Submitting and publishing your thesis: Good to know before the submission

Accepted thesis is a public document

• Your thesis can't include any secret information. Possible secret or otherwise separate material won't be archived by the university.
• Thesis must be written so that it is public in any way.
• Thesis will come public after it has been accepted.

Tampere University

Please note the templates of the faculties and the degree programmes. You can find instructions and templates for example in Student's guide: Student’s guide – Student´s handbook – Studying – Thesis

Students of architecture must follow the templates where applicable (for example the information on the cover and abstract).

If the faculty/degree programme does not have a template of its own please use this template for the cover, abstract and Use of AI in thesis page of your thesis. Choose the mode "Print layout".

Please take note of e.g. the colours, the logo and the positioning of the title on the cover page.

University's general instructions on thesis can be found in Student's guide. You can find for example faculties' instructions and graduation schedules in Student's guide.

TAMK

TAMK's instructions for submitting your thesis can be found in TAMK Handbook

With Muuntaja-service you can convert to PDF/A-format either ordinary PDF-file, Microsoft Word .doc or .docx -file or LibreOffice .odf -file. You can log in to the service with your Tuni account in https://muuntaja.tuni.fi/

You can make the PDF/A file by using other programs also.

LaTeX

Guide for making PDF/A in LaTeX: PDF/A-guide

Remember to check

Remember to check the PDF/A document after conversion. Check especially that all text and image elements are shown correctly.

Checklist for students before submitting the thesis

• Copyright - make sure you have the right to use all the materials (for example pictures, notes, photos) in the online version of your thesis. More about copyright and article permissions on the guide Publishing a dissertation at the Tampere University: Article permissions
• Remove your personal information (student number, address, phone number, contact information in the appendix) and other information you don't want to be published online.
• Remove incorrect information in Description field ( File - Properties - Description). In case you have got the thesis template from someone else, make sure whose name is in the Description field.
• Your thesis is made according to the instructions of the University or TAMK, also the title and the abstract page.
• There is "Use of AI in thesis" page in your thesis
• You are submitting the right version of the thesis and you have got the permission to submit the thesis from your supervisor.
• Your thesis has gone through the Turnitin check.
• The file is in PDF/A format which is used for long term preservation and archiving (normal PDF file is not enough):
  • You can use Muuntaja -service for converting theses in PDF/A format . Read more and test the service in https://muuntaja.tuni.fi/. You can log in to the service with your Tuni account.

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Accessibility Directive

The accessibility law came into force on 1 April 2019. The law includes the requirements of the European accessibility act, and it applies mainly to the public sector. The accessibility requirements cover both digital design of websites and documents on the websites.

Accessible PDFs

The most important thing to remember is to pay attention to the accessibility early on when creating a document.

• On the intranet of TUNI, you can find more information on making the documents accessible: Accessible files
• Thesis accessibility guidelines (for Theseus Open Repository of the Universities of Applied Sciences)