The thesis
The thesis
The thesis is an individual (or individually assessed) assignment about a subject from your Bachelor’s degree programme. As of September 2010 all theses should be written individually.
Official requirements
The Examination Board ESE has drawn up a list of official requirements which a thesis must meet.
The Writing Process
Writing a thesis is not always easy. You will find more information about the various stages of writing a thesis under the heading 'the writing process'. All the various activities involved in each stage are explained with tips as to how best to go about these tasks.
Thesis Defence
Defending the Bachelor’s thesis
Once you or your supervisor are of the opinion that your Bachelor’s thesis has been completed it still needs to be defended. The final version of your thesis will be checked for plagiarism by your supervisor and after that it will also be read by your co-reader. Finally, your thesis defence will take place during a final meeting which is held in your supervisor’s office in the presence of the co-reader.
After the final meeting, the supervisor and co-reader will decide in mutual agreement on your final grade for the thesis. The grade is a 6 or above or the qualification 'fulfilled' if the grade is a 5. The thesis supervisor completes the Thesis Assessment Report before handing it in at the Examination Administration.
Thesis Database
All ESE theses are stored in the ESE Thesis Database by the Departments. You can indicate on the Thesis Assessment Form whether your thesis can be read by everyone or only by ESE students and employees or by nobody at all.
If you provide the secretariat of the department with an abstract and five key words of your thesis it will be included in the thesis database. This will make it easier for others to find your thesis.
You can consult the database via the website of the University Library or directly via: http://thesis.eur.nl/.
Thesis Awards
Various Dutch and international organisations present thesis awards. Click here for an overview of these thesis awards (Please note that this page is subject to change, as some awards may not be handed out each year).
