Finishing the thesis
The finishing of the thesis consists of the assessment and the publication of the thesis.
Assessment
A successfully completed thesis follows the objectives of your degree programme, the instructions for thesis and ethical principles.
In addition to the grade, you will receive feedback on your thesis if you wish.
Bachelor
Self-assessment throughout the Bachelor’s thesis process improves your learning. You will receive feedback on your thesis from the supervising teacher, the client and from the peer reviewers at the possible seminars. Your bachelor’s thesis is graded by the staff of the Oulu University of Applied Sciences.
Bachelor’s thesis is graded on a numerical scale of 0–5. The aspects taken into consideration in the assessment are choice and planning of subject, implementation, written reporting and the whole Bachelor’s thesis process, taking into account the nature of the Bachelor’s thesis. The grade is awarded for the entire thesis and describes the quality of the whole process.
Download the assessment criteria and their grade descriptions
Download the thesis assessment forms
Master
Master’s thesis is graded on a numerical scale of 0–5. The aspects taken into consideration in the assessment are topic, purpose and objectives, theoretical background, implementation, results and conclusions, reflection and examination, process, reporting and the whole Master’s thesis process, taking into account the nature of the Master’s thesis. The grade is awarded for the entire thesis and describes the quality of the whole process.
Download the thesis assessment forms
Publication
You will save your approved and linguistically revised thesis in Theseus. It is not possible to make alterations to the document once it has been saved.
Theseus is a service of Arene ry, the Rectors’ Confrence of Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences, which offers theses and publications online from Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences. Theseus publication options are
- Open collection: the thesis in the open Internet or
- Restricted collection: limited use only in IP-addresses specified by your university
The student and the client agree on the reporting of the thesis to one of the above collections.
You will receive a confirmation message once your thesis has been processed and published.
Open university of applied sciences students save their thesis in Theseus when they have received the right to study as a degree student. Double degree students make their final thesis to their own home university. This thesis will not be published on Theseus.
Several Authors in the Thesis
If you have done your thesis in pairs or in groups, agree together which of you will make the Theseus saving. It is enough to save the thesis only once. If the authors are from different degree programmes, the library will add to Theseus those degree programmes that could not be saved on the form.
If the authors are from different universities of applied sciences, the thesis must be saved in each author’s own university of applied sciences collection.