prior to submission of the thesis you must fill the annotation (abstract) and upload your thesis to the study information system, KOS (https://kos.is.cvut.cz/kos/logout.do).
4. Your thesis supervisor has to confirm in the KOS, that he accept your thesis.
5. Reviewer is required to pass "judgment mandates" that you must take when submitting the thesis to the secretariat (not applicable to the reviewers from our faculty).
6. You have the right to see the reviewer report and the supervisor's opinion a week before the thesis/bachelor work defending. In this time, your thesis and reviews should be laid on the department for anyone interested to look in.
7. You should prepare the groundwork for an opinion for comment or reviewer's questions..
8. After you have got all your creditals (including thesis assessment), you can apply for state exam with Mrs. Jordakova. It should be at least a week before state exam. In problematic situation, it is possible to defend thesis only, and finish your study by state exam in the next semester. In this case, consult me, please.

The content of the thesis/bachelor work

• Because you have your thesis/BW bound, you can consult there the binding boards appearance.
• I have just instructed that for the bachelor study, you should write "Bachelor work" (not thesis).
• The first page inside should be title page (example in the Czech here; for an English version, use texts "Czech Technical University in Prague", "Faculty of Mechanical Engineering"); with title of work, name and year. Sometimes also includes the CTU logo (RGB: 0-153-255, ie, #0099FF).
• The thesis proposition should be bound as the next - you get one, in the copies must be a copy.
• Enter the thesis proposition into the pdf file as well - best scan, but a photograph will be enough.
• As the next page must be a statement ( text statement ).
• On the next page, type the title of your thesis/bachelor work and annotation (abstract). It's not that much extra work, the same texts you have to fill on the KOS server.
• Then just follow the usual components of thesis/bachelor work (contents, introduction, theoretical part, practical part, conclusion or summary, bibliography, appendixes (program listing, reproduced literature, instructions for use, drawing and photo-documentation, etc.). You can ask your supervisor to borrow some older master thesis.
• Sequence of chapters is usually as follows:
  • content,
  • overview of used signs, or abbreviations
  • introduction - it says here, what was to work (goal), etc.
  • theoretical part (at least 10 pages). There is frequent to cite parts of literature, but they must be properly marked with reference to literature (source).
  • practical part - the reviewer must be able easily decide, what is still a theoretical analysis, and what is already your own work.
  • conclusion - highlight your own contribution and the practical use
  • list of references
  • attachments and appendixes; if you have inserted just a copy (paper copy, as a Xerox), then on the CD could be only list of the appendixes. The attachments can also contain instructions for installation, proposition for your follower and so on.
• Please, number the pictures, equations and tables. Including of the first level of chapter into object numbering is recommended.
• Typical range is 20 pages for 3-year bachelor, 30+ pages for an Information and Automation Technology bachelor, and 50 pages for master thesis.

Citations

In quotations, keep the rules current in the technical literature.