Summary of the master's thesis: guidelines for graduates
Today your master's thesis is already finished. Congratulations!
The next important step is to write a summary of the master's thesis.
This document is very important because it is the one that will allow the committee members to have a first impression of the value of your work.
The summary must be:
interesting for the evaluating committee members;
short;
accurate, to clearly and precisely state the most important findings of the research.
The usual length of the text is from 200 to 400 words, but it can be up to one A4 page.
Master's degree graduates in Poland usually write the summary in Polish, however, often the university requires an English version. This way, your work will be accessible to the international academic community.
We can say that the summary is the business card of your master's thesis. So let's start analyzing the structure and functions of the master's thesis summary.
The aim of your work
First of all, you need to formulate the aim of the work and explain why the research is significant in today's times. This way, you will receive feedback from the specialized examiners on your own research and it allows for a quick understanding of the work. Avoid quotes and overly complicated terminology. Write what you wanted to achieve in your own words.
Research problem / Hypothesis
Here, write what you studied: what objects, properties of objects, actions, phenomena, or trends were the subject of the research?
What did you want to know? Which hypotheses would you like to confirm or refute?
Try to make the text understandable even for people who are not experts in your field.
Methodology
Usually, in every scientific and industrial sphere, there are objectively acceptable research methods. However, you need to briefly describe how you collected and analyzed the data. If you applied your own innovative method, be sure to highlight that.
Results and conclusions
In this part of the master's thesis summary, briefly state what results you obtained and how they can be used.
Keywords
At the very bottom, add 3–5 keywords that should define the topic of your master's thesis, facilitating indexing in databases, and they should be placed directly below the summary text.
The next important step is to write a summary of the master's thesis.
This document is very important because it is the one that will allow the committee members to have a first impression of the value of your work.
The summary must be:
interesting for the evaluating committee members;
short;
accurate, to clearly and precisely state the most important findings of the research.
The usual length of the text is from 200 to 400 words, but it can be up to one A4 page.
Master's degree graduates in Poland usually write the summary in Polish, however, often the university requires an English version. This way, your work will be accessible to the international academic community.
We can say that the summary is the business card of your master's thesis. So let's start analyzing the structure and functions of the master's thesis summary.
The aim of your work
First of all, you need to formulate the aim of the work and explain why the research is significant in today's times. This way, you will receive feedback from the specialized examiners on your own research and it allows for a quick understanding of the work. Avoid quotes and overly complicated terminology. Write what you wanted to achieve in your own words.
Research problem / Hypothesis
Here, write what you studied: what objects, properties of objects, actions, phenomena, or trends were the subject of the research?
What did you want to know? Which hypotheses would you like to confirm or refute?
Try to make the text understandable even for people who are not experts in your field.
Methodology
Usually, in every scientific and industrial sphere, there are objectively acceptable research methods. However, you need to briefly describe how you collected and analyzed the data. If you applied your own innovative method, be sure to highlight that.
Results and conclusions
In this part of the master's thesis summary, briefly state what results you obtained and how they can be used.
Keywords
At the very bottom, add 3–5 keywords that should define the topic of your master's thesis, facilitating indexing in databases, and they should be placed directly below the summary text.
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