THINGS TO DO BEFORE THESIS DEFENSE EXAM

1Writing the Thesis

The student prepares the thesis in line with the Thesis Writing Guide, using the appropriate one of the ready-made Templates.
2Review of the Thesis

The supervisor reviews the thesis, enters the defense jury members and the date, time and venue of the defense into the SDU FORMS system, and sends this information to the student through Forms so that the student can upload the thesis.
3Uploading the Thesis and the Required Supporting Documents

The student uploads the documents required for the thesis from the Files Awaiting Upload section and submits them for supervisor approval.

Together with the thesis supervisor, the student must provide documentation of scientific work produced from the thesis or from the related field of science (at least one of the conditions set out in Article 33 of the Directive for master’s degrees and Article 47 for doctoral degrees must be met. This is compulsory for students enrolled after 2019.)
4Similarity Report

The supervisor obtains the overall similarity percentage of the thesis through the plagiarism detection program and enters it in the relevant field in SDU Forms.
5Viewing the Thesis

In the View Thesis part, the supervisor gives one of three decisions: Approve, Reject or Revision.
If a revision is given, the supervisor writes an explanation in the revision explanation area and returns the thesis to the student.
If the thesis is rejected, the process ends and the thesis moves to the rejected list.
If it is approved, it appears under the pending signatures tab.
6Submission for Departmental (EABD) Approval

By clicking the Send to Department Board button, the thesis is submitted for signature via EBYS.
7Distribution of the Theses to the Juries

Once the thesis defense jury and the date of the defense have been approved by the Institute Executive Board and the correspondence has been prepared, the thesis is delivered to the members of the defense jury through the SDU Forms system.
8Thesis Defense Exam

The student attends the thesis defense exam at the place and time determined by the Institute Executive Board.